29th November, 2002
Ministry of Defence  


LT GEN A K LAHIRI IS DGMS ARMY


Lt Gen AMIYA KUMAR LAHIRI took over as Director General Medical Services at Army Headquarters.

Lt Gen A K Lahiri was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps after completing his MBBS from Medical College Kolkata in the year 1964. Later he completed his DCP from AFMC Pune in the year 1970 and MD (Path and Bact) from Nagpur Medical College in the year 1976.

During his thirty eight years tenure in Army the General has held a variety of Staff, Command and Instructional appointments that include Command of a Field Ambulance in Arunachal Pradesh and Commandant of Eastern Command Hospital Kolkata. He has been Professor and Head of Department, Department of BTD and Immunohaemotology, AFMC Pune.

Before taking over as Director General Medical Services he was Director General Health Services (Armed Forces) at New Delhi.

Lt Gen AK Lahiri is decorated with Vishisht Seva Medal.