Manoj Pande

General Manoj Pande PVSM AVSM VSM ADC
Official portrait, 2022
29th Chief of the Army Staff
In office 30 April 2022 – 30 June 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Manoj Mukund Naravane
43rd Vice Chief of the Army Staff
In office 1 February 2022 – 30 April 2022
Chief of Army Staff	Manoj Mukund Naravane
Preceded by	Chandi Prasad Mohanty
Succeeded by	B. S. Raju
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command
In office 1 June 2021 (2021-06-01) – 31 January 2022 (2022-01-31)
Chief of Army Staff	Manoj Mukund Naravane
Preceded by	Anil Chauhan
Succeeded by	Rana Pratap Kalita
Personal details
Born	(1962-05-06) 6 May 1962 (age 62)[1] Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Archana Pande
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	December 1982 – 30 June 2024
Rank	General
Unit	Bombay Sappers Corps of Engineers 267 Engineer Regiment
Commands	Eastern Command Andaman and Nicobar Command IV Corps 8 Mountain Division 52 Infantry Brigade 117 Engineer Regiment
Service number	IC-40716F[2]
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

General Manoj Pande,^[2] PVSM AVSM VSM ADC (born 6 May 1962) is a serving four star officer in the Indian Army, who is the 29th and the current Chief of the Army Staff.^[3][4] He previously served as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff ^[5], prior to that he was General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command ^[6] and also as the Commander-in-Chief (CINCAN) of Andman and Nicobar Command.^[7] He is the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Army Chief.^[8]

As the COAS, he took over as the Honorary Colonel of the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment on 11 May 2022 and as the Colonel of the Regiment of the 61st Cavalry on 17 May 2022. He became the 23rd COAS to take over Colonel of the mounted Cavalry Regiment.