List of serving generals of the Indian Army
This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army. The Army’s senior leadership has 2 Generals, almost 90 Lieutenant Generals, 300 Major Generals and 1,200 Brigadiers in its 43,000-strong officer cadre.
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List of serving generals of the Indian Army
This is a list of serving generals of the Indian Army. The Army’s senior leadership has 2 Generals, almost 90 Lieutenant Generals, 300 Major Generals and 1,200 Brigadiers in its 43,000-strong officer cadre.
Chief of Defence Staff
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Chief of Defence Staff (also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs)</td><td>General</td><td>Anil Chauhan</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Rotational appointment among the Indian Armed Forces.
Chief of the Army Staff
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Chief of the Army Staff</td><td>General</td><td>Upendra Dwivedi</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Vice Chief of the Army Staff
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Vice Chief of the Army Staff</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Dhiraj Seth</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, AVSM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Army Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Pratik Sharma</td><td></td><td>SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command</td><td>V. M. Bhuvana Krishnan</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, YSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command</td><td>Pushpendra Pal Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command</td><td>Anindya Sengupta</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command</td><td>Sandeep Jain</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command</td><td>Manjinder Singh</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command</td><td>Devendra Sharma</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command</td><td>Dinesh Singh Rana</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, PhD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Integrated Defence Staff</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Air Force Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Director General Armed Forces Medical Services</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr></tbody></table>
Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Forces
Principal Staff Officers (PSO)
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy)</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Rajiv Ghai</td><td></td><td>SYSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training)</td><td>Vipul Shinghal</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance)</td><td>Rahul R Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Adjutant General</td><td>VPS Kaushik</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Military Secretary</td><td>Rashim Bali</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Quartermaster General</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Master General Sustenance</td><td>Amardeep Singh Aujla</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Engineer-In-Chief</td><td>Vikas Rohella</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General Officers of Armed Forces Commands
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Zubin A Minwalla</td><td></td><td>UYSM, AVSM, YSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning & Force Development)</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Air Force Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Director General DIA & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence)</td><td>Shrinjay Pratap Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM, YSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organization & Training)</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical)</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Air Force Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Director General (Organisation & Personnel) Armed Forces Medical Services</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Director General Hospital Services Armed Forces Medical Services</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr></tbody></table>
Chiefs of Staff of Army Commands
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Chief of Staff Northern Command</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Vijay B Nair</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Staff Eastern Command</td><td>Mohit Malhotra</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Staff Western Command</td><td>Puneet Ahuja</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Staff Central Command</td><td>Navin Sachdeva</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Staff Southern Command</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Staff South Western Command</td><td>Padam Singh Shekhawat</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chief of Staff Army Training Command</td><td>Sukriti Singh Dahiya</td><td></td><td>SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Heads of Combat and Combat Support Arms
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Director General Infantry</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Ajay Kumar</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Artillery</td><td>Anoop Shinghal</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Army Aviation</td><td>Vinod Nambiar</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Army Air Defence</td><td>Sumer Ivan D'Cunha</td><td></td><td>PVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Armoured Corps</td><td>Prit Pal Singh</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Signal Officer-in-Chief</td><td>Vivek Dogra</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Heads of Services and Directorates
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Director General Military Operations</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Manish Luthra</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Military Intelligence</td><td>R. S. Raman</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, YSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Operational Logistics</td><td>Sanjay Mitra</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Supplies and Transport</td><td>Mukesh Chadha</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Medical Services (Army)</td><td>C G Muralidharan</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Manpower Planning and Personnel Services</td><td>Rajeev Puri</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Ordnance Services</td><td>Deepak Ahuja</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Dental Services</td><td>Vineet Sharma</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers</td><td>Rajiv Kumar Sahni</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM, PhD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Border Roads Organisation</td><td>Harpal Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Capability Development</td><td>Vineet Gaur</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Integrated Training</td><td>Ajay Ramdev</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Information Systems</td><td>Harsh Chhibber</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM, PhD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Information Warfare</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Strategic Planning</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Staff Duties</td><td>Mohinder Pal Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM, YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General National Cadet Corps</td><td>Virendra Vats</td><td></td><td>YSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Recruiting</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Financial