Lieutenant General CP Mohanty to take charge as Vice-Chief of Army Staff on Feb 1 ANI | Updated: Jan 30, 2021 23:57 IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 30 (ANI): Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty will take charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff on February 1, relinquishing the command of the Southern Army on January 31, according to a release from the defence ministry. The General Officer is moving to Delhi to assume charge as Vice Chief of the Army Staff, the release said
In a farewell ceremony held on January 29, he paid homage to the martyrs by laying a wreath at the National War Memorial in Pune.
Lt-General CP Mohanty to take over as next Army vice-chief on Feb 1 ANI | 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.
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Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty next Vice Chief of Army Staff
Lt General Mohanty is the first Odia officer to be appointed the Vice Chief of Army, second only to the Chief of Army Staff.
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JAGATSINGHPUR/BHUBANESWAR: Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, presently serving as General Officer Commanding in chief of Southern Command, has been appointed as 42nd Vice Chief of Army Staff.
Lt Gen Mohanty is the first Odia officer to be appointed the Vice Chief of Army, second only to the Chief of Army Staff.
Born to Jitendra Kishore Mohanty, a retired government employee and Sarada Kumari Mohanty, a former professor in Odia at SVM College, Lt Gen Mohanty studied till Class VI at Bagashai UP School in Jagatsinghpur.
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Chandigarh, December 12
For the third time this year, a cadet from Punjab has bagged the prestigious Sword of Honour for being adjudged as the overall best during pre-commission training in an Army institution.
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Lt Watandeep S Sidhu awarded Sword of Honour at the passing out parade at IMA, Dehradun, on Dec 12
The honour was bestowed on Lt Akashdeep Singh Dhillion from Tarn Taran in June
It was bestowed on Lt Harpreet Singh from Rupnagar at the OTA, Chennai, in March
The Sword of Honour for the Autumn Term-2020, comprising 147th Regular Course (RC) and 130th Technical Graduate Course (TGC), was awarded to Lt Watandeep Singh Sidhu during the passing out parade at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, today.