Manoj Mukund Naravane

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General
Manoj Mukund Naravane
PVSM AVSM SM VSM ADC
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Official portrait, 2020
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
15 December 2021 –30 April 2022
Service numberIC-38750H [3]
Awards

General Manoj Mukund Naravane, PVSM AVSM SM VSM ADC (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Indian Army General who served as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), [4] as well as the temporary Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee from 15 December 2021 until his superannuation on 30 April 2022. [5] [6] He took over as COAS from General Bipin Rawat on 31 December 2019. Prior to his appointment as the COAS, the general officer served as the 40th Vice Chief of Army Staff [7] of the Indian Army, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Eastern Command [8] and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army Training Command. [9] He also served as General Officer Commanding II Corps and also as General Officer Commanding Delhi Area.

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Early life and education

MM Naravane was born into a Marathi Brahmin family in Pune, Maharashtra. [10] [11] [12] His father, Mukund Naravane, is a former officer in the Indian Air Force who retired in the rank of wing commander and his mother Sudha was an announcer with the All India Radio. [13] He completed his schooling at the Jnana Prabodhini Prashala in Pune. [14]

He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He also holds a master's degree in Defence Studies from University of Madras, Chennai and an M.Phil. in Defence and Management Studies from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore and he is also pursuing PhD in defence and strategic studies from Punjabi University, Patiala. [15] Naravane has attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the Army War College, Mhow. [16] [17]

Military career

Naravane on Independence Day in Delhi, August 15, 2017 Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane, General Officer Commanding, Delhi Area on the occasion of 71st Independence Day, in Delhi on August 15, 2017 (cropped).jpg
Naravane on Independence Day in Delhi, August 15, 2017
Bipin Rawat, Naravane (left), Karambir Singh and R. K. S. Bhadauria in 2020 CDS General Bipin Rawat with COAS General Manoj Mukund Naravane, CNS Admiral Karambir Singh and CAS Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria after the ceremonial Guard of Honour, in New Delhi on January 01, 2020.jpg
Bipin Rawat, Naravane (left), Karambir Singh and R. K. S. Bhadauria in 2020

Gen Naravane was commissioned into 7th battalion The Sikh Light Infantry in June 1980. He has commanded the 2nd Battalion (SikhLi) of Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the 106 Infantry brigade. He has also commanded the Assam Rifles as Inspector General (North) in Kohima, Nagaland. He has served in Counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India, as well as the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka during Operation Pawan. [18] The general officer's staff assignments include tenures as a brigade major of an Infantry Brigade, Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG) of Headquarters Establishment No. 22. He has also served as the Military attaché to Myanmar at Yangon. [19] [20] [21]

Naravane during a virtual meeting Manoj Mukund Naravane.jpg
Naravane during a virtual meeting

In addition, he served in an instructional appointment at the Army War College, Mhow as Directing Staff in the Higher Command Wing and two tenures at the Integrated Defence Staff Headquarters of Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. [22]

Naravane as GOC-in-C Eastern Command in 2019 Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Army Commander Eastern Command, visited MISA Camp.jpg
Naravane as GOC-in-C Eastern Command in 2019

On promotion to the rank of Lieutenant general, he commanded the Ambala-based Kharga Strike Corps and served as the general officer commanding (GOC) Delhi Area. As GOC Delhi Area, he commanded the 2017 Republic Day Parade. [23] [24]

After being promoted to Army Commander grade, Gen Naravane served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command from 1 December 2017 to 30 September 2018. Later, he also served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command from 1 October 2018 to 31 August 2019, succeeding Lt Gen Abhay Krishna. [8] [25] [17] [16]

On 1 September 2019, he took over as Vice Chief of the Army Staff [7] when Lt Gen Devraj Anbu retired on 31 August, and became the senior-most serving general after Bipin Rawat. [26] On 16 December 2019 (Vijay Diwas) he was announced as the successor of Rawat as COAS on 31 December 2019. [27] [28]

Gen Naravane is the 3rd general from the Sikh Light Infantry to become Chief of the Army Staff, the others were Ved Prakash Malik the 18th COAS and Bikram Singh the 25th COAS. [29]

Personal life

He is from Pune, Maharashtra. He paints, practices yoga, and gardens, his wife, Mrs. Veena Naravane, is a teacher and former president of Army Wives Welfare Association. They have two daughters. [16]

Honours and decorations

He has received the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (2019), Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (2017), Sena Medal, Vishist Seva Medal (2015), and the COAS commendation card for his service. [3] [30] [16] [31] He was also the Colonel of the Regiment of the Sikh Light Infantry.

Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg
Sena Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg IND Samanya Seva medal.svg
IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Operation Parakram medal.svg IND Sainya Seva 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
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Samanya Seva Medal

Special Service Medal

Operation Parakram Medal

Sainya Seva Medal

Videsh Seva Medal

50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Second Lieutenant Indian Army 7 June 1980 [32]
Lieutenant of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant Indian Army7 June 1982 [33]
Captain of the Indian Army.svg Captain Indian Army7 June 1985 [34]
Major of the Indian Army.svg Major Indian Army7 June 1991 [35]
Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Indian Army31 December 2002 [36]
Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel Indian Army1 February 2005 [37]
Brigadier of the Indian Army.svg Brigadier Indian Army19 July 2010 (substantive, seniority from 13 January 2008) [38]
Major General of the Indian Army.svg Major General Indian Army1 January 2013 (substantive, seniority from 7 April 2011) [39]
Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg Lieutenant-General Indian Army10 November 2015 (substantive) [40]
General of the Indian Army.svg General
(COAS)		Indian Army1 January 2020 [41]

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