Republic Day recognition: Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for Lt Gen Y V Krishna Mohan

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Jan 25, 2019, 17:28 IST

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Lt gen Y V Krishna Mohan

HYDERABAD: Lieutenant General Yenduru Venkata Krishna Mohan has taken over charge as Commandant of the premier, elite and prestigious Defence Services College Wellington, Tamilnadu. Earlier he was General Officer Commanding of a Corps on Western Borders.
Lt Gen Krishna Mohan has also been conferred with “Ati Vishisht Seva Medal” on the eve of Republic day on January 26, 2019 for his services as General Officer Commanding of a Corps at Western Borders in the year 2018.He was previously conferred with “Sena Medal” and “Vishisht Seva Medal” by the President of India for his dedicated and commendable service at Siachen Glaicer (Northern Glacier) – the highest and coldest battle field and at Indo-China border at Sikkim.
Presently, he is the senior most serving Lieutenant General amongst three services - Army, Navy and Air Force - in both Telugu States; Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Lt Gen Krishna Mohan is the son of Dr Y Ramasubbaiah, resident of Mani Enclave, Yapral, Secunderabad, Telangana and an alumnus of Korukonda Sainik School, Andhra Pradesh, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune. He was commissioned into the 7th Battalion of 11th Gorkha Rifles on 19 December 1981. He served in varied terrains along the frontiers of the country like in Siachin Glacier in J&K, Indo China border at Sikkim, Indo-Pak western border and as Assistant Chief of Integrate Defence Staff (Joint Operations) at HQ Integrated Defence Staff, New Delhi, Commandant National Defence College, New Delhi.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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