This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army.
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Chief of Defence Staff (also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs) | General | Anil Chauhan | PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | [1] |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Chief of the Army Staff | General | Manoj Pande | PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC | [2] |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Vice Chief of the Army Staff | Lieutenant General | Upendra Dwivedi | PVSM, AVSM | [3] |
**Rotational Command
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Adjutant General | Lieutenant General | C.B. Ponnappa | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [12] | |
Military Secretary | P Gopalakrishna Menon | PVSM, UYSM, AVSM | [13] | ||
Quartermaster General | VM Bhuvana Krishnan | AVSM, YSM | |||
Engineer-In-Chief | Arvind Walia | AVSM | [14] | ||
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) | Tarun Kumar Aich | PVSM, AVSM | [15] | ||
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination) | Rakesh Kapoor | AVSM, VSM | [16] | ||
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) | J B Chaudhary | PVSM, SM, VSM | [17] |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General of Assam Rifles | Lieutenant General | Pradeep Chandran Nair | PVSM, AVSM, YSM | [18] | |
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 | [19] | ||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) | Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer | [20] | |||
Director General DIA & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) | Dinesh Singh Rana | AVSM, YSM, SM | [21] | ||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Chief of Staff Northern Command | Lieutenant General | Anindya Sengupta | UYSM, AVSM, YSM | [22] | |
Chief of Staff Eastern Command | R C Srikanth | SM, VSM | |||
Chief of Staff Western Command | Devendra Sharma | AVSM, SM | [23] | ||
Chief of Staff Central Command | Mukesh Chadha | SM, VSM | [24] | ||
Chief of Staff Southern Command | Manjit Kumar | AVSM | [25] | ||
Chief of Staff South Western Command | A. Arun | PVSM, YSM, SM, VSM | [26] | ||
Chief of Staff Training Command | Dheerendra Singh Kushwaha | AVSM, SM |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General Infantry | Lieutenant General | Anil Kumar Samantara | SM | [27] | |
Director General Artillery | Adosh Kumar | AVSM, SM | [28] | ||
Director General Army Aviation | Ajay Kumar Suri | AVSM | [29] | ||
Director General Army Air Defence | Sumer Ivan D'Cunha | SM | [30] | ||
Director General Armoured Corps | Vivek Kashyap | AVSM, VSM | [31] | ||
Signal-Officer-in-Chief | Kanwar Vinod Kumar | AVSM |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General Military Operations | Lieutenant General | Pratik Sharma | AVSM, SM | [32] | |
Director General Military Intelligence | R. S. Raman | [33] | |||
Director General Medical Services (Army) | Arindam Chatterjee | [34] | |||
Director General Hospital Services | |||||
Director General Dental Services | Vineet Sharma | VSM | |||
Director General Ordnance Services | Suresh Chandra Tandi | VSM | [35] | ||
Director General Supplies and Transport | Preet Mohindera Singh | VSM | |||
Director General Border Roads Organisation | Raghu Srinivasan | VSM | [36] [37] | ||
Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers | J S Sidana | AVSM | |||
Director General Military Training | |||||
Director General Capability Development | Vineet Gaur | AVSM | [38] | ||
Director General Remount Veterinary Services | |||||
Director General Information Systems | Rajiv Kumar Sahni | ||||
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 | [39] | ||
Director General Financial Planning | Samir Gupta | PVSM, VSM | [40] | ||
Director General Recruiting | N S Sarna | AVSM,SM, VSM | [41] | ||
Director General Staff Duties | Michael AJ Fernandes | AVSM, VSM | |||
Director General Quality Assurance | R S Reen | [42] | |||
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 | [43] | ||
Master General Sustenance | Amardeep Singh Aujla | UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM | |||
Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles | Major General | S H Naqvi | SM, VSM | [44] | |
Additional Director General Army Education Corps | R Putarjunam | [45] | |||
