Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next chief of Indian Army. Lt. Gen Manoj Pande will be the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Chief of Army Staff.
PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a serving General Officer in the Indian Army. He is currently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff since 1 February 2022.Previously, he served as the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, having taken over on 1 June 2021. He previously commanded the Andaman and Nicobar Command as the Commander-in-Chief (CINCAN).Today On 18 April 2022, he was named the next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), to assume office from 30 April. Lt Gen Manoj Pande would be the 29th COAS and would be succeeding Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane.
The Centre on Monday appointed Indian Army Vice Chief Lieutenant General Manoj Pande as
the next chief of Indian Army. He will take over his new office on May 1 after General Manoj
Mukund Naravane completes his tenure on April 30.
Pande was born to Dr. C G Pande on 6 May 1964, in a consulting Psychotherapist who retired as the Head of the Department of Psychology of the Nagpur University, and Prema, an announcer and host with the All India Radio. The family hails from Nagpur. After his schooling, he joined the National Defence Academy (NDA), where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science. After attending the NDA, he joined the Indian Military Academy and was commissioned as an officer, whereafter he attended the College of Military Engineering, Pune, earning a Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering. He married Archana Salpekar, gold medalist from Govt Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur on 3 May 1987.
Lt Gen Manoj Pande: The First Engineer To Be Appointed As Army Chief
