Lt Gen Manjinder Singh takes over as Chief of Staff, HQ Western Command Chandigarh, Apr 1 (UNI) Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh, who took over as the Chief of Staff, Headquarters Western Command, laid a wreath at ‘Veer Smriti’ and paid homage to the martyrs of Western Command on Thursday. General Manjinder Singh is an alumnus of Sainik School Kapurthala, National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy. The General was commissioned into 19 MADRAS Regiment on December 20, 1986. In an illustrious career spanning over a period of more than 34 years, the General has tenated important Command appointments in varied sensitive operational sectors and high altitude terrains. He has commanded his battalion in an intense counter insurgency environment in J&K, an Infantry Brigade at the line of Control and an Infantry Division as part of Strike Corps.