Lt Gen Manoj Pande appointed Army chief, first engineer to get the post
Lt Gen Pande will be the 29th Chief of Army Staff and would be succeeding Gen MM Naravane.
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Lt Gen Pande will be the 29th Chief of Army Staff and would be succeeding Gen MM Naravane.
He will assume the role on May 1, a day after General MM Naravane is slated to retire.
Manoj Pande is the Indian Army Vice Chief Lieutenant General who will succeed General Manoj Mukund Naravane on April 30.
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been named the new Army Chief, news agency ANI reported on Monday.
Pande will become the first commander from the Corps of Engineers to take charge of the 1.3-million-strong force as the position has been held so far by officers from infantry, artillery and armoured regiments.