Chandigarh, January 12: LT GEN (Dr) DDS Sandhu, Director General of Ordnance Services and Senior Colonel Commandant of the Army Ordnance Corps has been chosen as honorary president of the ADC to the President of India.

Sandhu is a gene Alumni of the National Defence Academy, and was in the army, 11 Ordnance Corps in June 1967. He is a graduate of the assistance of Defence Staff College, Wellington, higher education, in the defense of the University of Madras and M Phil and Defence and Management Studies from Devi Ahilya Bai University, Indore.

He has an MBA in the management of materials and MDBA of IIMM, Pune. He is also a fellow of the British Institute of Management, an associate volunteer and member of Board of Studies of the Indian Institute of Management and leadership of the equipment Asia for the Council of Logistics Management.

Sandhu has a gene predisposing to research on fundamental issues of military logistics and has earned his doctorate in international marketing of products of Indian Defence Punjabi University, Patiala. He was awarded the Honouris Causa “Doctor of Humane Letters from Rani Durgawati Vishawa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, in recognition of his distinguished in the management of property.

In addition, qualified professionals general courses on various computer applications in the latest technologies, such as Enterprise Java Beans and Oracle RDBMS.

Lt Gen DDS Sandhu assumed the appointment of Director General of Ordnance Services and Senior Colonel Commandant, Army Ordnance Corps here today.

Lt Gen (Dr.) DDS Sandhu, an alumnus of National Defence Academy was commissioned in 1967. He is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. The General has done his post graduation in Defence studies from Madras University and M. Phil in Defence & Management Studies from Devi Ahilya Bai University, Indore. He has an inclination towards research on vital issues of military logistics and has acquired his Doctorate in “International Marketing of Indian Defence Products” from Punjabi University, Patiala. He holds a MBA degree and a Masters degree in Materials Management. He is a Fellow of British Institute of Management and member of Board of Studies of IIMM.

The General is an expert in the Ammunition and Armament subjects of the Army. He has served as the “Ammunition Quality Controller” in the Nigerian Army. His forte is “Management” and “Automation” and he is qualified on various courses of management and automation. He has had long exposures as a System Analyst, Senior System Analyst and later as Director, Computerised Inventory Control Project. This is an automation project that is going to help the Army Ordnance Corps in meeting the logistic challenges of future.

The General officer has held various prestigious appointments. Besides being Commandant of Central Ordnance Depot, Delhi Cantt which is one of the biggest logistics depots of the Army Ordnance Corps, he has been Deputy Director of Ordnance Services of a strike corps of the Indian Army. As a Major General he was a pivotal functionary of the logistics support system of one of the operational commands of the Indian Army.

The General as Commandant, College of Materials Management had brought about radical improvements in the pedagogy, training curriculum and infrastructure at the College. Under his guidance, the College had witnessed unprecedented advancement in all facets of functioning and specially made tangible strides in the field of Automation and Academics. He is widely traveled and has participated in various seminars. He has been a member and leader of numerous important studies in the Army on issues relating to management and Automation. The General during his tenure as Commandant, College of Materials Management, had organized a two days National Seminar “Logiminds 2006″ on Supply Chain Management. The Seminar was attended by senior Defence and civilian officers, eminent personalities in the field of management, Academicians, Corporate Doyens representing Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and FICCI, Mumbai Tiffin Box Association (Mumbai Dabbawala) and Directors of selected Indian Institutes of Management.