List of serving generals of the Indian Army
This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army.
Chief of Defence Staff[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chief of Defence Staff (also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs) |
General | Anil Chauhan | PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | [1] |
Chief of the Army Staff[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chief of the Army Staff | General | Manoj Pande | PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC | [2] |
Vice Chief of the Army Staff[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vice Chief of the Army Staff | Lieutenant General | Upendra Dwivedi | PVSM, AVSM | [3] |
General Officer Commanding-in-Chiefs[edit]
**Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Forces
Principal Staff Officers (PSO)[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Adjutant General | Lieutenant General | C.B. Ponnappa | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [12] | |
Military Secretary | |||||
Quartermaster General | VM Bhuvana Krishnan | AVSM, YSM | |||
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) |
Tarun Kumar Aich | PVSM, AVSM | [13] | ||
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination) |
Rakesh Kapoor | AVSM, VSM | [14] | ||
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) |
J B Chaudhari | PVSM, SM, VSM | [15] | ||
Engineer-In-Chief | Arvind Walia | AVSM | [16] |
General Officers of Armed Forces Commands[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General of Assam Rifles | Lieutenant General | Pradeep Chandran Nair | PVSM, AVSM, YSM | [17] | |
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Perspective Planning & Financial Development) |
Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer | ||||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organization & Training) |
Vipul Shinghal | AVSM, SM | [18] | ||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) |
Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer | [19] | |||
Director General DIA & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) |
Dinesh Singh Rana | AVSM, YSM, SM | [20] | ||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) |
Chiefs of Staff of Army Commands[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Chief of Staff Northern Command | Lieutenant General | Anindya Sengupta | UYSM, AVSM, YSM | [21] | |
Chief of Staff Eastern Command | R C Srikanth | SM, VSM | |||
Chief of Staff Western Command | Devendra Sharma | AVSM, SM | [22] | ||
Chief of Staff Central Command | Mukesh Chadha | SM, VSM | [23] | ||
Chief of Staff Southern Command | Manjit Kumar | AVSM | [24] | ||
Chief of Staff South Western Command | A. Arun | PVSM, YSM, SM, VSM | [25] | ||
Chief of Staff Army Training Command | Dheerendra Singh Kushwaha | AVSM, SM |
Heads of Combat and Combat Support Arms[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General Infantry | Lieutenant General | Anil Kumar Samantara | SM | [26] | |
Director General Artillery | Adosh Kumar | AVSM, SM | [27] | ||
Director General Army Aviation | Ajay Kumar Suri | AVSM | [28] | ||
Director General Army Air Defence | Sumer Ivan D'Cunha | SM | [29] | ||
Director General Armoured Corps | Vivek Kashyap | AVSM, VSM | [30] | ||
Signal-Officer-in-Chief | Kanwar Vinod Kumar | AVSM |
Heads of Services and Directorates[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General Military Operations | Lieutenant General | Pratik Sharma | AVSM, SM | [31] | |
Director General Military Intelligence | R. S. Raman | [32] | |||
Director General Medical Services (Army) | Arindam Chatterjee | [33] | |||
Director General Hospital Services | |||||
Director General Dental Services | Vineet Sharma | VSM | |||
Director General Ordnance Services | Suresh Chandra Tandi | VSM | [34] | ||
Director General Supplies and Transport | Preet Mohindera Singh | VSM | |||
Director General Border Roads Organisation | Raghu Srinivasan | VSM | [35][36] | ||
Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers | J S Sidana | AVSM | |||
Director General Military Training | |||||
Director General Capability Development | Vineet Gaur | AVSM | [37] | ||
Director General Remount Veterinary Services | |||||
Director General Information Systems | Rajiv Kumar Sahni | VSM,PhD | |||
Director General Operational Logistics | Pushpendra Singh | SM** | |||
