Bengaluru. Major General Ravi Murugan, PVSM, AVSM General Officer Commanding (GOC) Karnataka & Kerala Sub Area, after having served for 37 yrs of meritorious service in Indian Army relinquished command on July 1, 2024 and handed over the baton to the Major General VT Mathew, AVSM, YSM. The General Officer is an alumnus of Sainik School Kazakkotam, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun was commissioned into 11 MADRAS Regiment in Dec 1988.
In his 35 years of meritorious service the General Officer has held various important instructional, staff & UN peace keeping appoints during his service. He has been on UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) as Military Observer and was also the Chief Operational Officer, Force HQ UNISFA, Sudan.
The General Officer was the Major General Staff (MGGS) (Doctrine), HQ Army Training Command (ARTRAC) in his previous assignment before taking over as General Officer Commanding (GOC) Karnataka & Kerala Sub Area.
