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He was commissioned into 16th battalion of the [[Madras Regiment]] (TRAVANCORE) in June 1986 from the [[Indian Military Academy]].<ref name="Part I-1988">{{cite news |date=29 October 1988 |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/1988/O-0635-1988-0044-28046.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India |page=1586}}</ref> In a distinguished career spanning over 37 years he has served across vivid terrains and has undertaken many staff and instructional appointments. The general has commanded his battalion in the [[Siachen Glacier]] and in the intense counter terrorism environment of the Valley Sector in Kashmir. The general officer has held various staff and instructional appointments to include Instructor Class ‘C’ and ‘B’ in the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He has held the appointment of a Brigade Major of a Brigade in Counter Insurgency Operations and General Staff Officer-1 in the [[Military Intelligence Directorate]]. He has tenanted the appointment of Colonel (General Staff) of an Offensive Formation in the Plains Sector, Colonel General Staff (Planning) of a command headquarters, Deputy Commander of a brigade (new raising) in the Eastern Theatre, Deputy Director General Canteen Services, Brigadier General Staff of the [[Indian Military Academy]], Commandant of the [[High Altitude Warfare School]] at Gulmarg. He has also commanded 12 Reorganized Army Plains Infantry Division (RAPID) in the desert sector.<ref name="Deputy_Chiefs" />
On being promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant general]], he took over as the 33rd Director General of [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] on 1 January 2021.<ref name="Press Information Bureau-2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lt. Gen. Tarun Kumar Aich takes over as DG, NCC |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/lt-gen-tarun-kumar-aich-takes-dg-ncc-1502944474.html |access-date=4 Jan 2021 |website=The Statesman|date=4 January 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=Ebangla |date=January 5, 2021 |year=2021 |title=Lt. Gen. Tarun Kumar Aich is NCC Director General |url=https://www.ebangla.in/lt-gen-tarun-kumar-aich-is-ncc-director-general/ |url-status=live |website=ebangla.in
On October 22, 2021 [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant general]] Aich took over as the [[General officer commanding|General Officer Commanding]] [[XXXIII Corps (India)|XXXIII Corps]] succeeding [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant general]] [[Ajai Kumar Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 2021 |title=Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich took over the command of Trishakti Corps of Eastern Command from Lt Gen AK Singh. |url=https://x.com/easterncomd/status/1451402894981222400 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=x (formerly twitter)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Indiablooms |title=Lieutenant General Tarun Kumar Aich assumes charge as Corps Commander of Trishakti Corps {{!}} Indiablooms - First Portal on Digital News Management |url=https://www.indiablooms.com/news-details/N/76384/lieutenant-general-tarun-kumar-aich-assumes-charge-as-corps-commander-of-trishakti-corps.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Indiablooms.com |language=en}}</ref> As GOC of Trishakti Corps, he took numerous initiatives such as; On Dec 11, 2021, he set up a 400 litres of oxygen per minute oxygen generation plant, at the base hospital in Bengdubi near Bagdogra in Siliguri<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=The Telegraph |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich, GOC of Trishakti Corps inaugurates oxygen generation plant in Siliguri |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/goc-of-trishakti-corps-inaugurates-oxygen-generation-plant-in-siliguri/cid/1842800 |url-status=live |access-date=March 10, 2023 |website=The Telegraph India}}</ref> On May 16, 2022 Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich, the GOC of Trishakti Corps, and Avinash Khare, the [[Chancellor (education)|VC]] of [[Sikkim University]] signed the MoU for the Tibetology cadre course<ref>{{Cite news |last=The |first=Telegraph |date=16 May 2022 |title=Indian Army signs MoU with Sikkim University |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/indian-army-signs-mou-with-sikkim-university/cid/1865245 |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=The Telegraph |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref>. The Eastern Command Tibetology cadre course (ECTCC) is a six-week programme conducted at Gangtok under the guidance of the [[National Security Guard|Black Cat division]] of the Indian Army and gives an insight into various aspects of [[Tibet]] such as its history, religion, language, culture, politics, demography and geography. Later on Aug 26, 2022, under the purview of the Indian Army’s [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] General Officer Commanding 33 corps Lt General Tarun Kumar Aich launched the unique civil-military cooperation activities - Eastern Command Trans Theatre Adventure Activities (ECTTAA) 2022, which start from Jongsong Peak in the western extremities to Jelep La in the easternmost part, all along the northern Indo-China borders.<ref>{{Cite news |date=Aug 26, 2022 |title=Eastern Command Trans Theatre Adventure Activities Set to Take Civil-Military Cooperation to New Heights |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/eastern-command-trans-theatre-adventure-activities-set-to-take-civil-military-cooperation-to-new-heights-5828179.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=News18.com}}</ref>
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