Planning</td><td>Ulhas Kirpekar</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Territorial Army</td><td>Girish Kalia</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Land, Works and Environment</td><td>Sanjay Malik</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Director General Discipline, Ceremonials and Welfare</td><td>Ranjeet Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General International Cooperation</td><td>Major General</td><td>Akaash Johar</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General Strategic Communication</td><td>Sandeep S Sharda</td><td></td><td>YSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles</td><td>S H Naqvi</td><td></td><td>SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General Army Education Corps</td><td>Vir Kumar Bhat</td><td></td><td>VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Provost Marshal Corps of Military Police</td><td>Vikram Singh Sekhon</td><td></td><td>YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Judge Advocate General, Indian Army</td><td>B S Negi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army</td><td>Javed Iqbal</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General Military Nursing Service</td><td>Lisamma PV</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General Army Postal Service Corps</td><td>Shipra Sharma</td><td></td><td>VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Additional Director General of Human Rights</td><td>Anand Saxena</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Commandants of Training Institutions
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Commandant Indian Military Academy</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Nagendra Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM, YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant National Defence Academy</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Armed Forces Medical College</td><td>Pankaj P Rao</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Officers Training Academy, Chennai</td><td>Michael AJ Fernandez</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Officers Training Academy, Gaya</td><td>Vivek Kashyap</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Defence Services Staff College</td><td>Manish Mohan Erry</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Army Hospital Research and Referral</td><td>Avinash Das</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Army War College</td><td>Harjeet Singh Sahi</td><td></td><td>PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant National Defence College</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Air Force Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Infantry School</td><td>Gajendra Joshi</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant School of Artillery</td><td>Navneet Singh Sarna</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Army Air Defence College</td><td>R C Srikanth</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant College of Military Engineering</td><td>A K Ramesh</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Military College of Telecommunication Engineering</td><td>Praveen Bakshi</td><td></td><td>VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering</td><td>Neeraj Varshney</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and College</td><td>Jatinder Kumar Gera</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College</td><td>Shivinder Singh</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Military Intelligence Training School and Depot</td><td>Devinder Pal</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant College of Materials Management</td><td>Sanjay Sethi</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School</td><td>Major General</td><td>Kulvir Singh</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant High Altitude Warfare School</td><td>Puneet Doval</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant College of Defence Management</td><td>G Srinivas</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Military Institute of Technology</td><td>Presently tenanted by an Indian Navy Officer</td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Armoured Corps Centre and School</td><td>Vikram Varma</td><td></td><td>SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Commandant Indian Military Training Team Bhutan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General Officers Commanding Corps
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>General Officer Commanding I Corps Strike One Corps</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>V Hariharan</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding II Corps Kharga Corps</td><td>Rajesh Pushkar</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding III Corps Spear Corps</td><td>Abhijit S. Pendharkar</td><td></td><td>UYSM, AVSM, YSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding IV Corps Gajraj Corps</td><td>Neeraj Shukla</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding IX Corps Rising Star Corps</td><td>Rajan Sharawat</td><td></td><td>UYSM, AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding X Corps Chetak Corps</td><td>Shamsher Singh Virk</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XI Corps Vajra Corps</td><td>Amit Kabthiyal</td><td></td><td>YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XII Corps Konark Corps</td><td>Aditya Vikram Singh Rathee</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XIV Corps Fire and Fury Corps</td><td>Hitesh Bhalla</td><td></td><td>UYSM, SC, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XV Corps Chinar Corps</td><td>Prashant Srivastava</td><td></td><td>UYSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XVI Corps White Knight Corps</td><td>Prasanna Kishore Mishra</td><td></td><td>UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XVII Corps Brahmastra Corps</td><td>Yash Singh Ahlawat</td><td></td><td>AVSM, YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XXI Corps Sudarshan Chakra Corps</td><td>Arvind Chauhan</td><td></td><td>YSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps Trishakti Corps</td><td>Man Raj Singh Mann</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
General Officers Commanding Areas
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>General Officer Commanding Delhi Area</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Bhavnish Kumar</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding Uttar Bharat Area</td><td>Divya Gaurav Misra</td><td></td><td>AVSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding Madhya Bharat Area</td><td>Harbinder Singh Vandra</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat Area</td><td>V Sreehari</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SC, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area</td><td>Dheerendra Singh Kushwah</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding 101 Area</td><td>Mohit Wadhwa</td><td></td><td>SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Officer Commanding 111 Area</td><td>Pawan Chadha</td><td></td><td>SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
Other General Officers
List of serving generals of the Indian Army
<table><thead><tr><th>Post</th><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Photo</th><th>Decorations</th><th>Reference</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Director General of Assam Rifles</td><td>Lieutenant General</td><td>Vikas Lakhera</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Force Commander, UNMISS</td><td>Mohan Subramanian</td><td></td><td>PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Military Secretary to the President</td><td>Major General</td><td>Voodev Parida</td><td></td><td>AVSM, VSM</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Joint Secretary Army & TA</td><td>Gurpreet Singh Choudhry</td><td></td><td>AVSM, SM, VSM</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>