The General Officer was commissioned on 16 December 1978 into 2 KUMAON ( BERAR ) ( The Kumaon Regiment ) , one of the oldest and most decorated regiments of the Indian Army . He commanded his Battalion 2 KUMAON ( BERAR ) in Counter-insurgency Operations in Manipur . He went on to command a Mountain Brigade and the Striking Lion Mountain Division in the Eastern Theatre , during which he was responsible for coordinating relief and reconstruction work during the 2011 Sikkim earthquake . He was also the Sub Area Commander , Mumbai Region during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks . He took over as the General Officer Commanding of India 's only Desert Corps XII Corps in September 2014 . Lt Gen Bobby Mathews has been an Instructor at the IMA , Dehradun , Infantry School , Mhow , The Defence Services Staff College Wellington , and Dy Comdt & Chief Instructor at the Indian Military Academy , Dehradun.He has also been BM of a Mtn Bde & Col GS of an Inf Division . The General Officer has also attended the Higher Command ( Air ) Course and the prestigious National Defence College Course , National Defence College ( India ) at New Delhi . Prior to taking over as the GOC of the Konark Corps , he handled the critical appointment of Additional Director General Public Info ( Media Advisor to COAS ) in the Army Headquarters . The General took over as The Colonel of Kumaon & Naga Regiments & Kumaon Scouts on 1 May 2015 . The General took over as Comdt OTA Chennai on 18 Oct 2015 . He retired from the Army on 28 Feb 2017 Bobby Mathews is married to Lina Mathews . The couple had a son Rohit , who died in a car accident near Surat on 7 December 2014 . Rohit held a master 's degree in Steel Technology from IIT Bombay and was working with Essar Steel , Hazira at the time of his death . The couple are the parents of twins , a boy Rihaan & a girl Riyanna born 19 July 2016 .
2011 Sikkim earthquake
2011 Sikkim earthquake
Bobby Mathews (general)