New Delhi: Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of Army Staff. He is presently heading the Northern Army Command and might be taking up on February 15.
Lieutenant General Dwivedi is an alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa, National Defence Academy, and Indian Military Academy. He has held many vital positions in his profession. Lt Gen was commissioned into the 18th Battalion of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1984. Later, he commanded within the Kashmir Valley and the deserts of Rajasthan.
He commanded his battalion within the Kashmir Valley, Assam Rifles Sector alongside the Indo-Myanmar Border, Inspectorate General Assam Rifles (IGAR, East). He additionally had the honour of commanding the distinguished Rising Star Corps.
New Northern Army Commander
Meanwhile, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar has been appointed as the brand new Northern Army Commander. He is succeeding Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi who’s shifting to Army Headquarters as VCOAS.
Prior to taking up as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kumar was tenanting the appointment of Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) at Army HQ. He has expertise in intelligence, operations, drive structuring, operational logistics and tech infusion in his current appointments.
An alumnus of Sainik School Bijapur and National Defence Academy, the General Officer was commissioned into 1 ASSAM REGIMENT in June 1985. He has commanded 59 Rashtriya Rifles Battalion (ASSAM), an Infantry Brigade and an Infantry Division on the Line of Control and the extremely lively White Knight Corps in Northern Command.
The General Officer has held varied workers and educational appointments to incorporate an educational tenure at Infantry School, Mhow, Senior Operations Officer within the United Nations Sector in Cambodia, Colonel (Policy) in Military Secretary Branch, Indian Army Training Team at Lesotho, Brigadier General Staff (Operations) of a Corps within the Eastern Theatre, Additional Director General Military Intelligence and Director General Military Intelligence at Army HQ.
