Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty today took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff. 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 in 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.