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An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Manoj Pande was commissioned in December 1982 to the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers).

General Kalita is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command, National Defence College and has served twice in the United Nations as a Military Observer in Sierra Leone and Chief Operations Officer in Sudan.

Lt Gen Manoj Pande appointed Army’s Vice Chief; Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi to be Northern Command Chief - Prior to assuming charge as the Vice Chief, Pande was working as the head of the Kolkata-based HQs Eastern Command.

SAM president Col. Ravi Batra said that all the members wanted to pay tributes collectively, but being people from the Services, they had two things on their mind. The first was to organise the event and the second was to follow Covid guidelines.

A second-generation Army officer, Brig Lidder was set to be promoted as Major General soon and was preparing for his next posting after serving as a key member in Gen Rawats team for more than a year.

Brig Lidder played an important role in planning India's higher defence reforms under which an ambitious roadmap has been drawn to roll out tri-services theatre commands.

Grief and shock have gripped the nation following the sudden demise of General Bipin Rawat in the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu. Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh...

India first Chief of Defence Staff and longest-serving four-star officer General Bipin Rawat, known as the transformer in the Indian military higher defence

Bipin Rawat was instrumental in creating foundation of India's joint theatre commands, a major reform in Indian military establishment since independence.

Uniindia: New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) General Bipin Rawat, who died in an IAF chopper crash at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, rose the ranks to become the first ever Chief of Defence Staff of the three services, after serving as the 27th Chief of Army Staff for three years.