Judge Advocate General, Indian Army | Vijay Kumar | [46] | |||
Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army | Javed Iqbal | [47] | |||
Additional Director General Military Nursing Service | Ignatius Delos Flora | [48] | |||
Additional Director General Strategic Communication | RR Patil | VSM | [49] | ||
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 | [50] |
Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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General Officer Commanding I Corps Strike One Corps | Lieutenant General | Sanjay Mitra | AVSM, SM | [64] | |
General Officer Commanding II Corps Kharga Corps | Rahul R Singh | VSM | [65] | ||
General Officer Commanding III Corps Spear Corps | Harjeet Singh Sahi | UYSM, AVSM, SM | [66] | ||
General Officer Commanding IV Corps Gajraj Corps | Manish Erry | UYSM, AVSM, SM | [67] | ||
General Officer Commanding IX Corps Rising Star Corps | SP Singh | SM | [68] | ||
General Officer Commanding X Corps Chetak Corps | Nagendra Singh | AVSM, YSM, SM | [69] | ||
General Officer Commanding XI Corps Vajra Corps | Vijay B Nair | AVSM, SM | [70] | ||
General Officer Commanding XII Corps Konark Corps | Mohit Malhotra | SM, VSM | [71] | ||
General Officer Commanding XIV Corps Fire and Fury Corps | Rashim Bali | UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | [72] | ||
General Officer Commanding XV Corps Chinar Corps | Rajiv Ghai | UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM | [73] | ||
General Officer Commanding XVI Corps White Knight Corps | Naveen Sachdeva | AVSM, SM | [74] | ||
General Officer Commanding XVII Corps Brahmastra Corps | Rajeev Puri | AVSM, VSM | [75] | ||
General Officer Commanding XXI Corps Sudarshan Chakra Corps | Prit Pal Singh | AVSM | [76] | ||
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps Trishakti Corps | VPS Kaushik | UYSM, SM, VSM | [77] |
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 | [78] | ||
General Officer Commanding 101 Area (India) | Sanjay Malik | YSM | |||
General Officer Commanding Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area | HS Kahlon | AVSM,SM | [79] | ||
General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat Area | Karanbir Singh Brar | AVSM | [26] | ||
Delhi Area | Bhavnish Kumar | VSM | [80] |
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 | [81] | ||
National Cyber Security Coordinator | M. Unnikrishnan Nair | PVSM, AVSM, SM | [82] | ||
Military Secretary to the President | Major General | Ranjeet Singh Manral | [83] | ||
Joint Secretary Army & TA | G S Choudhry | ||||
XV Corps, or 15 Corps, also known as Chinar Corps, is a Corps of the Indian Army which is presently located in Srinagar and responsible for military operations in the Kashmir Valley. It has participated in all military conflicts with Pakistan and China till date. Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai is its current Corps Commander since 14 June 2023 taking over from Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla.
I Corps is a military field formation of the Indian Army. The Corps is headquartered at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. It was raised on 1 April 1965. It was still being raised when it was despatched to the front in 1965. Raised as the First Strike Corps of the Indian Army, it was launched into operations in the Sialkot sector. The Corps conducted a counteroffensive during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. In the 1971 war against Pakistan, it took part in the Battle of Basantar.
The XIV Corps or The Fire and Fury Corps is a corps of the Indian Army. It is the Army's Udhampur-based part of the Northern Command. The 14th Corps forms a military deployment in the Kargil-Leh area guarding the frontiers with China and Pakistan. It also guards the Siachen Glacier.
XII Corps is a corps of the Indian Army and one of the two corps in the Pune-based Southern Command.
The Northern Command is a Command of the Indian Army. It was originally formed as the Northern Army of the British Indian Army in 1908. It was scrapped upon India's independence in 1947 and later re-raised in 1972. Currently, the XIV Corps (Leh), XV Corps (Srinagar), I Corps (Mathura) and XVI Corps (Nagrota) are under its control. Its present commander is Lieutenant General M. V. Suchindra Kumar.
