Lt. Gen. K.K. Nanda

Lieutenant General KK Nanda was commissioned in December 1949 into the Regiment of Artillery. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College, New Delhi. In 1971 he was promoted to the rank of a Brigadier and took over the command of 161 Infantry Brigade in the Kashmir Valley. He fought the Indo-Pak War of 1971 with this formation successfully. In 1978 he was promoted to the rank of a Major General and commanded an Infantry Division in Rajasthan. In 1984 he was promoted again and appointed Chief of Staff, Central Command, Lucknow, in the rank of a Lieutenant General. He retired from there in 1987. During this period he was also the Colonel Commandant of Remounts and Veterinary Corps.