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List of serving generals of the Indian Army
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This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army. The Army’s senior leadership has almost 90 Lieutenant Generals, 300 Major Generals and 1,200 Brigadiers in its 43,000-strong officer cadre.[citation needed]
Chief of Defence Staff
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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] |
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*Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Forces.
Chief of the Army Staff
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Chief of the Army Staff | General | Upendra Dwivedi | ![]() |
PVSM, AVSM | [2] |
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Vice Chief of the Army Staff
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Vice Chief of the Army Staff | Lieutenant General | Pushpendra Pal Singh | ![]() |
AVSM, SM** | [3] |
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Army Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)
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Principal Staff Officers (PSO)
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) |
Lieutenant General | Rajiv Ghai | UYSM, AVSM, SM*** | [12] | |
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination) |
Rakesh Kapoor | ![]() |
AVSM, VSM | [13] | |
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) |
Rahul R Singh | AVSM, VSM | [14] | ||
Adjutant General | VPS Kaushik | ![]() |
UYSM, YSM, SM | [15] | |
Military Secretary | Rashim Bali | ![]() |
UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | [16] | |
Quartermaster General | VM Bhuvana Krishnan | ![]() |
PVSM, AVSM, YSM | ||
Master General Sustenance | Amardeep Singh Aujla | ![]() |
PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM | [17] | |
Engineer-In-Chief | Arvind Walia | ![]() |
AVSM | [18] |
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General Officers of Armed Forces Commands
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General of Assam Rifles | Lieutenant General | Vikas Lakhera | ![]() |
AVSM, SM | [19] |
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 | [20] | ||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) |
Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer | [21] | |||
Director General DIA & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) |
Shrinjay Pratap Singh | AVSM, YSM | |||
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) |
Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer |
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Chiefs of Staff of Army Commands
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Chief of Staff Northern Command | Lieutenant General | Vijay B Nair | AVSM, SM | ||
Chief of Staff Eastern Command | Mohit Malhotra | AVSM, SM | |||
Chief of Staff Western Command | Mohit Wadhwa | SM | [22] | ||
Chief of Staff Central Command | Navin Sachdeva | AVSM, SM | [23] | ||
Chief of Staff Southern Command | Sandeep Jain | AVSM, SM | |||
Chief of Staff South Western Command | Harbinder Singh Vandra | SM | |||
Chief of Staff Army Training Command | Dheerendra Singh Kushwaha | AVSM, SM |
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Heads of Combat and Combat Support Arms
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General Infantry | Lieutenant General | Ajay Kumar | ![]() |
VSM | [24] |
Director General Artillery | Adosh Kumar | ![]() |
PVSM, AVSM, SM | [25] | |
Director General Army Aviation | Vinod Nambiar | SM | [26] | ||
Director General Army Air Defence | Sumer Ivan D'Cunha | SM | [27] | ||
Director General Armoured Corps | Vivek Kashyap | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [28] | ||
Signal-Officer-in-Chief | Kanwar Vinod Kumar | AVSM |
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Heads of Services and Directorates
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Director General Military Operations | Lieutenant General | Rajiv Ghai | UYSM, AVSM, SM*** | [12] | |
Director General Military Intelligence | R. S. Raman | PVSM, AVSM, YSM | [29] | ||
Director General Operational Logistics | |||||
Director General Supplies and Transport | Mukesh Chadha | AVSM, SM, VSM | [30] | ||
Director General Medical Services (Army) | Sadhna Saxena Nair | ![]() |
AVSM, VSM | [31] | |
Director General Manpower Planning and Personnel Services | Rajeev Puri | AVSM, VSM | [32] | ||
Director General Ordnance Services | Suresh Chandra Tandi | ![]() |
AVSM, VSM | [33] | |
Director General Dental Services | Vineet Sharma | AVSM, VSM | |||
Director General Hospital Services | Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer | ||||
Director General Border Roads Organisation | Raghu Srinivasan | VSM | [34][35] | ||
Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers | J S Sidana | AVSM | |||
Director General Capability Development | Vineet Gaur | PVSM, AVSM | [36] | ||
Director General Integrated Training | Ajay Ramdev | SM | [37] | ||
Director General Information Warfare | |||||
Director General Information Systems | Rajiv Kumar Sahni | ![]() |
AVSM, VSM, PhD | ||
Director General Strategic Planning | Manish M Erry | UYSM, AVSM, SM | [38] | ||
Director General Weapons and Equipment | |||||
Director General Discipline, Ceremonials and Welfare | Ranjeet Singh | [39] | |||
Director General Financial Planning | Ulhas Kirpekar | AVSM, SM | [40] | ||
