# 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 almost 90 Lieutenant Generals, 300 Major Generals and 1,200 Brigadiers in its 43,000-strong officer cadre.

## 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 | |

## Chief of the Army Staff

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

## Vice Chief of the Army Staff

| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
| Vice Chief of the Army Staff | Lieutenant General | N. S. Raja Subramani | | PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM | |

## Army Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command | Lieutenant General | M. V. Suchindra Kumar | PVSM, AVSM, YSM**, VSM |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command | Lieutenant General | Ram Chander Tiwari | PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command | Lieutenant General | Manoj Kumar Katiyar | PVSM, AVSM |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Central Command | Lieutenant General | Anindya Sengupta | PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command | Lieutenant General | Dhiraj Seth | PVSM, AVSM |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Command | Lieutenant General | Manjinder Singh | AVSM, YSM, VSM |
| General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Army Training Command | Lieutenant General | Devendra Sharma | PVSM, AVSM, SM |
| Chief of Integrated Defence Staff** | Lieutenant General | Johnson P Mathew | PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM |
| Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command** | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by an Air Force Officer | |
| Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command** | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer | |
| Director General Armed Forces Medical Services** | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer | |
**Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Forces

## Principal Staff Officers (PSO)

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) | Lieutenant General | Pratik Sharma | PVSM, AVSM, SM |
| Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Coordination) | Lieutenant General | Rakesh Kapoor | AVSM, VSM |
| Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance) | Lieutenant General | Rahul R Singh | AVSM, VSM |
| Adjutant General | Lieutenant General | VPS Kaushik | UYSM, YSM, SM |
| Military Secretary | Lieutenant General | Rashim Bali | UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM |
| Quartermaster General | Lieutenant General | VM Bhuvana Krishnan | PVSM, AVSM, YSM |
| Master General Sustenance | Lieutenant General | Amardeep Singh Aujla | PVSM, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM |
| Engineer-In-Chief | Lieutenant General | Arvind Walia | AVSM |

## General Officers of Armed Forces Commands

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Director General of Assam Rifles | Lieutenant General | Vikas Lakhera | AVSM, SM |
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Perspective Planning & Financial Development) | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer | |
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organization & Training) | Lieutenant General | