Major Ashish Verma is a second generation officer with a rich experience of serving in various field formations on the western borders of the country.

The officer holds a degree in B-Tech, Marine Engineering from BITS Pilani and served in the Merchant Navy prior to joining the forces. He was commissioned from Officers Training Academy, Chennai into the 8th Light Cavalry, one of the oldest cavalry regiments of the Armoured corps. The officer is a qualified automotive instructor and CBRN specialist. While in the unit, the officer tenanted the appointment of Technical Adjudant wherein, he played an instrumental role in maintaining the technical fleet of combat and logistic vehicles and equipment of an Armoured Regiment. The officer carried out the innovation for night enabling the night blind T-72 tanks of Indian Army for which he was commended by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Command on 15 Aug 2020.

The officer is married to Mrs Neha Singh, an M Tech in Computer Science, currently working with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.