New Delhi. Lt Gen Satish Dua took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) on October 31.
Lt Gen Dua was commissioned in December 1979 into 8 JAK LI (Siachen), (called the “Bravest of Braveâ€), a Unit of the Indian Army which is presently the Ceremonial Battalion in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
A Counter Terrorism specialist, the general officer commanded his Battalion and Brigade in active Local Conflict/Counter Terrorism (LC/CT) environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
He raised a new counter terrorism formation of Assam Rifles (IGAR East) in the North East, and was also the Indian Defence Attache to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Before assuming the office of CISC, Lt Gen Dua was commanding the Chinar Corps in Kashmir for over one year, during which the Surgical Strikes were launched and the biggest agitational protests were effectively controlled by the Indian Army.
