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Revision as of 18:02, 2 September 2021
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42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff | |
Assumed office 1 February 2021 | |
President | Ram Nath Kovind |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Satinder Kumar Saini |
Personal details | |
Born | Jayabada, Jagatsinghpur Sub-Division, Cuttack district (now Jagatsinghpur district), Odisha[1] |
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Years of service | June 1982 – present |
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Unit | Rajput Regiment |
Commands | ![]() Uttar Bharat Area XXXIII Corps |
Battles/wars | Insurgency in Northeast India |
Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM is a General Officer in the Indian Army. He is the current Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021 following the superannuation of Satinder Kumar Saini.[2] He was previously the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Southern Command,[1] assuming command on 30 January 2020.[3] He was trained at RIMC Dehradun.
Early life and education
Mohanty was born to Jitendra K. Mohanty, a civil servant, and Sarada Mohanty, a professor of Odia at S.V.M. College.[4] Following his education at Bagashai U.P. School, he joined the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun. He subsequently entered the National Defence Academy (NDA). He holds a M. Phil and a master's in management and has conducted extensive studies of China, South Asia and northeastern India. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.[3]
Career
Mohanty was commissioned a Second lieutenant in the Rajput Regiment in June 1982. He has commanded battalions in both Jammu and Kashmir and in Northeast India, and has held staff appointments in an armoured brigade and in the military secretariat. He commanded a UN multi-national brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served as a military advisor to the Seychelles government.[3] He has also commanded a mountain brigade along the Indo-Chinese border and a mountain division in Assam in 2014.[1] He also served as Director General of operational logistics and strategic movement at the Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army) at New Delhi. After the Doklam incident, he commanded the XXXIII Corps[5] in the Eastern Command and was then appointed GOC Uttar Bharat Area at Bareilly.[3]
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Dates of rank
Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
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Second Lieutenant | Indian Army | 12 June 1982[6] |
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Lieutenant | Indian Army | 12 June 1984[7] |
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Captain | Indian Army | 12 June 1987 |
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Major | Indian Army | 12 June 1993[8] |
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Lieutenant-Colonel | Indian Army | 16 December 2004[9] |
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Colonel | Indian Army | 1 March 2006[10] |
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Brigadier | Indian Army | 5 December 2009 (substantive, with seniority from 8 January 2009)[11] |
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Major General | Indian Army | 10 January 2015 (substantive, with seniority from 4 June 2012)[12] |
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Lieutenant-General | Indian Army | 20 May 2017 (seniority from 1 May)[13] |
References
- ^ a b c "Lt Gen Chandi Prasad Mohanty is General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Army Command". The New Indian Express. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "LT GEN CP Mohanty takes over as Vice Chief of the Army Staff". PIB. 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Lt Gen CP Mohanty assumes command of Pune-based Southern Command". Hindustan Times. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Odisha-Born Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Takes Charge Of Southern Command". OdishaBytes. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Eastern Army Commander concludes two-day visit to Trishakti Corps formations". Business Standard India. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 29 September 1984. p. 1666.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 11 May 1985. p. 652.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 18 September 1993. p. 1658.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 18.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 1 September 2007. p. 1339.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 February 2013. p. 272.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 May 2016. p. 1308.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 February 2019. p. 393.