Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM assumed the
appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 01 February 2021.
An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, National Defence Academy,
Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Lt Gen CP Mohanty was commissioned
into the Rajput Regiment on 12 Jun 1982.
In a career spanning four decades, the General officer served across a wide spectrum of conflicts
and terrain profiles and tenanted a host of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments.
He commanded a battalion on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and later in the North
East. He has the unique distinction of commanding two brigades: first on the Line of Actual
Control and later on, the multinational UN Brigade in Democratic Republic of Congo.

He later commanded the Rangiya based Division in a counter-insurgency environment and the
Sikkim based Trishakti Corps immediately after the Doklam incident. The General officer also
has a unique distinction of commanding two Administrative formations as well: the Jodhpur Sub
Area as a Major General & Uttar Bharat Area as a Lieutenant General.
An alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College Wellington, Higher Defence Management
Course Secunderabad and the National Defence College New Delhi, the General Officer’s staff
and instructional assignments include an instructional tenure at NDA, Brigade Major of an
Armoured Brigade, Military Advisor in Seychelles, Colonel Military Secretary (Selection) in the
MS Branch, Brigadier General Staff (Operations) of a Corps in the Eastern Theatre and Director
General, Operational Logistics and Strategic Movement.

Lt Gen CP Mohanty takes over the appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff from Lt Gen
SK Saini who superannuated on 31 January 2021 after completing four decades of an illustrious
career in the Army.
(With inputs from agencies)