The XVI Corps is a corps of the Indian Army raised on 1 June 1972 with Lieutenant General J F R Jacob as its first General Officer Commanding (GOC). It has its headquarters at Nagrota Cantonment,, Jammu and Kashmir. In 2005, IX Corps was raised in southern part of the XVI Corps' area, taking over two of its divisions.
Western Command is a Command-level formation of the Indian Army. It was formed in 1920. It was disbanded following its demotion to an independent district and eventual merge with Northern Command to form the North-western Army. It was re-raised in 1947 following the transfer of Northern Command HQ to Pakistan. Until 1972, it was responsible for India's border with Pakistan in the North and West and the Chinese border in the North. The Command HQ is in Chandimandir, Haryana, about 5 km east of Chandigarh.
Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC was the 25th General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2015 after Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai. He retired on 31 July 2017 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna. Prior, he was chief of staff of the Northern Command based at Udhampur. He succeeded Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai who is appointed as the Vice Chief of Army Staff at the Headquarter of Indian Army in New Delhi.
Lieutenant General Balwant Singh Negi, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM & Bar is a former General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Central Command of the Indian Army who served in office from 1 December 2015 till 30 September 2018. He assumed the post after Lt General Rajan Bakshi retired and was succeeded by Lt General Abhay Krishna.
Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai, PVSM, AVSM, VSM was the Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2015 following the retirement of Lieutenant General Philip Campose. He retired on 31 July 2016 and was succeeded by General Bipin Rawat.
Lieutenant General Dewan Rabindranath Soni, PVSM, VSM is a former General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Southern Command of the Indian Army. He served in office from 1 December 2017 till 30 September 2018. He assumed the post after Lieutenant General P M Hariz retired and was succeeded by Lt General Satinder Kumar Saini.
General Manoj Mukund Naravane, is a retired Indian Army General who served as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), as well as the temporary Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee from 15 December 2021 until his superannuation on 30 April 2022. He took over as COAS from General Bipin Rawat on 31 December 2019 after the latter completed his term. Prior to his appointment as the COAS, the general served as the 40th Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Eastern Command and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army Training Command.
Lieutenant General Yenduru Venkata Krishna Mohan, AVSM, SM, VSM is a retired Indian Army general who last served as the Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College. He previously served as the Commander, IX Corps of the Indian Army. He assumed the post after Lt. General Satinder Kumar Saini took over as the GOC-in-C, Southern Command.
Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC is a former General officer in the Indian Army. He last served as the 14th Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command, from December 2019 to May 2020. He took office on 1 December 2019 when Vice Admiral Bimal Verma retired. He superannuated on 31 May 2020, handing over command to Lieutenant General Manoj Pande. Earlier, he had served as the 12th Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, from November 2018 to November 2019.
General Manoj Pande, is a serving four star officer in the Indian Army, who is the 29th and the current Chief of the Army Staff. He previously served as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command and also as the Commander-in-Chief (CINCAN) of Andman and Nicobar Command. He is the first officer from the Corps of Engineers and also first from non infantry/armoured corps to become the Army Chief.
Lieutenant General (Dr) Jaiveer Singh Negi PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM** is a retired General Officer who has served as the 49th Commandant of the Indian Military Academy. He took over from Lieutenant General Sanjay Kumar Jha, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, on 1 February 2020. Prior to his appointment as Commandant of the Indian Military Academy, he was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command
Lieutenant general Manjinder Singh AVSM,YSM, VSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command (ARTRAC) Shimla. He previously served as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff at HQ IDS.
He is the present Colonel of the Madras Regiment.
Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri AVSM, VSM is a retired general officer in the Indian Army, and the former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command since November 2021. He is the first officer from the Corps of Army Air Defence to become an army commander.
Lieutenant General N. S. Raja Subramani, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command. He earlier served as the Chief of Staff of the Northern Command, prior to that he was General Officer Commanding II corps.
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