Brigadier SN Tiwari assumed the command of NCC Group Headquarters, Rajkot on 1st September 2020 as its 27th Group Commander. Rajkot NCC Group Headquarters under Gujarat Directorate looks after the training of NCC Cadets in the entire Saurashtra region. Brigadier Tiwari is an alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He is a Special Forces Officer and was commissioned into Sixth Battalion of Parachute Regiment which he commanded. He has been an epitome of excellence in the Special Forces Regiment of the Indian Army. He has been an Airborne and Heliborne Warfare Expert and had undertaken Joint Airborne Exercises with the USA and Russia. He was also the manager of the Indian Special Forces team that won the 'Airborne Africa' in 2002. The officer has been an instructor at Elite Commando Wing, Belgaum. He is a Defence Services Staff College graduate, he was posted to Special Operations Cell in Military Operations Direct