D. B. Shekatkar

Lieutenant General D. B. Shekatkar PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a retired Indian army officer. He was commissioned on 30 June 1963 into the Maratha Light Infantry. He is currently the chancellor of Sikkim University.^[1][2][3][4]

Lieutenant General D. B. Shekatkar PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Personal details
Alma mater	Indian Military Academy
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Ati Vishisht Seva Vishisht Seva
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch	Indian Army
Service years	30 June 1963 – 2002
Unit	Maratha Light Infantry

Role in Kashmir

General Shekatkar was instrumental in the surrender of 1267 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir who had been trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Post-surrender, the militants returned to normal life.^[5]

The largest number of surrenders in a day also took place under Shekatkar's command in 1995 when he was a major general — 95 militants surrendered in Aragam and Malanam in Baramulla district on 1 October which was the largest surrender of militants in the valley till then. Majority of the militants were from Hizbul Mujaheddin.^[6]

Shekatkar briefly served as Commandant of Infantry School starting in 2002.^[7]