His Majesty the King granted an audience to the General Officer Commanding in Chief (Eastern Command) of the Indian Army, Lieutenant General M.M.S. Rai.
Lt Gen M.M.S. Rai, an alumnus of National Defence Academy, was commissioned from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun into the Corps of Engineers in 1976.
He was appointed as the GOC-in-C Eastern Command of the Indian Army in January this year.