The Indian Army will organise Investiture Ceremony Parade at Dipatoli cantonment on January 15 next year. Speaking about the details lt Gen Gyan Bhushan on Wednesday said that the best officers of the Southern Western Command will be felicitated on this occasion.
According to sources, officers will be awarded Gallantry award, Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal, General Officer Commanding in Chief (GOC-in-C) Commendation and other awards related to distinguished services as Army staff on this occasion. “State Government finance awards to soldiers of this Southern Western Command will also be presented,” said an official source.
To connect Jharkhand people with the Army, a one-week recruitment rally is scheduled at Ramgarh in the months of January and February. The Cockerel Division of Ranchi is presently bidding farewell to lt Gen Bhushan who is supposed to retire this month. Today, this GOC-in-C South Western Command paid homage to the martyrs at Jharkhand War Memorial and gifted a portrait to this memorial’s museum as a token of love.
Prior to this visit, he inaugurated the renovated Bariatu Military Firing Range. later, the General met the Governor as a formal interaction. When asked about his post-retirement plans the lt Gen Bhushan told The Pioneer, that, “As of now I have not thought about it. The Army gives a satisfactory life to its soldiers, so much, that the person remains a soldier even after their retirement .”
Bhushan is the first student from Sainik School, Tilaiya to get the scope of leading a Division and Core. “I am glad that within my GOC-in-C Southern Western Command tenure for past 2.5 years, I could observe the improvement of my school in infrastructure and academic performance,” he said.
Indian Army is making efforts to provide medical facilities to every retired and serving Army officers through its ‘Poly Clinics ‘at Deoghar, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Daltonganj, Dumka and Gumla. Bhushan informed that the Bariatu Firing Range has been transformed to an Eco Friendly Park with space for walking plaza and water bodies.