Shiva Kumar (general)

Lieutenant General Siva Kumar, AVSM VSM (born January 29, 1948, in Madras, India) is an Indian former commander.

He also commanded a division of the Assam Rifles in the Ukhrul district of Northeastern Manipur.

[1] The Indian army contingent under UNAMIR consisted of an Infantry Battalion 1/3 Gurkha Rifles, an Engineers company commanded by Maj B Pandey and a Signals company commanded by Maj AV Malhotra.

In March, Kumar left Rwanda and flew to Nairobi, Kenya, with five bodyguards, stating to the media present, "We did a good job here under very difficult circumstances.

In April 2004, he was posted as Chief Army Instructor at the Defence Services Staff College.