Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Indian Armed forces witnessed a significant reshuffle on the high on Friday. As per the sources main modifications within the Army included one new Army Commander, DG Military Operations, the Adjutant General and a Corps Commander. Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, National Defence Academy and Strategic Forces Command additionally noticed new faces assuming cost on the high.
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) SS Mahal took over because the General Officer Commanding in Chief (C-inC), Army Training Command (ARTRAC). He was the General Officer Commanding (GoC) Uttar Bharat (UB) Area. Lt General Mahal moved to Artrac after Lt Gen Raj Shukla retired on 31 March. UB space, in contrast to the opposite administrative headquarters, is a combatised space because it has operational troops beneath its command. Lt Gen Mahal was commissioned in December 1984 into 41 Armoured Regiment.
Also, with the retirement of Lt Gen Raj Shukla, Lt Gen MK Pandey, the present Vice Chief of Army Staff stays the senior most serving officer after General MM Naravane. The authorities is in course of to pick out the brand new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after the premature demise of General Bipin Rawat.
In the Army Lt Gen Ponappa took cost of the Adjutant General (AG), shifting from the publish of Deputy Chief (Information, Services & Training). AG takes care of the welfare and self-discipline of the Army.
Lt Gen JP Mathews has moved rather than Lt Gen Mahal because the GoC UB Area. Prior to the brand new posting Lt Gen Mathews was Commanding the Dimapur based mostly Spear (3 Corps) Corps with the Line of Actual Control, Myanmar Border and Counter Insurgency beneath its duty.
A brand new Director General Military Operations will take cost on the New Delhi based mostly Army headquarters. Lt Gen MK Katiyar is the brand new DGMO of the Army who was commanding the Mathura based mostly I Strike Corps and can take over as DGMO on thirtieth April. The present DGMO Lt Gen BS Raju is in line to grow to be the Army Commander.
In the Navy, Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru assumed cost as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 Mar. He was commissioned into the Navy in Jan 85 as a Submarine and Navigation Specialist. On elevation to the rank of Vice Admiral in 2019, he held the difficult and coveted appointment of Deputy C-in-C of the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) prior taking on as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.
He succeeded Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh who retired after greater than 38 years of illustrious service on 31 Mar 2022.
At the tri-services degree the celebrated National Defence Academy (NDA) and Strategic Forces Command have new officers on the helm. NDA has received the brand new Commandant with Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, assuming the appointment on Friday from Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor. Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor is heading Delhi because the Director General Inspection and Safety.
Vice Admiral Kochhar, commissioned in July 1988, was Project Director (Operations and Training) at Headquarters Advanced Tactical Vessel Program, HQ, and New Delhi. His command tenure contains the Command of India’s solely Aircraft provider INS Vikramaditya. He was additionally the Fleet Commander Western Fleet, the sword arm of the Navy.
Another essential change has taken place on the Strategic Forces Command. Air Marshal RGK Kapoor is the brand new Commander in Chief rather than Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar who superannuated on March 31. The SFC operationalises the supply of nuclear weapons and warheads after the go-ahead from the Nuclear Command Authority.