Director General Weapons and Equipment | |||||
Director General Discipline, Ceremonials and Welfare | |||||
Director General Manpower Planning and Personnel Services | V Sreehari | AVSM, SC, SM | [38] | ||
Director General Financial Planning | Samir Gupta | PVSM, VSM | [39] | ||
Director General Recruiting | N S Sarna | AVSM,SM, VSM | [40] | ||
Director General Staff Duties | Michael AJ Fernandes | AVSM, VSM | [1] | ||
Director General Quality Assurance | R S Reen | [41] | |||
Director General Land, Works and Environment | |||||
Director General Information Warfare | |||||
Director General Strategic Planning | Raju Baijal | ||||
Director General Territorial Army | |||||
Director General National Cadet Corps | Gurbirpal Singh | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [42] | ||
Master General Sustenance | Amardeep Singh Aujla | UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM | |||
Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles | Major General | S H Naqvi | SM, VSM | [43] | |
Additional Director General Army Education Corps | R Putarjunam | [44] | |||
Judge Advocate General, Indian Army | Vijay Kumar | [45] | |||
Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army | Javed Iqbal | [46] | |||
Additional Director General Military Nursing Service | Ignatius Delos Flora | [47] | |||
Additional Director General Strategic Communication | RR Patil | VSM | [48] | ||
Provost Marshal Corps of Military Police | Sumit Talwar | ||||
Additional Director General Army Postal Service Corps | MK Khan | VSM | |||
Additional Director General Human Rights | Gautam Chauhan | [49] |
Commandants of Training Institutions[edit]
General Officers Commanding Corps[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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General Officer Commanding I Corps
Strike One Corps |
Lieutenant General | Sanjay Mitra | AVSM, SM | [61] | |
General Officer Commanding II Corps
Kharga Corps |
Rahul R Singh | VSM | [62] | ||
General Officer Commanding III Corps
Spear Corps |
Harjeet Singh Sahi | UYSM, AVSM, SM | [63] | ||
General Officer Commanding IV Corps
Gajraj Corps |
Manish Erry | UYSM, AVSM, SM | [64] | ||
General Officer Commanding IX Corps
Rising Star Corps |
SP Singh | SM | [65] | ||
General Officer Commanding X Corps
Chetak Corps |
Nagendra Singh | AVSM, YSM, SM | [66] | ||
General Officer Commanding XI Corps
Vajra Corps |
Vijay B Nair | AVSM, SM | [67] | ||
General Officer Commanding XII Corps
Konark Corps |
Mohit Malhotra | SM, VSM | [68] | ||
General Officer Commanding XIV Corps
Fire and Fury Corps |
Rashim Bali | UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | [69] | ||
General Officer Commanding XV Corps
Chinar Corps |
Rajiv Ghai | UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM | [70] | ||
General Officer Commanding XVI Corps
White Knight Corps |
Naveen Sachdeva | AVSM, SM | [71] | ||
General Officer Commanding XVII Corps
Brahmastra Corps |
Rajeev Puri | AVSM, VSM | [72] | ||
General Officer Commanding XXI Corps
Sudarshan Chakra Corps |
Prit Pal Singh | AVSM | [73] | ||
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps
Trishakti Corps |
VPS Kaushik | UYSM, SM, VSM | [74] |
General Officers Commanding Areas[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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General Officer Commanding Uttar Bharat Area | Lieutenant General | Zubin A. Minwalla | AVSM, YSM | ||
General Officer Commanding Madhya Bharat Area | PS Shekhawat | AVSM, SM | [75] | ||
General Officer Commanding 101 Area (India) | Sanjay Malik | YSM | |||
General Officer Commanding Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area | Pawan Chadha | ||||
General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat Area | Karanbir Singh Brar | AVSM | [25] | ||
Delhi Area | Bhavnish Kumar | VSM | [76] |
Other General Officers[edit]
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy officer | |||
Force Commander, UNMISS | Mohan Subramanian | PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | [77] | ||
National Cyber Security Coordinator | |||||
Military Secretary to the President | Major General | Ranjeet Singh Manral | [78] | ||
Joint Secretary Army & TA | G S Choudhry |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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