{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix=Lieutenant General |name= Bobby Mathews |honorific_suffix=[[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] & Bar, [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] |birth_date= |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{Flag|India}} |service_years= |rank= [[File:Lieutenant_General_of_the_Indian_Army.svg|22px]] [[Lieutenant General]] |branch={{Army|India}} |commands= * [[XII Corps (India)|XII Corps]] * [[The Kumaon Regiment|2 Kumaon]] |unit =[[The Kumaon Regiment|2 Kumaon]] |battles= |awards= [[File:Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br> [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] & Bar<br> [[File:Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] |other_work= }} [[Lieutenant General]] '''Bobby Mathews''', [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] & Bar, [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] is an [[Indian Army]] officer who is an alumnus of the prestigious [[National Defence Academy]], [[Khadakwasla]]. He is a second generation army officer and has been [[General Officer Commanding]] of the Konark Corps ([[XII Corps (India)|XII Corps]]), India's only [[Desert Corps]]. The General holds a MSc & MPhil Degree from [[Madras University]].
==Military career== The General Officer was commissioned on 16 December 1978 into 2 KUMAON ([[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 [[Mumbai Terror Attacks, November 2008|2008 Mumbai terror attacks]]. He took over as the [[General Officer Commanding]] of India's only Desert Corps [[XII Corps (India)|XII Corps]] in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/tag/lieutenant-general-bobby-mathews/|title=Lieutenant General Bobby Mathews|publisher=Indianexpress.com|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/urgent-indian-forces-assault-besieged-jewish-center-in-mumbai/|title=URGENT: Indian Forces Assault Besieged Jewish Center in Mumbai|work=Fox News|access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>
[[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 [[General Officer Commanding|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 Regiment|Kumaon]] & [[Naga Regiment|Naga Regiments]] & Kumaon Scouts on 1 May 2015. The General took over as [[Commandant]] [[Officers Training Academy]] Chennai on 18 Oct 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=WeVBuYMnMXEX5m1Nz4e3lw==&ParentID=l2L6zEWCZBDmKW1uIX7/Gg==&flag=KXFkmXzbGQbHBb/Gcl4SrA==|title=Official Website of Indian Army|publisher=Indianarmy.gov.in|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> He retired from the Army on 28 February 2017.
The General was appointed by the Govt of India as Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal in 2020.
==Family== 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Three-killed-as-car-collides-with-truck/articleshow/45409054.cms |title=Three killed as car collides with truck |date=December 8, 2014 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130605/dplus.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus|publisher=Tribuneindia.com|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> Rohit held a master's degree in Steel Technology from [[IIT Bombay]] and was working with Essar Steel, Hazira the time of his death. The couple are the parents of twins, a boy Rihaan & a girl Riyanna born 19 July 2016. {{citation needed|date=February 2017}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, Bobby}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Indian generals]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[Category:Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[Category:Academic staff of the Defence Services Staff College]] [[Category:College of Air Warfare alumni]] [[Category:National Defence College, India alumni]]
{{India-mil-bio-stub}} [[Category:Deputy Commandants of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun]] [[Category:University of Madras alumni]]