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Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi has been named as the next Chief of Army Staff, and he will succeed General Manoj C Pande who demits office on June 30. Lt Gen Dwivedi’s appointment will come into effect at the end of the month.
Lieutenant General Dwivedi held the position of the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff since February 2024. Prior to this, he served as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command in the Union Territories of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh from February 2022-2024.
He was commissioned into the Jammu And Kashmir Rifles Regiment and in a career spanning over 39 years, he served across a wide spectrum of terrain and operational profiles. He served a number of important Command, Staff and Instructional appointments making immense contributions to the organisation, according to a statement issued by an Udhampur based Army PRO.
Lieutenant General Dwivedi is an alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa, National Defence Academy, and Indian Military Academy. He graduated from the prestigious Defence Service Staff College, attended Higher Command Course at Army War College and the National Defence College equivalent course at United State Army War College.
The General Officer commanded his battalion in the Kashmir Valley, Assam Rifles Sector along the Indo-Myanmar Border, Inspectorate General Assam Rifles (IGAR, East). Later, the General Officer commanded Rising Star Corps based at Yol. He has served as staff officer in an Armoured Brigade, Directorate General of Military Operations, Military Secretary Branch and at Divisional and Corps Headquarters.
He has had instructional tenures at the Indian Military Academy and Army War College. He also had two overseas tenures in Somalia and Seychelles. He served in the Directorate General of Infantry in different capacities including Director General of Infantry and fast-tracked procurement cases of weapons leading to significant and visible capability enhancement for the Army.