Director General Recruiting | Anoop Shinghal | AVSM, SM | |||
Director General Staff Duties | M P Singh | YSM, SM | |||
Director General Quality Assurance | |||||
Director General Land, Works and Environment | Vikas Rohella | ![]() |
SM** | [41] | |
Director General Territorial Army | Raju Baijal | SM | [42] | ||
Director General National Cadet Corps | Gurbirpal Singh | ![]() |
PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [43] | |
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 | Sandeep Kumar | VSM | |||
Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army | Javed Iqbal | [46] | |||
Additional Director General Military Nursing Service | Lisamma PV | [47] | |||
Additional Director General Strategic Communication | RR Patil | VSM | [48] | ||
Provost Marshal Corps of Military Police | Sumit Talwar | ||||
Additional Director General Army Postal Service Corps | MK Khan | VSM | |||
Additional Director General of Human Rights | Anand Saxena | [49] |
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Commandants of Training Institutions
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Commandant Indian Military Academy | Lieutenant General | Nagendra Singh | AVSM, YSM, SM | [50] | |
Commandant National Defence Academy | Presently tenanted by a Navy officer | ||||
Commandant Armed Forces Medical College | Pankaj P Rao | [51] | |||
Commandant Officers Training Academy, Chennai | Michael AJ Fernandez | AVSM, VSM | [52] | ||
Commandant Officers Training Academy, Gaya | Sukriti Singh Dahiya | SM, VSM | [53] | ||
Commandant Defence Services Staff College | Virendra Vats | YSM, SM, VSM | [54] | ||
Commandant Army War College | Harjeet Singh Sahi | UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM | [55] | ||
Commandant National Defence College | Presently tenanted by an Air Force officer | ||||
Commandant Infantry School | Gajendra Joshi | AVSM, SM | [56] | ||
Commandant School of Artillery | N S Sarna | AVSM, SM, VSM | [57] | ||
Commandant Army Air Defence College | R C Srikanth | AVSM, VSM | [58] | ||
Commandant College of Military Engineering | AK Ramesh | SM | [59] | ||
Commandant Military College of Telecommunication Engineering | Vivek Dogra | ||||
Commandant Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering | Neeraj Varshney | VSM | [60] | ||
Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and College | J K Gera | [61] | |||
Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College | Shivinder Singh | AVSM | [62] | ||
Commandant Military Intelligence Training School and Depot | Devinder Pal | SM | [63] | ||
Commandant Army Hospital Research and Referral | Shankar Narayan | PVSM, NM, VSM | [64] | ||
Commandant College of Materials Management | Sanjay Sethi | AVSM | |||
Commandant Armoured Corps Centre and School | Major General | Vikram Varma | VSM* | [65] | |
Commandant Indian Military Training Team Bhutan |
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General Officers Commanding Corps
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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General Officer Commanding I Corps
Strike One Corps |
Lieutenant General | V Hariharan | AVSM, SM | [66] | |
General Officer Commanding II Corps
Kharga Corps |
Rajesh Pushkar | AVSM, VSM | [67] | ||
General Officer Commanding III Corps
Spear Corps |
Abhijit S Pendharkar | AVSM, YSM | [68] | ||
General Officer Commanding IV Corps
Gajraj Corps |
Gambhir Singh | AVSM | [69] | ||
General Officer Commanding IX Corps
Rising Star Corps |
Rajan Sharawat | AVSM, VSM | [70] | ||
General Officer Commanding X Corps
Chetak Corps |
Shamsher Singh Virk | SM | [71] | ||
General Officer Commanding XI Corps
Vajra Corps |
Ajay Chandpuria | AVSM, VSM | [72] | ||
General Officer Commanding XII Corps
Konark Corps |
A V S Rathee | SM, VSM | [73] | ||
General Officer Commanding XIV Corps
Fire and Fury Corps |
Hitesh Bhalla | UYSM, SC**, SM, VSM | [74] | ||
General Officer Commanding XV Corps
Chinar Corps |
Prashant Srivastava | AVSM, SM | [75] | ||
General Officer Commanding XVI Corps
White Knight Corps |
P K Mishra | AVSM, YSM, SM | [76] | ||
General Officer Commanding XVII Corps
Brahmastra Corps |
Yash Singh Ahlawat | AVSM, YSM, SM | [77] | ||
General Officer Commanding XXI Corps
Sudarshan Chakra Corps |
Arvind Chauhan | YSM, SM | [78] | ||
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps
Trishakti Corps |
Zubin A Minwalla | UYSM, AVSM, YSM | [79] |
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General Officers Commanding Areas
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Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
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Uttar Bharat Area | Lieutenant General | DG Misra | AVSM | [80] | |
Madhya Bharat Area | PS Shekhawat | AVSM, SM | [81] | ||
101 Area (India) | Sanjay Malik | SM | |||
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area | Pawan Chadha | SM, VSM | [82] | ||
Dakshin Bharat Area | V Sreehari | AVSM, SC, SM | [83] | ||
Delhi Area | Bhavnish Kumar | AVSM, VSM | [84] |
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Other General Officers
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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 | [85] | |
Military Secretary to the President | Major General | Voodev Parida | VSM | [86] | |
Joint Secretary Army & TA | G S Choudhry | SM, VSM | [87] |
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