Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Honors and Awards
Timeline
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LT GEN PARAMJIT SINGH

Defense Consultant
Chandigarh,Chandigarh

Summary

Highly analytical, decisive and strategic thinking Lieutenant General bringing more than thirty-nine years of service in the Indian Army and seeking a challenging new role. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Sound judgment and critical thinking abilities.

Work History

Commandant

Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering
Secunderabad, Telengana
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Lieutenant General
  • Headed premier technical training Institute of the Indian Army having 300 highly skilled Instructors and 1500 administrative staff, with a capacity of training 2000 students at a time
  • Conducted five M.Tech., eight diploma and 42 basic technical courses in Aviation, Mechanical, Computer, Communication and Radar technology and two B.Tech. courses in Electronics and Mechanical Engineering
  • Enhanced quality of training by signing MoUs with IIT and IIIT, Hyderabad and Administrative Staff College of India for faculty exchange and research
  • Started research on AI and supervised projects on health monitoring of engines
  • Organised seminars on AI, Drones and Armoured Fighting Vehicles
  • Instituted five year Infrastructure Development Plan for the college and completed a number of projects.

Commander

Base Workshop Group
01.2015 - 12.2016
  • Major General
  • Headed eight factories (Army Base Workshops) employing a workforce of 250 engineers and 12,000 technicians
  • These factories conduct MRO of Armoured Fighting and Specialist Vehicles, Armament and Radar systems
  • Formalised a Perspective Plan of Production for the next 15 years
  • Planned and supervised capability enhancement of all Army Base Workshops in a structured manner including setting up NABL-certified labs
  • Switched to e-procurement and open tendering to ensure transparency in procurement
  • Functioned as the Appointing, Disciplinary and Appellate authority under CCS (CC&A) Rule1965 for 9000 Group ‘C’ Industrial/ Non-industrial persons.

Regional Head of Engineering Support

Indian Army
01.2013 - 12.2014
  • Major General in the Western Command
  • Lead a technical workforce of 200 engineers and 10,000 technicians
  • Responsible for ensuring the operational readiness of all equipment in the command theatre including Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Aviation, Armament, communication and Radar systems
  • Ensured near 100% availability for the entire period of responsibility
  • Authored 'Mission Reliability' study to predict the requirement of assemblies that would be required during operations.

Deputy Director General

Army
01.2008 - 01.2011
  • Engineering Support Management
  • Formulated Engineering Support policy for all categories of weapon systems (Armament Communication, Radars, Automotive, and Aeronautical Systems)
  • Formulated Life Cycle Sustainment packages for new weapon systems under procurement and included these in the contracts
  • Planned and vetted ‘Maintenance Evaluation Trials’ for equipment under acquisition
  • Participated in Intergovernmental meetings to resolve issues pertaining to weapon systems
  • Negotiated Annual Maintenance Contracts with OEMs.

Deputy Military Attache

Embassy of India
Moscow, Russia
06.2004 - 06.2007
  • Military Attaché (Technical)
  • Interacted extensively with Russian labs/organisations involved in design, development, testing, production and export of weapon systems and ammunition
  • Supervised execution of contracts between Russia and India pertaining to land systems
  • Formed part of team to negotiate new contracts
  • Visited Military Industrial Complex of Belorussia including firms like Peleng, BelOMA and overhaul plants for AFV and AD Systems
  • Visited Military Industrial Complex of Israel and Poland and visited IAI, BUMAR, CENZIN and firms upgrading weapon systems and manufacturing spare parts.

Education

B.Tech - Electronics

PG (Radars) -

Military College of Electronics & Mech Engineering

M.Tech -

IIT
New Delhi

Skills

  • Operations Administration
  • Personnel Training
  • Personnel Evaluation
  • Resource Coordination
  • Data Auditing
  • Mission Coordination
  • Program Oversight
  • Equipment Management
  • Emergency Planning

Accomplishments

  • Army General with 40 years of organisational experience in leading sustainment, production and technical training organisations in the Indian Army
  • A specialist in MRO of Military Systems, he has technically managed armament, aviation, automotive, computer, communication and radar systems of the Army
  • Headed a group of eight Army factories (Base Workshops) which overhaul critical Army equipment, with a workforce of 250 engineers and 12,000 technicians
  • Represented Army as a Deputy Military Attache in the Embassy of India, Moscow
  • Has optimised organisational effectiveness and atmosphere to achieve goals while maintaining discipline and financial probity
  • Core competencies include:
  • Strategy Planning
  • Team building and leadership
  • Production of weapon systems
  • Budgeting and cost optimisation
  • Life cycle sustainment of weapon Systems
  • Defence contract management and execution
  • Human Resource Management - SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Planned, supervised and achieved record production in eight Army Base Workshops for two consecutive years as Commander Base Workshop Group
  • Achieved high mission reliability and operational readiness of all equipment and weapon systems of India’s Western Army for two years
  • Planned life cycle support for new weapon systems being acquired and formulated engineering support policy for over 200 in-service equipment/weapon systems of Indian Army
  • Visited Military Industrial Complex of Russia, Israel, Poland, Belorussia and Bulgaria and firms like Peleng, BelOMA, BUMAR, Cenzin and overhaul plants for AFV and AD Systems
  • Conducted M.Tech, B.Tech and Diploma courses for the entire sustainment cadre of the Indian Army as the Commandant of the Military College of EME.

Honors and Awards

  • Awarded Ati Vishist Seva Medal and Vishist Seva Medal by the President of India for distinguished service.

Timeline

Commandant

Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering
01.2017 - 01.2019

Commander

Base Workshop Group
01.2015 - 12.2016

Regional Head of Engineering Support

Indian Army
01.2013 - 12.2014

Deputy Director General

Army
01.2008 - 01.2011

Deputy Military Attache

Embassy of India
06.2004 - 06.2007

B.Tech - Electronics

PG (Radars) -

Military College of Electronics & Mech Engineering

M.Tech -

IIT
LT GEN PARAMJIT SINGHDefense Consultant