| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
| Honorific Suffix: | PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC |
| Office: | Adjuntant General from 2018 to 2019 |
| Term Start1: | 27 September 2018 |
| Term End1: | 31 December 2019 |
| President1: | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Primeminister1: | Narendra Modi |
| Predecessor1: | Arvind Dutta |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1959 df=y |
| Birth Place: | New Delhi |
| Serviceyears: | 39 Years |
| Rank: | Lieutenant-General |
| Military Blank2: | Awards |
| Military Data2: |
Lieutenant General Ashwani Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC (born 17 Oct 1959)[1] is a former general officer in the Indian Army. He retired after 39 years of service and last served as the Adjutant General.[2]
Kumar was born in Allahabad. He did his schooling and graduation from Dehradun. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington and has attended the Higher Command Course at the Army War College, Mhow at Indore, India.[3] He is also a graduate from prestigious National Defence College and has completed his Ph.D in Spirituality Management in Armed Forces. He has successfully completed Independent Directors Course from MDI Gurgaon, India. He also attended an Air Defence Missile Course in erstwhile USSR.
Kumar is an alumnus of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and was commissioned into the Air Defence Artillery in June 1980. He later commanded a Light Air Defence Regiment, which was actively involved in Operation Parakram. He has the distinction of commanding an infantry Brigade in Western theatre and was the Deputy General Officer Commanding of an active infantry division deployed on Line of Control in Northern Command. He commanded a division and a Corps on the Western front prior to assuming the appointment of Adjutant General in July 2017.[4] Notably, he is the first Army Air Defence Officer to have commanded a Corps and to have become a PSO at Army Headquarters. The officer has successfully tenanted various prestigious staff appointments including Brigade Major of Mountain Brigade in intense insurgency area, MGGS at a Command HQ, ADG DV at AHQ and DG DC & W at AHQ. He has done instructional appointments at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. School of Arty, Deolali and Defence Service Staff College, Wellington. He was also posted as Military Observer in UNO MIL Liberia. For his distinguished services, he has been awarded VSM in 2015, AVSM in 2017 and PVSM in 2019 and was appointed as Honorary ADC to the President on 1 January 2018.
| Param Vishisht Seva Medal | Ati Vishisht Seva Medal | |||
| Vishisht Seva Medal | Special Service Medal | Operation Parakram Medal | ||
| Sainya Seva Medal | High Altitude Service Medal | Videsh Seva Medal | 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal | |
| 30 Years Long Service Medal | 20 Years Long Service Medal | 9 Years Long Service Medal | ||
| Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Jun 1980[5] | |||
| Indian Army | 107 Jun 1982[6] | ||
| Indian Army | 01 Sep 1983[7] | ||
| Indian Army | 07 Jun 1991[8] | ||
| Indian Army | 05 Mar 1998[9] | ||
| Indian Army | 03 Oct 2000[10] | ||
| Indian Army | 23 May 2008[11] | ||
| Indian Army | 27 Dec 2012[12] | ||
| Indian Army | 10 Nov 2015[13] | ||