Lt Gen Manoj Pande to take charge as Vice Chief of Army.

Why In News

• Lt Gen Manoj Pande, Eastern Army Commander, is moving to the Army Headquarters as the new Vice Chief of the Army.
• An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Manoj Pande was commissioned in December 1982 to the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers).
• The General Officer commanded an Engineer Regiment during Operation Parakram in the sensitive Pallanwala Sector along the Line of Control of Jammu and Kashmir.
• He is a graduate of Staff College, Camberley (United Kingdom) and attended the Higher Command (HC) and National Defence College (NDC) Courses.

Other Appointments

• Gen. RP Kalita has been appointed as the new Eastern Army Command chief in Kolkata.
• Gen. Upendra Dwivedi will take over as the new Northern Army Commander.

Chief of Indian Armed Forces

• Chief of Indian Army – General Manoj Mukund Naravane
• Chief of the Air Staff – Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
• Chief of the Naval Staff – Admiral R. Hari Kumar
• Director General of the Indian Coast Guard – Virender Singh Pathania