Major General Binoy Poonnen, AVSM, VSM
(Retd) was commissioned in 1978 into 13
MAHAR as a second generation Army officer, and
went on to command his battalion from 1997 to
2000. During his illustrious service, he attended
many professional courses to include Defence Services
Staff College, Higher Command and National
Defence College courses. After commanding a
mountain brigade in an operational area, he went on
to command a Mountain Division in a Counter
Insurgency role in Manipur. He has served in Sri
Lanka as a part of IPKF, and has also done stints
in Bhutan and Lebanon. He has handled defence
cooperation and defence diplomacy aspects with
foreign countries during his tenure in Army HQ.
After 37 years of dedicated service in the Indian
Army, he has settled in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.
