He will take over on April 30 when the incumbent Gen Manoj Naravane is set to retire.
Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Manoj Pande has been appointed as the 29th Chief of Army Staff, becoming the first officer from Corps of Engineers to head the 1.3 million Army.
He will take over on April 30 when the incumbent Gen Manoj Naravane is set to retire.
Appointment is still awaited for the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) which has fallen vacant following the untimely demise of the first country’s CDS Gen Bipin Rawat in a chopper crash in December. Gen Naravane is presently the seniormost and front runner for the post.
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