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.
