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General Manoj Mukund Naravane takes charge as new Indian Army Chief
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TON 31 December 2019: General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday took over as the 28th Chief of Army Staff, at a difficult time when India faces worse security challenges from Pakistan and Chinese military along the border.
Commissioned into the 7th battalion, the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in June 1980, General Naravane was serving as vice chief of the Army and succeeded General Bipin Rawat, who has been appointed as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, a post created to bring in joint operational convergence among the three services.
In his 37 years of service General Naravane served in numerous command and staff appointments including Army's Eastern Command that takes guards India's approximately 4,000 kilometers border with China, as Inspector General Assam Rifles in Nagaland, Rashtriya Rifles battalion in occupied Jammu & Kashmir and an infantry brigade Northeast. He also served as served as India's Defence Attache at the Indian Embassy in Myanmar for three years.
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