V. K. Singh

Retired Major General

Major General V.K. Singh graduated from the National Defence Academy, Kharakvasla in June 1964. He passed out from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, in June 1965 and was commissioned into the Corps of Signals. In his career spanning 37 years in the Indian Army, he held several important posts, including that of Chief Signal Officer of the Western Command. He also raised the signal regiment of the Indian Army’s first mechanised division (1982). General Singh is an alumnus of the Staff College, Wellington; the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad; and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He served as an instructor at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, the Army War College, and the Staff College. He retired from active service in June 2002. Among his varied interests are adventure sports, military history and journalism. A keen rallyist, General Singh has participated in three Himalayan Car Rallies (1982–84). A regular contributor to magazines, newspapers and journals, he has published Through–Saga of the Corps of Signals (2001); History of the Corps of Signals, Volume II (2006); India’s External Intelligence–Secrets of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) (2007); Contribution of the Armed Forces to the Freedom Movement in India (2009); History of the Corps of Signals,Volume III (2014).