Lt. Gen. Manoj Pande is new Army chief
The Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Manoj Pande, has been appointed the 29th Chief of the Army Staff, a Defence Ministry statement said on Monday. He is the first officer from the Corps of Engineers and also the first from combat support arms — the combat arms being infantry, artillery and armoured — to head the 1.3-million Indian Army.
He will take over on April 30 when the incumbent, General Manoj Naravane, is set to retire. He took over as Vice Chief on February 1 and prior to that was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command. From June 1 to January 31 he served as the 15th Commanding-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN).He was posted as Chief Engineer at the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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