Chandi Prasad Mohanty

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42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff
In office
1 February 2021 31 January 2022

Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty PVSM AVSM SM VSM is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army. [2] He was the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021, following the retirement of Satinder Kumar Saini. [3] He was previously the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Southern Command, [1] assuming command on 30 January 2020. [4] He was trained at RIMC Dehradun.[ citation needed ]

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Early life and education

Mohanty was born in Jagatsinghpur, Odisha to Jitendra K. Mohanty, a civil servant, and Sarada Mohanty, a professor of Odia at S.V.M. College. [5] Following his education at Bagashai U. P. School, he joined the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun. He subsequently entered the National Defence Academy (NDA). He holds an M. Phil and a Master's in Management and has conducted extensive studies of China, South Asia, and northeastern India. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. [4]

Career

Mohanty was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Rajput Regiment in June 1982. He has commanded battalions in both Jammu and Kashmir and in Northeast India, and has held staff appointments in an armoured brigade and in the military secretariat. He commanded a UN multi-national brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served as a military advisor to the Seychelles government. [4] He has also commanded a mountain brigade along the India-China border and a mountain division in Assam in 2014. [1] He also served as Director General of operational logistics and strategic movement at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Army) at New Delhi. After the Doklam standoff, he commanded the XXXIII Corps [6] in the Eastern Command and was then appointed GOC Uttar Bharat Area at Bareilly. [4]

Decorations

Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg
Sena Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Operation Parakram medal.svg
IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg
IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg MONUC Medal bar.gif
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Special Service Medal Operation Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal Videsh Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal MONUSCO

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Second Lieutenant Indian Army 12 June 1982 [7]
Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Indian Army12 June 1984 [8]
Captain of the Indian Army.svg Captain Indian Army12 June 1987
Major of the Indian Army.svg Major Indian Army12 June 1993 [9]
Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army16 December 2004 [10]
Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army1 March 2006 [11]
Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army5 December 2009 (substantive, with seniority from 8 January 2009) [12]
Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army10 January 2015 (substantive, with seniority from 4 June 2012) [13]
Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-General Indian Army20 May 2017 (seniority from 1 May) [14]

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Military offices
Preceded by
Pradeep M. Bali
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps
30 August 2018 – 13 September 2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
30 January 2020 – 31 January 2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Chief of the Army Staff
1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022
Succeeded by