Lt Gen Manoj C Pande appointed as next Chief of Army Staff

Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, presently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, has been appointed as the next (29th) Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) with effect from the afternoon of April 30, 2022.
He will replace General MM Naravane.
He is the first engineer to become the Army Chief.
Currently, Admiral Hari Kumar is the Chief of Indian Navy and Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari is the chief of Indian Air Force.