Brigadier MG Jacob, Director & Principal, Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok has retired from the Indian Army after 35 years of spotless service. He decided to join the Tashi Namgyal Academy in May 2019 after his service.

While in the Army, he was on the teaching faculty of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington twice covering a span of six years and he has also worked in the Army Air Defence College for three years.

While he was the head of Army School in Ludhiana, he was involved in its transformation and up-gradation. He has also been on the management board of Kendriya Vidyalaya at Bharatpur in Rajasthan and Dhar in J & K. He also partly owns an Aided school in his home town in Kerala.

Apart from being a Post Graduate and an MPhil, he has also qualified in a PG Diploma Programme from IIM Ahmedabad.