Lieutenant General Neeraj Varshney, Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM), took over as the Commandant of Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), Secunderabad, and the 75th Colonel Commandant of the Corps of EME on Monday (April 1).
He is a first generation army officer and the son of a professor who taught at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar. Prior to taking command, Lt. General Varshney paid homage to the brave souls at the EME War Memorial at 1 EME Centre, Secunderabad. Before assuming the charge of MCEME, he was commandant of EME School in Vadodara.
Lt. General Varshney is an alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA). He attended Defence Services Staff College in Wellington and pursued Higher Command course at Army War College and Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.