Mumbai, Nov 17: Major General Tej Krishen Kaul, VSM today took over as the general officer, commanding of Maharashtra and Gujarat area.

Kaul, who was posted as deputy director general military intelligence (foreign division) at Delhi, is a 1968 batch alumni of officers' training academy, Chennai and was commissioned in the Kumaon regiment, a defence ministry release said here.

During the course of 34 years of career, Kaul held several positions in Jammu and Kashmir and also served as an instructor and assistant military secretary.

Bureau Report