Rajiv Ghai Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajiv Ghai (DGMO)

• In December 1989, he joined the Kumaon Regiment.

• During his posting in Jammu and Kashmir, he served as Colonel General Staff in counter-insurgency.

• Rajiv Ghai was then promoted to the position of a Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMO) at Army Headquarters in New Delhi.

• He once served as leader of a battalion on the Western Sector and a division on the Northern Borders.

• In 2023, Rajiv Ghai started working as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC) of the Chinar Corps in Kashmir.
  

  An old picture Rajiv Ghai

• On 25 October 2024, he started working as the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of India. During this period, he led Indian military and its anti-terror operations.

• He has served many high-level military roles and reported to the COAS.

• Rajiv Ghai then worked with DGMOs of Pakistan and India to decrease the border conflicts.

• On 11 May 2025, he made headlines when he addressed a media conference about Operation Sindoor.

  

  Vice Admiral A N Pramod, Lt. General Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal AK Bharti, and Major General SS Sharda during a press conference on ‘Operation Sindoor’ in New Delhi (2025)

• He talked about situations at the India-Pakistan border and compared the Indian national defence system with cricket.

• Rajiv Ghai said that the Indian air defence system has many layers, which work together to keep the country safe from enemies. If one layer misses any threat, then another layer would detect it.

• He was designated as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) on 9 June 2025.

• He likes watching cricket matches of Virat Kohli, the Indian cricketer.

• Rajiv Ghai likes travelling to distant places in his free time.
  

  Rajiv Ghai during a trip