India / Gen Mukund Naravane takes charge as new Army chief

General Manoj Mukund Naravane took over as the 28th Army Chief on Tuesday. General Naravane succeeded General Bipin Rawat who has been appointed as Chief of Defence Staff, overlooking all three branches of defence services. General Naravane was commissioned in the 7th battalion of The Sikh Light infantry in 1980 and is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy.

Hindustan Times : Dec 31, 2019, 01:39 PM
Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday took charge as the Chief of Army Staff, succeeding Gen Bipin Rawat.

Gen Naravane served as vice chief of the Army before taking charge of the 1.3 million strong Army.

In his 37 years of service, Gen Naravane served in numerous command and staff appointments in peace, field and highly active counter-insurgency environments in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.

He also commanded a Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir and an infantry brigade on the eastern front.

Before appointed as vice chief of the Army, Gen Naravane was heading the Army’s Eastern Command that takes care of India’s nearly 4,000-km border with China.