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Introduction

SHANTI SHURAKSHYA SARBADA

The ‘Valley Command Office’, with the motto “Shanti Surakshya Sarbada”, was established on May 19 2003 (2060 Jestha 5). Later it was renamed as “Valley Division HQ” on December 13, 2003 (2060 Poush 15). At the beginning, the division HQ was based at Singha Durbar, Kathmandu and later it was relocated to the Narayanhiti Palace. Maj Gen Kiran Shumsher Thapa (Retd.) was the first General Officer Commanding of this division and Major General Bishnu Raut is the present GOC.

The successive GOC of this division were Maj Gen Dilip Karki (Retd.), Maj Gen Dipak Bikram Rana (Retd.), Maj Gen Kul Bahadur Khadka (Retd.), Maj Gen Anil Jung Thapa (Retd.), Maj Gen Daman Bahadur Ghale (Retd.), Maj Gen Keshav Raj Mahat (Retd.), Maj Gen Mahesh Bikram Karki (Retd.), Maj Gen Purna Chandra Thapa, Maj Gen Himalaya Thapa (Retd.), Maj Gen Anuj Basnyat, Maj Gen Sarad Kumar Giri, Maj Gen Purna Bahadur Silwal (Retd.), Maj Gen Shashi Chandra Bahadur Singh, Maj Gen Niranjan Kumar Shrestha and Maj Gen Sagar Bahadur Thapa.

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Biography of Major General Bishnu Raut

Major General Bishnu Raut was commissioned into the Nepali Army as a Second lieutenant in 1990. Major General Raut has undertaken several courses at home and abroad. They are namely; Infantry Young Officer Course, Engineer Officer Basic Course, Para Basic Course, VVIP Security Course, Company Commander Course, Company Commander and Staff Course, Command and Staff Course, Higher Command and Management Course in Nepal. Similarly, foreign courses are; Engineer Officer Basic Course-Bangladesh, Infantry Captains Career Course-USA, Advance Command and Staff College-UK, Senior Command Course-India and Royal College of Defence Studies-UK. He holds three master’s degrees in Political Science from Tribhuvan University, Defence Studies from King’s College London and International Security & Strategy-King’s College London. Besides, he has attended several seminars and workshops at national and international level.

Maj Gen Raut has taken on various command, staff, and instructional responsibilities. He has successfully commanded the Arjun Ban Company, Kalishakti Battalion (E), VVIP Security Directorate and No. 26 Infantry Brigade. He has held key appointments of Directing Staff at the Army Command and Staff College, GSO-1 staff officer at Master’s General of Ordnance, ADC to the President of Nepal, Head of Planning Branch of Directorate of Strategic and Perspective Planning, Deputy Commandant at Army Command and Staff College, Executive Director for National Defence University Infrastructure Development Committee, Director of Recruitment and Selection and Head of Department of Master’s General of Ordnance at Nepali Army HQ. He has been serving as GOC, Valley Division and Executive Director for the National Defence University Infrastructure Development Committee.

Major General Raut has participated in five different UN missions. They are; UNPROFOR-Croatia, UNAMSIL-Sierra Leon, MONUC-Congo, UNSMIS-Syria and UNMISS-South Sudan.

Major General Raut has been decorated with Suprabal Jana Sewa Shree (Third), several national medals, UN medals, and a COAS Commendation Badge.

He is married to Mrs Rojina Raut and enjoys wide variety of sports and music.

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