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.^[1]

Chief of Defence Staff

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of Defence Staff (also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs)*	General	Anil Chauhan		PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM	[2]

*Rotational appointment among the Indian Armed Forces.

Chief of the Army Staff

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of the Army Staff	General	Upendra Dwivedi		PVSM, AVSM	[3]

Vice Chief of the Army Staff

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Vice Chief of the Army Staff	Lieutenant General	Pushpendra Pal Singh		AVSM, SM**	[4]

Army Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command	Lieutenant General	Pratik Sharma		SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, SM	[5]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command		Ram Chander Tiwari		PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM	[6]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command		Manoj Kumar Katiyar		PVSM, UYSM, AVSM	[7]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command		Anindya Sengupta		PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM	[8]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command		Dhiraj Seth		PVSM, AVSM	[9]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command		Manjinder Singh		AVSM, YSM, VSM	[10]
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command		Devendra Sharma		PVSM, AVSM, SM	[11]
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command**		Dinesh Singh Rana		PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, PhD	[12]
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command**		Presently tenanted by an  Indian Navy Officer
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff**		Presently tenanted by an  Indian Air Force Officer
Director General Armed Forces Medical Services**		Presently tenanted by an  Indian Navy Officer

**Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Forces

Principal Staff Officers (PSO)

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy)	Lieutenant General	Rajiv Ghai		SYSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM***	[13]
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training)		Vipul Shinghal		AVSM, SM	[14]
Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance)		Rahul R Singh		AVSM, VSM	[15]
Adjutant General		VPS Kaushik		UYSM, YSM, SM	[16]
Military Secretary		Rashim Bali		UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM	[17]
Quartermaster General		VM Bhuvana Krishnan		PVSM, AVSM, YSM	[18]
Master General Sustenance		Amardeep Singh Aujla		PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM	[19]
Engineer-In-Chief		Vikas Rohella		SM**	[20]

General Officers of Armed Forces Commands

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Director General of Assam Rifles	Lieutenant General	Vikas Lakhera		AVSM, SM	[21]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Perspective Planning & Financial Development)		Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organization & Training)		Zubin A Minwalla		UYSM, AVSM, YSM	[22]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)		Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer
Director General DIA & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence)		Shrinjay Pratap Singh		AVSM, YSM
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch)		Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer

Chiefs of Staff of Army Commands

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of Staff Northern Command	Lieutenant General	Vijay B Nair		AVSM, SM
Chief of Staff Eastern Command		Mohit Malhotra		AVSM, SM
Chief of Staff Western Command		Puneet Ahuja		SM, VSM	[23]
Chief of Staff Central Command		Navin Sachdeva		AVSM, SM	[24]
Chief of Staff Southern Command		Sandeep Jain		AVSM, SM
Chief of Staff South Western Command		Harbinder Singh Vandra		SM
Chief of Staff Army Training Command		Sukriti Singh Dahiya		SM, VSM	[25]

Heads of Combat and Combat Support Arms

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Director General Infantry	Lieutenant General	Ajay Kumar		VSM	[26]
Director General Artillery		Adosh Kumar		PVSM, AVSM, SM	[27]
Director General Army Aviation		Vinod Nambiar		SM	[28]
Director General Army Air Defence		Sumer Ivan D'Cunha		SM	[29]
Director General Armoured Corps		Prit Pal Singh		AVSM
Signal Officer-in-Chief		Kanwar Vinod Kumar		AVSM

Heads of Services and Directorates

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Director General Military Operations	Lieutenant General	Manish Luthra		AVSM	[30]
Director General Military Intelligence		R. S. Raman		PVSM, AVSM, YSM	[31]
Director General Operational Logistics
Director General Supplies and Transport		Mukesh Chadha		AVSM, SM, VSM	[32]
Director General Medical Services (Army)		C G Muralidharan			[33]
Director General Manpower Planning and Personnel Services		Rajeev Puri		AVSM, VSM	[34]
Director General Ordnance Services		Deepak Ahuja			[35]
Director General Dental Services		Vineet Sharma		AVSM, VSM	[36]
Director General Hospital Services		Presently tenanted by a Naval Officer
Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers		Rajiv Kumar Sahni		AVSM, VSM, PhD	[37]
Director General Border Roads Organisation		Raghu Srinivasan		PVSM, VSM	[38]
Director General Capability Development		Vineet Gaur		PVSM, AVSM	[39]
Director General Integrated Training		Ajay Ramdev		SM	[40]
Director General Information Warfare
Director General Information Systems		Harsh Chhibber		AVSM, VSM, PhD	[41]
Director General Strategic Planning
Director General National Cadet Corps		Virendra Vats		YSM, SM, VSM	[42]
Director General Financial Planning		Ulhas Kirpekar		AVSM, SM	[43]
Director General Staff Duties		M P Singh		YSM, SM
Director General Land, Works and Environment		Sanjay Malik		SM
Director General Territorial Army		Girish Kalia		AVSM, VSM	[44]
Director General Discipline, Ceremonials and Welfare		Ranjeet Singh			[45]
Director General Recruiting		Anoop Shinghal		AVSM, SM
Director General Quality Assurance
Additional Director General Strategic Communication	Major General	S S Sharda		YSM, SM, VSM	[46]
Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles		S H Naqvi		SM, VSM	[47]
Additional Director General Army Education Corps		R Putarjunam			[48]
Provost Marshal Corps of Military Police		Vikram Singh Sekhon		YSM, SM	[49]
Judge Advocate General, Indian Army		Sandeep Kumar		VSM
Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army		Javed Iqbal			[50]
Additional Director General Military Nursing Service		Lisamma PV			[51]
Additional Director General Army Postal Service Corps		Shipra Sharma		VSM
Additional Director General of Human Rights		Anand Saxena			[52]

