Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Aujla appointed as Indian Army’s new MGS

New Delhi: Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Aujla has been appointed as the new Master General Sustenance (MGS) of the Indian Army. As MGS, he will be responsible for maintaining the high state readiness of the force in both peace and war. 

As per the defence officials, Lt Gen Aujla has been appointed as the new MGS and he will be one of the eight principal staff officers of the Chief of Army Staff.  

They said, the role of the MGS is to sustain the Indian Army during war and peace by ensuring a high state of availability of weapons, ammunition and other equipment including vehicles and stores at all times. 

Commissioned into the Rajputana Rifles regiment, Lt Gen Aujla joined the forces in December 1987. He has done three operational tenures in Kashmir including the ones as Company Commander in Kashmir, prestigious 268 Infantry Brigade and 28 Infantry Division along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir.

He has also done staff tenures in the Chinar Corps and also served as the Major General looking after counter-terrorist operations in the Udhampur-based Northern Command Headquarters. 

Lt Gen Aujla took over as the GOC Chinar Corps in Srinagar in May 2022 from Lt Gen D P Pandey.

He has also been an instructor in Commando Wing, Infantry School Belgaum where he was responsible for commando training, arguably the toughest military course in the force.

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