The Indian Army has appointed Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar as the new Army Vice Chief.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 16, 2023 01:38 IST
Before being appointed as the Army Vice Chief, Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar served as the deputy chief of Army Staff (strategy).
By Manjeet Negi: The Indian Army has appointed Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar as the new Army Vice Chief as the present officer holding the charge has been shifted to South Western Army Command as Army Commander.
Before being appointed as the Army Vice Chief, Lt Gen MV Suchendra Kumar served as the deputy chief of Army Staff (strategy). He has been a part of various important assignments including the White Knight Corps in Jammu and Kashmir.
Lt Gen BS Raju, who was so far holding the Army Vice Chief’s post, has been shifted to South Western Army Command where he would be succeeding Lt Gen AS Bhinder who is superannuating on February 28.
Lt Gen BS Raju had only a 10 month stint as Army Vice Chief and will have another eight months in the new office. He took over as the Vice Chief on May 1 after present Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande moved to his new office on promotion.
Lt Gen NSR Subramani has been promoted to the rank of Army Commander and appointed as the next Central Army Commander in Lucknow. He is presently the Chief of Staff in the Northern Command.
Subramani is an infantry officer and known to be a tough task master. The Central Command looks after the Line of Actual Control with China in the central sector in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
