The Army Training Command, abbreviated as ARTRAC, is one of the seven commands of the Indian Army. It is currently based at Shimla. It was established on 1 October 1991 at Mhow.
The current ARTRAC Army Commander is Lieutenant General Shrinjay Pratap Singh, who assumed the officer on 1 October 2026.
History The Army Training Command was established on 1 October 1991 at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh and moved to Shimla on 31 March 1993. The Indian Army has diverse, intensive and variegated Operational responsibilities. Due to constant change in the complexion of the future battlefield combined with rapid technological advances, a need to restructure and streamline our overall training structure was identified. The aim was to maximize effectiveness of our training and establish a dedicated organization for formulating concepts and doctrines, which are specifically applicable to our operational environment. The requirement was to be met by the establishment of a centralized, independent and high-powered organization, with the requisite infrastructure and resources to meet all aspects of concepts and doctrine development, training policies and institutional training.
In 2020, it was decided to merge the Directorate General of Military Training (DGMT) with ARTRAC.In the works for Army Training Command — wings for training, validation & more officers, The Print, 24 Aug 2019. DGMT runs the Rashtriya Military Schools (RMS).
Objectives Its roles are to: 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 to evolve joint doctrines, fostering tri-service integration for modern warfare scenarios. Integrating technology like simulation-based war-gaming into training modules Planning, co-ordination, supervision and implementation of training policy and conduct of training courses, at specified training establishments of the Indian Army. MoUs & linkages with civ Universities, NCERT, UGC & UPSC wrt examination trends Creating policy with respect to Joint training with other services, BMT in Cat ‘B’ establishment.
List of Army Commanders THe following table chronicles the list of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army Training Command. S.No Rank NamePortrait Assumed office Left office Unit of Commission References 1Lieutenant General A. S. Kalkat 1 October 1991 31 July 1992 8th Gorkha Rifles 2 Shankar Roychowdhury 1 August 1992 22 November 1994 20th Lancers 3 S. K. Sharma 22 November 1994 31 March 1997 Armoured Corps 4 Vijay Oberoi 1 April 1997 15 October 1999 Maratha Light Infantry 5 H. B. Kala 15 October 1999 1 April 2001 Jat Regiment 6 Shamsher Singh Mehta 1 April 2001 31 October 2002 63rd Cavalry 7 Shantanu Choudhry 1 November 2002 31 December 2002 Regiment of Artillery 8 Joginder Jaswant Singh 1 January 2003 30 January 2004 Maratha Light Infantry 9 Krishnamurthy Nagaraj 1 February 2004 15 August 2005 Maratha Light Infantry 10 Deepak Kapoor 15 August 2005 31 September 2005 Regiment of Artillery 11 K. S. Jamwal 1 October 2005 31 December 2006 Regiment of Artillery 12 M. L. Naidu 1 January 2007 30 September 2007 Rajput Regiment 13 Jayanta Kumar Mohanty 1 October 2007 31 December 2008 Dogra Regiment 14 B. S. Jaswal 1 January 2009 30 September 2009 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles 15 Arvinder Singh Lamba 1 October 2009 1 December 2010 Regiment of Artillery 16 K. Surendra Nath 1 January 2011 30 May 2013 Mechanised Infantry 17 Sanjeev Madhok 1 June 2013 30 July 2015 Brigade of Guards 18 Pattiarimal Mohamadali Hariz 1 August 2015 31 August 2016 Mechanized Infantry 19 Dewan Rabindranth Soni 17 September 2016 30 November 2017 Central India Horse 20 Manoj Mukund Naravane 1 December 2017 30 September 2018 Sikh Light Infantry 21 Pattacheruvanda C. Thimayya 1 November 2018 30 April 2020 Mechanised Infantry Regiment 22 Raj Shukla 1 May 2020 31 March 2022 Regiment of Artillery 23 Surinder Singh Mahal 1 April 2022 30 November 2023 41 Armoured Regiment 24 Manjinder Singh 1 December 2023 30 June 2024 Madras Regiment 25 Devendra Sharma 1 July 2024 31 August 2026 14th Horse (Scinde Horse) 26 Shrinjay Pratap Singh 1 October 2026 Incumbent Kumaon Regiment
Notes 1.Later became the Chief of Army Staff.
References
External links ARTRAC Army Commanders' Conclave