India: Lt Gen Baggavalli Somashekar Raju Set To Be New Vice Chief of Army

NEW DELHI, 30 April 2022, (TON): The defence ministry said “Lt Gen Baggavalli Somashekar Raju will take over as the next vice chief of the Army Staff on May 1.”

Lt Gen Raju will succeed incumbent Lt Gen Manoj Pande who will take the reins of the 1.3 million-strong Army after Army Chief Gen MM Naravane completes his term.

A qualified helicopter pilot, Lt Gen Raju is currently serving as the Director General Military Operations and oversaw the Army's overall operational readiness in eastern Ladakh.

An alumnus of Sainik School Bijapur and National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the JAT Regiment on December 15, 1984.

In his illustrious career spanning 38 years, he had commanded his battalion during 'Operation Parakram' in the Western theatre and in Jammu and Kashmir.

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