Lt. Gen. Chandi Prasad Mohanty takes over as Vice Chief of Indian Army
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Updated: Monday, February 1, 2021, 13:17 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 01: Lt. Gen. Chandi Prasad Mohanty has taken over as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Army.
He was commissioned into the Rajput Regiment in June 1982. He was serving as the General Officer, Commanding in chief of Southern Command. Two weeks back, he was appointed as the 42nd Vice Chief of Army Staff.
Lt. Gen. Chandi Prasad Mohanty
He is the first Odia officer to be appointed as the Vice Chief of the Army, second only to the Army Chief, General M M Naravane.
Lt Gen CP Mohanty takes over as Vice Chief of Indian Army
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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.