Army Training Command

Army Training Command
Army Training Command's insignia today
Active 1991 – Present
Branch India Indian Army
Type Command
Garrison/HQ Shimla
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lt Gen Pattacheruvanda C Thimayya[1]
Notable
commanders		 General Shankar Roy Chowdhury

The Army Training Command of the Indian Army is one of the seven commands of the army. It is based at Shimla.[2] Lieutenant General Pattacheruvanda C Thimayya is the present commander. [3]

History

The Army Training Command, also known as ARTRAC, was established on 1 October 1991 at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh and moved to Shimla on 31 March 1993.[4] The main aim of the command is to maximize effectiveness of the training.[5]

Roles

  • Formulate concepts and doctrines of warfare in the fields of strategy,operational art, tactics, logistics, training and human resource development stimulating a real time scenario.
  • Acts as the nodal agency for all institutional training in the Army
  • Evolve joint doctrines in conjunction with other Services

References

  1. ↑ "Army gets 3 new commanders as present ones retire tomorrow". Business Standard India. 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Ministry of Defence
  3. ↑ "Army gets 3 new commanders as present ones retire tomorrow". Business Standard India. 29 September 2018.
  4. ↑ An introduction Indian Army
  5. ↑ John Pike. "Army Training Command (ARTRAC)". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2 August 2015.


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