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The position's initial roots finds its origins in the 18th century, when the East India Company (EIC) - a British-origin trade establishment and the then-de facto administrative organization of the Indian subcontinent, established the position of Commander-in-Chief, India (C-in-C) in 1748 to head its three Presidency Armies, namely the Bengal ...
Upendra Dwivedi (born 1 July 1964) is a serving four star general officer of the Indian Army.He is the current and 30th Chief of the Army Staff. [5] [6] He took over as the 30th COAS succeeding General Manoj Pande on 30 June 2024. [7]
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) Lieutenant General: Pratik Sharma PVSM, AVSM, SM [12] Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination) Rakesh Kapoor AVSM, VSM [13] Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) Rahul R Singh AVSM, VSM [14] Adjutant General: VPS Kaushik UYSM, YSM, SM [15] Military ...
Indian Army: Chief of the Army Staff: General. Upendra Dwivedi. PVSM AVSM ADC. June 2024 [10] Indian Army: Chief of the Naval Staff: Admiral. Dinesh Kumar Tripathi. PVSM AVSM NM. April 2024 [11] Indian Navy: Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal. Amar Preet Singh. PVSM AVSM. September 2024 [12] Indian Air Force: Chief of Integrated Defence ...
On 15 January 1949, General K. M. Cariappa was appointed the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian army. [50] In February 1949, the Indian government repealed colonial-era legislation which mandated limits on the recruitment of certain ethnic groups into the armed forces. [51]
The office holder is usually the second most senior army officer unless the Chief of Defence is an army officer. Eleven of the forty Vice Chiefs have gone on to head the Indian Army as the Chief of the Army Staff. The current VCOAS is Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani who assumed the office on 1st July 2024.
The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.. It trains officers of all three services of the Indian Armed Forces – (Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force), selected officers from the Paramilitary forces and the Civil Services and officers from friendly foreign countries for command and staff ...
The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is one of the oldest military academies in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army. Located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, it was established in 1932 following a recommendation by a military committee set up under the chairmanship of General (later Field Marshal) Sir Philip Chetwode. From a class of 40 male ...