List of serving generals of the Indian Army

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This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army.

Chief of Defence Staff

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Chief of Defence Staff
(also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs)
General
Anil Chauhan PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM [1]

Chief of the Army Staff

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande
AVSM, VSM, ADC
[2]

Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Vice Chief of the Army Staff
Lieutenant General
Upendra Dwivedi
AVSM
[3]

General Officer Commanding-in-Chiefs

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Northern Command
Lieutenant General
M. V. Suchindra Kumar
AVSM, YSM**, VSM
[4]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Eastern Command
Ram Chander Tiwari
AVSM, SM
[5]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Western Command
Manoj Kumar Katiyar
AVSM
[6]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Central Command
N. S. Raja Subramani
AVSM, SM, VSM
[7]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Southern Command
Ajai Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM [8]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
South Western Command
Dhiraj Seth
AVSM
[9]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Training Command
Manjinder Singh
AVSM, YSM, VSM
[10]
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff J P Mathew
AVSM, VSM
[11]
Commander-in-Chief
Andaman and Nicobar Command**
Presently tenanted by an Air Force Officer

**Rotational Command

Principal Staff Officers (PSO)

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Adjutant General
Lieutenant General
C.B. Ponnappa
AVSM, VSM
[12]
Military Secretary P Gopalakrishna Menon
AVSM
[13]
Quartermaster General
VM Bhuvana Krishnan
AVSM, YSM
Engineer-In-Chief Arvind Walia Frameless
AVSM
[14]
Deputy Chief of Army Staff
(Strategy)
Tarun Kumar Aich
AVSM
[15]
Deputy Chief of Army Staff
(Information Systems and Coordination)
Rakesh Kapoor
AVSM, VSM
[16]
Deputy Chief of Army Staff
(Capability Development and Sustenance)
J B Chaudhary PVSM, SM, VSM [17]

General Officers of Armed Forces Commands

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Director General of Assam Rifles
Lieutenant General
Pradeep Chandran Nair
AVSM, YSM
[18]
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
[19]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
(Operations)
Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer [20]
Director General DIA &
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
(Intelligence)
Dinesh Singh Rana
AVSM, YSM, SM
[21]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
(Medical Branch)
Sarat Chandra Dash
AVSM, YSM, VSM**

Chiefs of Staff of Army Commands

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Chief of Staff Northern Command
Lieutenant General
Anindya Sengupta
AVSM, YSM
[22]
Chief of Staff Eastern Command R C Srikanth SM, VSM
Chief of Staff Western Command Devendra Sharma AVSM, SM [23]
Chief of Staff Central Command Mukesh Chadha SM, VSM [24]
Chief of Staff Southern Command Manjit Kumar
AVSM
[25]
Chief of Staff South Western Command A. Arun PVSM, YSM, SM, VSM [26]
Chief of Staff Training Command Dheerendra Singh Kushwaha
AVSM, SM

Heads of Combat and Combat Support Arms

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Director General
Infantry
Lieutenant General
Anil Kumar Samantara SM [27]
Director General Artillery Adosh Kumar
AVSM, SM
[28]
Director General Army Aviation Ajay Kumar Suri
AVSM
[29]
Director General Army Air Defence Sumer Ivan D'Cunha SM [30]
Director General Armoured Corps Vivek Kashyap
AVSM, VSM
[31]
Signal-Officer-in-Chief Kanwar Vinod Kumar
AVSM

Heads of Services and Directorates

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Director General
Military Operations
Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma
AVSM, SM
[32]
Director General Military Intelligence R. S. Raman [33]
Director General Medical Services (Army) Arindam Chatterjee [34]
Director General Hospital Services
Director General Dental Services Vineet Sharma VSM
Director General Ordnance Services Suresh Chandra Tandi VSM [35]
Director General Supplies and Transport Preet Mohindera Singh VSM
Director General Border Roads Organisation Raghu Srinivasan VSM [36][37]
Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers Tumul Varma
AVSM, SM, VSM
[38]
Director General Military Training
Director General Capability Development Vineet Gaur
AVSM
[39]
Director General
Remount Veterinary Services
Director General Information Systems
Director General Operational Logistics Pushpendra Singh SM**
Director General Weapons and Equipment
Director General Discipline, Ceremonials and Welfare
Director General Manpower Planning and Personnel Services V Sreehari AVSM, SC,

