General M M Naravane PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC

 

Indian army, India,

General Manoj Mukund Naravane (born 22 April 1960) PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC is a Four Star general of the Indian Army and the 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS). He took over from General Bipin Rawat on 31 December 2019 after the latter completed his term as the COAS. Prior to his appointment as the COAS, the general served as the 40th Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Eastern Command and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Army Training Command.

Naravane hails from Maharashtra. His father, Mukund Naravane, is a former officer in the Indian Air Force who retired in the rank of Wing Commander and his mother Sudha was an announcer with the All India Radio He completed his schooling at the Jnana Prabodhini Prashala in Pune.

Naravane is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He also holds a master's degree in Defence Studies from University of Madras, Chennai and an M.Phil. in Defence and Management Studies from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. Naravane has attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the Army War College, Mhow.

Naravane was commissioned into 7th battalion The Sikh Light Infantry in June 1980. He has commanded the 2nd Battalion (SikhLi) of Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the 106 Infantry brigade. He has also commanded the Assam Rifles as Inspector General (North) in Kohima, Nagaland. He has served in Counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India, as well as the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka during Operation Pawan.


His staff assignments include tenures as a Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade, Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG) of Headquarters Establishment No. 22. The General has also served as the Military attaché to Myanmar at Yangon.


In addition, he served in an instructional appointment at the Army War College, Mhow as Directing Staff in the Higher Command Wing and two tenures at the Integrated Defence Staff Headquarters of Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.



Lt Gen Naravane as GOC-in-C Eastern Command in early 2019


General Naravane in 2020

On promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General, he commanded the Ambala-based Kharga Strike Corps and served as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) Delhi Area. As GOC Delhi Area, he commanded the 2017 Republic Day Parade.


After being promoted to Army Commander grade, Naravane served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command from 1 December 2017 to 30 September 2018. Later, he also served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command from 1 October 2018 to 31 August 2019, succeeding Lt Gen Abhay Krishna.


On 1 September 2019, he was appointed Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) when Lt Gen Devraj Anbu retired on 31 August, and became the senior-most serving general after General Bipin Rawat. On 16 December 2019 (Vijay Diwas eve) he was announced as the successor of General Rawat, who will relinquish the office of COAS on 31 December 2019.


General Naravane is the 3rd officer from the Sikh Light Infantry to become Chief of the Army Staff , the other officers from this regiment were the 19th COAS General Ved Prakash Malik and the 25th COAS General Bikram Singh.

Defence career app Defence learning 

App Defence exam app Armed force app Army 

app Air force app Navy app State police app

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Indian Army Uniforms

Image
  A  uniform  is a type of  clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are most often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards and many others. Today we will be talking about different types of uniforms in Indian army. General Duty : These are different for winters and summers. For winters, the officers wear a peach color shirt, black tie and an olive green blazer along with a beret or a peak cap. In summers, all ranks wear the popular Olive Greens which is also a standard  uniform  in all peace areas.   BluePatrol : Blue Patrol is the dress code for ceremonial uniform during winters. The blue patrol is worn with a ‘bandgala’ coat. The shoulder pips are embroidered along with ranks on the coat except for armored  corps officers who wear a chain mail along ...
Read more

Operation Vijay 1999 | Indian Army | Indian Defence | Kargil War | Heroes of Kargil

Image
  July 26. It was on this day  the Indian Army recaptured all the Indian posts in Kargil that had been occupied by Pakistan's army . Since then, July 26 has been observed annually to commemorate the sacrifices made by soldiers in this war. Here's all you need to know about the Kargil war : * The war took place between May and July of 1999 in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district. * The conflict is believed to have been orchestrated by the then Pakistan army chief General Pervez Musharraf without the knowledge of the then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. * It began with the infiltration of both Pakistani troops and terrorists into Indian territory. * The infiltrators positioned themselves in key locations that gave them a strategic advantage during the start of the conflict. * Based on information from local shepherds, the Indian Army was able to ascertain the points of incursion and launch " Operation Vijay ". The Army declared the mission successful on...
Read more

South Western Command (India) | Indian Army | Indian Defence Forces

Image
The South Western Command of the Indian Army was established on 15 April 2005 and became fully operational on 15 August 2005. It is headquartered at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Lieutenant General Alok Singh Kler is the present commander. The command's operational units include I Corps, formerly under Central Command, and X Corps, likewise transferred from Western Command. By early 2005 the Army worked to restructure formations based along the Indo-Pak border to carve out the new South-Western Command to bolster strike capabilities. The Army was working to establish the new operational command, the South-Western Command, to operate in conjunction with the Udhampur-based Northern Command and Chandimandir-based Western Command. With the formation of the South-Western Command, there are six operational commands, and the seventh major command is Army Training Command (ATRAC). Sources disagree as to the composition of South Western Command. Jane's World Armies, Issue 19, 2006, p.319, rep...
Read more