May 20, 2022

GENERAL MANOJ PANDE, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF

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GENERAL MANOJ PANDE, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC

CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF

General Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, was commissioned in December 1982 in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers). The General Officer commanded an Engineer Regiment during Operation PARAKRAM in the sensitive Pallanwala Sector of Jammu and Kashmir, along the Line of Control. The General Officer is a graduate of Staff College, Camberley (United Kingdom) and attended the Higher Command (HC) and National Defence College (NDC) Courses.

In his 40 years of military career, he has tenanted important and challenging command and staff appointments in different operational environments which include command of an Engineer Brigade in the Western Theatre, as part of Strike Corps,an Infantry Brigade along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, a Mountain Division in the High Altitude Area of Western Ladakh and command of a Corps, deployed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and in Counter Insurgency Operations area of Eastern Command.

His staff exposures include Brigade Major of a Mountain Brigade in the North East, Assistant Military Secretary (AMS) in Military Secretary’s Branch, Colonel Q of a Mountain Division in High Altitude Area and Brigadier General Staff (Operations) at Headquarters Eastern Command. The General Officer has served as Chief Engineer in the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. He has also tenanted the appointments of Additional Director General in the Military Operations Directorate at Army Headquarters,Chief of Staff Headquarters Southern Command and Director General Discipline Ceremonial & Welfare at the Army Headquarters.

He was Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN) from June 2020 to May 2021 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command from Jun 2021 to Jan 2022.The General Officer held the appointment of Vice Chief of the Army Staff prior to assuming the appointment of the Chief of the Army Staff on 01 May 2022.

For his illustrious service he has been conferred with the award of ParamVishishtSeva Medal, AtiVishishtSeva Medal and VishishtSeva Medal. The General Officer is The Colonel Commandant, The Bombay Sappers.

 


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