Dinesh Singh Rana

• Defence Intelligence Agency
• IV Corps
• 11 Mountain Brigade

Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana PVSM AVSM YSM SM
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2025
Service number	IC-47020Y
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal Sena Medal

Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN), having assumed command effective 1 June 2025. ^[1]

Military career

Rana was commissioned into the 10th Garhwal Rifles on 19 December 1987. ^{[1] [2]} He is a graduate of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and a postgraduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. Rana is also an alumnus of the National Defence College, New Delhi, the Centre for National Defence Studies, Madrid, and the National Defense University, United States. He took his doctorate on the defence modernisation of China. ^[1]

During his career, Rana has served with the Indian Military Training Team and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. He has commanded an infantry brigade and division in the Eastern Sector and subsequently led IV Corps (Gajraj Corps) along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). ^[1] He has also served as an instructor at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, at the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad; and with the Higher Command Wing, Army War College, Mhow. ^[1] His staff appointments include those of a brigade major of an independent armoured brigade, Deputy Director General Staff Duties, Brigadier Military Intelligence (East), Provost Marshal, and Director General Staff Duties at Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Army). ^[1]

His most recent appointment prior to taking over as CINCAN was as Director General, Defence Intelligence Agency, making history as the first Chief of Defence Intelligence to be elevated to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, reflecting the importance of defence intelligence and jointmanship. ^[1]

Awards and decorations

Rana has been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM, 2025), ^[3] the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, 2021), ^[4] the Yudh Seva Medal (YSM, 2015) and both the Sena Medal (SM, 1993) and the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card for gallantry in Kashmir. ^{[5] [6]}

Dates of rank

Insignia	Rank	Component	Date of rank
	Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	19 December 1987 [2]
	Lieutenant	Indian Army	19 December 1989 [7]
	Captain	Indian Army	19 December 1992 [8]
	Major	Indian Army	19 December 1998
	Lieutenant Colonel	Indian Army	16 December 2004 [9]
	Colonel	Indian Army	1 January 2008 [10]
	Brigadier	Indian Army	25 October 2013 (acting) 1 November 2014 (substantive, with seniority from 27 January 2012) [11]
	Major General	Indian Army	1 September 2019 (seniority from 1 January 2018) [12]
	Lieutenant General	Indian Army	2021

References

1. "Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana takes over as Commander-in-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command". Press Information Bureau (Press release). 1 June 2025.
2. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 January 1989. p. 114.
3. "Part I-Section 1" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 12 April 2025. p. 130.
4. "Part I-Section 1" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 31 July 2021. p. 318.
5. "Part I-Section 1" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 4 April 2015. p. 237.
6. "Part I-Section 1" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 24 April 1993. p. 442.
7. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 22 February 1992. p. 342.
8. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 10 July 1993. p. 1326.
9. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 3 December 2005. p. 2432.
10. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 20 February 2010. p. 267.
11. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 January 2016. p. 146.
12. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 25 December 2021. p. 2964.

Military offices
Preceded by Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan	Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command 1 June 2025 - present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Ravin Khosla	General Officer Commanding IV Corps 11 February 2022 – 15 May 2023	Succeeded by Manish Erry