Lieutenant General Tumul Varma, AVSM, SM,
VSM (Retd) was commissioned into the Corps of
EME on 15 December 1984. He has commanded
654 EME Battalion and 508 Army Base
Workshop. His other notable stints include service in
the UN Mission in Somalia, in MS Branch Army
Headquarters, and as the DDG Budget Cell at
VCOAS Secretariat, Army Headquarters. He has
also been an instructor at Defence Services Staff
College, Wellington and at MCEME,
Secunderabad. An M. Tech, he secured a
competitive vacancy to Staff College, and has
attended HDMC and APPPA Courses. In 2024,
he was awarded a PhD. On promotion to
Lieutenant General, he took over command of 101
Area in Shillong and was later appointed as the
DGEME. He is located in Greater Noida and is
now an Advisor to several corporate firms.
