Gen Manoj Pande is New Indian Army Chief
General Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC takes over as the 29th Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from General MM Naravane. He is the first engineer to be the army chief. He was previously serving as the Vice-Chief of Indian Army.
Gen Pande was commissioned on December 24, 1982 in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers).