Lt-General CP Mohanty to take over as next Army vice-chief on Feb 1
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Updated: Jan 27, 2021 15:14 IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty will take over as the new vice-chief of Army staff on February 1.
An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) Dehradun and National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Mohanty is a June 1982 batch Infantry Officer from the Rajput Regiment.
During his distinguished military career, General Mohanty has had vast operational, logistics and administrative experience in varied command and staff appointments. He commanded his Battalion in Jammu and Kashmir and North East, a Mountain Brigade along the Indo-China border and a Mountain Division in Counter Insurgency Operations in North East.