Question: Recently Who has been appointed as the new head of the Defence Intelligence Agency?
(a) Lt Gen KJS Dhillon
(b) Lt Gen Kamal Davar
(c) Lt Gen GAV Reddy
(d) Lt Gen Arun Singh
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- Lieutenant General GAV Reddy has been appointed as the new head of the Defence Intelligence Agency.
- General Reddy would be succeeding Lt Gen KJS Dhillon.
- Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon retired after serving in various strategic positions during his 39-year career in the Indian Army.
- The first Director-General of the DIA was Lt Gen Kamal Davar, former director-general of the Indian Army’s Mechanised Forces.
- The Director-General of the Defence Intelligence Agency is the head of the organisation and is among the principal advisors on intelligence to the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff.
- The post of the director general is held on a rotation basis between the three Armed services.
BY: AMIT GUPTA