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| Office | 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff
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| Predecessor | Satinder Kumar Saini |
| Successor | Manoj Pande
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| Born | Jayabada, Jagatsinghpur Sub-Division, Cuttack district (now Jagatsinghpur district), Odisha[1]
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Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Template:Post-nominals is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army.[2] He was the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021 following the superannuation of Satinder Kumar Saini.[3] He was previously the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Southern Command,[1] assuming command on 30 January 2020.[4] He was trained at RIMC Dehradun.
Early life and education
Mohanty was born to Jitendra K. Mohanty, a civil servant, and Sarada Mohanty, a professor of Odia at S. V. M. College.[5] Following his education at Bagashai U. P. School, he joined the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun. He subsequently entered the National Defence Academy (NDA). He holds an M. Phil and a master's in management and has conducted extensive studies of China, South Asia and northeastern India. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.[4]
Career
Mohanty was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Rajput Regiment in June 1982. He has commanded battalions in both Jammu and Kashmir and in Northeast India, and has held staff appointments in an armoured brigade and in the military secretariat. He commanded a UN multi-national brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served as a military advisor to the Seychelles government.[4] He has also commanded a mountain brigade along the India-China border and a mountain division in Assam in 2014.[1] He also served as Director General of operational logistics and strategic movement at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Army) at New Delhi. After the Doklam standoff, he commanded the XXXIII Corps[6] in the Eastern Command and was then appointed GOC Uttar Bharat Area at Bareilly.[4]
Decorations
Dates of rank
| Insignia | Rank | Component | Date of rank |
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Second Lieutenant | Indian Army | 12 June 1982[7] |
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Lieutenant | Indian Army | 12 June 1984[8] |
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Captain | Indian Army | 12 June 1987 |
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Major | Indian Army | 12 June 1993[9] |
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Lieutenant-Colonel | Indian Army | 16 December 2004[10] |
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Colonel | Indian Army | 1 March 2006[11] |
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Brigadier | Indian Army | 5 December 2009 (substantive, with seniority from 8 January 2009)[12] |
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Major General | Indian Army | 10 January 2015 (substantive, with seniority from 4 June 2012)[13] |
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Lieutenant-General | Indian Army | 20 May 2017 (seniority from 1 May)[14] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lt Gen Chandi Prasad Mohanty is General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Army Command. The New Indian Express(26 January 2020). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen CP Mohanty Retires, Lays Wreath at National War Memorial(2022-01-31).
- ↑ LT GEN CP Mohanty takes over as Vice Chief of the Army Staff. PIB(1 February 2021).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Lt Gen CP Mohanty assumes command of Pune-based Southern Command. Hindustan Times(2020-01-31). Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ↑ Odisha-Born Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Takes Charge Of Southern Command. OdishaBytes(30 January 2020). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ Eastern Army Commander concludes two-day visit to Trishakti Corps formations. Business Standard India(10 July 2019).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(29 September 1984).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(11 May 1985).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(18 September 1993).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(15 October 2005).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(1 September 2007).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(16 February 2013).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(21 May 2016).
- ↑ Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)(9 February 2019).
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