Lt. Gen. B.S. Raju becomes Vice Chief of the Army Staff

The Army’s Director General of Military Operations, Lt General Baggavalli Somashekar Raju, has been appointed the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.

He replaced Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, who was appointed as the 29th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS).
This is a rare instance where a three star officer took over as Vice Chief before serving tenure as an Army Commander.
As a practice in the Army, Vice Chiefs have for a long time been those who had already served as Army Commander.