General Upendra Dwivedi Takes Charge As Indian Army Chief, General Manoj Pande Retires

General Upendra Dwivedi is the brand-new Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army New Delhi: General Upendra Dwivedi has actually taken control of as the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) from General Manoj Pande, who took charge in May 2022. Prior to this, General Dwivedi was the Vice Chief of the Army Staff. He is the recipient of Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, and 3 General Officer Commanding-in-Charge (GOC-in-C) commendation cards. A homeowner of Madhya Pradesh, he studied in Sainik School Rewa, and signed up with the National Defence Academy (NDA) in January 1981. He was commissioned into the 18th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1984, which he later on commanded in Kashmir valley and the deserts of Rajasthan. From his school days, he matured as an exceptional sportsperson and mastered both the NDA and the Indian Military Academy (IMA), where he won ‘Blue’ in physical training. He continued to stand out post commissioning and got a gold medal in the physical training course. General Dwivedi has a distinct difference of well balanced direct exposure along the northern, western and eastern theatres, in different surface and functional environment consisting of deserts, high elevation, riverine, built-up location, northeast, and Jammu and Kashmir. He commanded his battalion in counter-terrorist operations in Kashmir valley and in Rajasthan’s deserts. He has actually been the Inspector General Assam Rifles (IGAR-GOC) and Sector Commander of the Assam Rifles in extreme counter-terrorist operations, and held lots of other personnel and command visits in the northeast where he originated the very first compendium on Indo-Myanm
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