On Saturday, General Manoj Pande took over as the new Chief of Army Staff in a brief ceremony at the South Black from General Manoj Mukund Naravane, who is superannuating today.
Gen Pande is the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Chief of Army Staff. He belongs to the 117 Engineers Regiment of the Indian Army, and would be the 29th Army Chief.
On December 24, 1982, he was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) of the Indian Army. He has served in a variety of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments during a long and distinguished service spanning over 39 years.
His son is a pilot in the Indian Air Force in the transport aircraft stream.
Gen Pande held various important command and staff appointments which include a Mountain Division in the high-altitude area in Ladakh along the Pakistan border and Command of a Corps, deployed along the LAC and in the Counter Insurgency Operations area of Eastern Command.
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