SM

[40]
Director General Financial Planning Samir Gupta PVSM, VSM [41]
Director General Recruiting N S Sarna
AVSM,SM, VSM
[42]
Director General Staff Duties Michael AJ Fernandes
AVSM, VSM
[1]
Director General Quality Assurance R S Reen [43]
Director General Land, Works and Environment
Director General Information Warfare
Director General Strategic Planning Raju Baijal
Director General Territorial Army
Director General National Cadet Corps Gurbirpal Singh
AVSM, VSM
[44]
Master General Sustenance Amardeep Singh Aujla UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM
Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles Major General S H Naqvi SM, VSM [45]
Additional Director General Army Education Corps R Putarjunam [46]
Judge Advocate General, Indian Army Vijay Kumar [47]
Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army Javed Iqbal [48]
Additional Director General Military Nursing Service Ignatius Delos Flora [49]
Additional Director General Strategic Communication RR Patil VSM [50]
Provost Marshal Corps of Military Police Sumit Talwar
Additional Director General Army Postal Service Corps MK Khan VSM
Additional Director General Human Rights Gautam Chauhan [51]

Commandants of Training Institutions

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Commandant Indian Military Academy
Lieutenant General
Sandeep Jain SM [52]
Commandant National Defence Academy Presently tenanted by a Naval Officer
Commandant Armed Forces Medical College
Narendra Kotwal
AVSM
[53]
Commandant Officers Training Academy, Chennai Sanjeev Chauhan YSM
Commandant Officers Training Academy, Gaya PS Minhas
[54]
Commandant Defence Services Staff College Virendra Vats YSM, SM, VSM [55]
Commandant Army War College Devendra Pratap Pandey Frameless PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM [56]
Commandant National Defence College Sukriti Singh Dahiya SM, VSM [57]
Commandant School of Infantry Gajendra Joshi
AVSM, SM
[58]
Commandant School of Artillery S Harimohan Iyer
AVSM & Bar
[59]
Commandant Army Air Defence College
UV Talur
AVSM, VSM
[60]
Commandant College of Military Engineering AK Ramesh [61]
Commandant Military College of Telecommunication Engineering
Commandant Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering JS Sidana
AVSM
[62]
Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and School Basant Kumar Repswal
AVSM, VSM
[63]
Commandant College of Materials Management Sanjay Sethi
AVSM
Commandant Military Intelligence Training School and Depot PK Chahal
[64]
Commandant Army Hospital Research and Referral Ajith Nilakantan
Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College Kavita Sahai SM, VSM
Commandant Armoured Corps Centre and School Major General ARS Kahlon VSM
Commandant Indian Military Training Team Bhutan [50]

General Officers Commanding Corps

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
General Officer Commanding I Corps

Strike One Corps

Lieutenant General
Sanjay Mitra AVSM, SM [65]
General Officer Commanding II Corps

Kharga Corps

Rahul R Singh VSM [66]
General Officer Commanding III Corps

Spear Corps

Harjeet Singh Sahi
UYSM, AVSM, SM
[67]
General Officer Commanding IV Corps

Gajraj Corps

Manish Erry
AVSM, SM
[68]
General Officer Commanding IX Corps

Rising Star Corps

SP Singh SM [69]
General Officer Commanding X Corps

Chetak Corps

Nagendra Singh
AVSM, YSM, SM
[70]
General Officer Commanding XI Corps

Vajra Corps

Vijay B Nair
AVSM, SM
[71]
General Officer Commanding XII Corps

Konark Corps

Mohit Malhotra SM, VSM [72]
General Officer Commanding XIV Corps

Fire and Fury Corps

Rashim Bali
AVSM, SM, VSM
[73]
General Officer Commanding XV Corps

Chinar Corps

Rajiv Ghai UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM [74]
General Officer Commanding XVI Corps

White Knight Corps

Naveen Sachdeva
AVSM, SM
[75]
General Officer Commanding XVII Corps

Brahmastra Corps

Rajeev Puri
AVSM, VSM
[76]
General Officer Commanding XXI Corps

Sudarshan Chakra Corps

Prit Pal Singh AVSM [77]
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps

Trishakti Corps

VPS Kaushik
UYSM, SM, VSM
[78]

General Officers Commanding Areas

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
General Officer Commanding Uttar Bharat Area
Lieutenant General
Zubin A. Minwalla
AVSM, YSM
General Officer Commanding Madhya Bharat Area PS Shekhawat AVSM, SM [79]
General Officer Commanding 101 Area (India) Sanjay Malik YSM
General Officer Commanding Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area HS Kahlon AVSM,SM [80]
General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat Area Karanbir Singh Brar
AVSM
[26]
Delhi Area Bhavnish Kumar VSM [81]

Other General Officers

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs Lieutenant General Presently tenanted by a Navy officer
Force Commander, UNMISS Mohan Subramanian Fremaless
AVSM, SM, VSM
[82]
National Cyber Security Coordinator M. Unnikrishnan Nair Frameless
AVSM, SM
[83]
Military Secretary to the President Major General Ranjeet Singh Manral [84]
Joint Secretary Army & TA G S Choudhry

See also

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