{"id":223332,"date":"2019-12-17T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=223332"},"modified":"2019-12-17T23:14:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:44:12","slug":"lt-gen-m-m-naravane-appointed-as-chief-of-army-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/12\/17\/lt-gen-m-m-naravane-appointed-as-chief-of-army-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt Gen M.M. Naravane appointed as Chief of Army Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government has decided to appoint Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, as the next Chief of the Army Staff after the retirement of General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC on December 31, 2019. Lt Gen Naravane will take over as Chief of the Army Staff in the substantive rank of General with effect from the afternoon of December 31, 2019.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lt Gen Naravane did his schooling at Dnayana Prabodhinee Prashala, Pune. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy, the General Officer was commissioned into the 7th<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion, The Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in June 1980. He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Higher Command Course, Mhow. He holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Defence Studies, M. Phil Degree in Defence and Management Studies and is currently pursuing his Doctorate.<\/p>\n

In a distinguished military career spanning almost four decades, the General Officer has the distinction of tenating key command and staff appointments in Peace and Field both in North East and Jammu & Kashmir and has been part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka during \u2018Operation Pawan\u2019. The Officer brings with him enormous experience of serving in the most challenging areas. The General Officer has commanded 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion, Rashtriya Rifles (Sikh Light Infantry), 106 Infantry Brigade, Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) at Kohima, Nagaland and 2 Corps. His staff assignments include tenures as a Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade, Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG) of Headquarters Establishment No 22, Defence Attache at Yangon, Myanmar, an instructional appointment in the Army War College as Directing Staff in the Higher Command Wing, besides two tenures at the Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army), New Delhi.<\/p>\n

The General Officer had the privilege of commanding the Republic Day Parade in 2017 in his capacity as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) Delhi Area. After successfully commanding the Army Training Command, Shimla, he took over as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Eastern Command on October 01, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Ministry of Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Press Release dt. 17-12-2019]<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Source: PIB]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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