Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera took over as the 22nd director general of Assam Rifles on Wednesday( 31 July).

He succeeds Lt Gen (retd) PC Nair, who relinquished the command of the force on superannuation from military service.

According to an official statement, Lt Gen Lakhera was commissioned from the Indian Military Academy into 4 SIKH LI on June 9, 1990, the unit which he subsequently commanded in lower Assam under the Red Horn division.

The General Officer is a postgraduate from Defence Service Staff College, Wellington and is an alumnus of the Higher Defence Management Course from College of Defence Management, Secunderabad.

He completed the prestigious National Defence Course from The Royal College of Defence Studies, London (UK).