Commandants of Training Institutions

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Commandant Indian Military Academy	Lieutenant General	Nagendra Singh		AVSM, YSM, SM	[53]
Commandant National Defence Academy		Presently tenanted by a Navy officer
Commandant Armed Forces Medical College		Pankaj P Rao			[54]
Commandant Officers Training Academy, Chennai		Michael AJ Fernandez		AVSM, VSM	[55]
Commandant Officers Training Academy, Gaya		Vivek Kashyap		PVSM, AVSM, VSM	[56]
Commandant Defence Services Staff College		Manish M Erry		UYSM, AVSM, SM	[57]
Commandant Army Hospital Research and Referral		Avinash Das			[58]
Commandant Army War College		Harjeet Singh Sahi		UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM	[59]
Commandant National Defence College		Presently tenanted by an Air Force officer
Commandant Infantry School		Gajendra Joshi		AVSM, SM	[60]
Commandant School of Artillery		N S Sarna		AVSM, SM, VSM	[61]
Commandant Army Air Defence College		R C Srikanth		AVSM, VSM	[62]
Commandant College of Military Engineering		A K Ramesh		SM	[63]
Commandant Military College of Telecommunication Engineering		Vivek Dogra		SM
Commandant Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering		Neeraj Varshney		VSM	[64]
Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and College		J K Gera			[65]
Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College		Shivinder Singh		AVSM	[66]
Commandant Military Intelligence Training School and Depot		Devinder Pal		AVSM, SM	[67]
Commandant College of Materials Management		Sanjay Sethi		AVSM
Commandant Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School	Major General	Kulvir Singh		SM**	[68]
Commandant High Altitude Warfare School		Puneet Doval		SM	[69]
Commandant College of Defence Management		G Srinivas			[41]
Commandant Armoured Corps Centre and School		Vikram Varma		VSM**	[70]
Commandant Indian Military Training Team Bhutan

General Officers Commanding Corps

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
General Officer Commanding I Corps Strike One Corps	Lieutenant General	V Hariharan		AVSM, SM	[71]
General Officer Commanding II Corps Kharga Corps		Rajesh Pushkar		AVSM, VSM	[72]
General Officer Commanding III Corps Spear Corps		Abhijit S Pendharkar		AVSM, YSM	[73]
General Officer Commanding IV Corps Gajraj Corps		Gambhir Singh		AVSM, YSM	[74]
General Officer Commanding IX Corps Rising Star Corps		Rajan Sharawat		AVSM, VSM	[75]
General Officer Commanding X Corps Chetak Corps		Shamsher Singh Virk		SM	[76]
General Officer Commanding XI Corps Vajra Corps		Ajay Chandpuria		AVSM, VSM	[77]
General Officer Commanding XII Corps Konark Corps		Aditya Vikram Singh Rathee		SM, VSM	[78]
General Officer Commanding XIV Corps Fire and Fury Corps		Hitesh Bhalla		UYSM, SC**, SM, VSM	[79]
General Officer Commanding XV Corps Chinar Corps		Prashant Srivastava		UYSM, AVSM, SM	[80]
General Officer Commanding XVI Corps White Knight Corps		Prasanna Kishore Mishra		UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM	[81]
General Officer Commanding XVII Corps Brahmastra Corps		Yash Singh Ahlawat		AVSM, YSM, SM	[82]
General Officer Commanding XXI Corps Sudarshan Chakra Corps		Arvind Chauhan		YSM, SM	[83]
General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps Trishakti Corps		Man Raj Singh Mann		SM**	[84]

General Officers Commanding Areas

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
General Officer Commanding Delhi Area	Lieutenant General	Bhavnish Kumar		AVSM, VSM	[85]
General Officer Commanding Uttar Bharat Area		D G Misra		AVSM	[86]
General Officer Commanding Madhya Bharat Area		Padam Singh Shekhawat		PVSM, AVSM, SM	[87]
General Officer Commanding 101 Area		Mohit Wadhwa		SM	[88]
General Officer Commanding 111 Area		Pawan Chadha		SM, VSM	[89]
General Officer Commanding Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area		Dheerendra Singh Kushwah		AVSM, SM	[90]
General Officer Commanding Dakshin Bharat Area		V Sreehari		AVSM, SC, SM	[91]

Other General Officers

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs	Lieutenant General	Presently tenanted by a Navy officer
Force Commander, UNMISS		Mohan Subramanian		PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM	[92]
Military Secretary to the President	Major General	Voodev Parida		VSM	[93]
Joint Secretary Army & TA		G S Choudhry		SM, VSM	[94]

See also

• List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy
• List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force