Major General Siri Kanth Korla, PVSM, DSO, MC (also spelled Sri Kanth Korla)[1] (27 January 1917 – 7 April 2007) was a general officer in the Indian army who served in the Second World War and the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.

[7][12][13] Lt. (acting Captain) Korla's DSO was announced alongside a Mention in Dispatches in The London Gazette on 23 April 1942.

[14][15][16] Another Mention in Dispatches for Lt. (acting Captain) Korla was announced in The London Gazette on 28 October 1942, for escorting a mule convoy without any losses for 57 miles, from Zigon to Prome in Burma, under hot pursuit from the Japanese.

[18] From 26 September 1961 till 6 June 1963, Korla served as the Commandant of the Infantry School at Mhow, also in the rank of brigadier.

[27] In the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965, as a major general, Korla commanded the 6th Mountain Division, part of the I Corps.

[28] From 28 February 1968 to 19 January 1971, Maj Gen Korla served as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Delhi Area, and retired from the army at this post in 1971.

[1] (Mention in Dispatches) After retiring from the army, from 1972 to 1976, Korla served as the Director General of the Home Guards in Delhi.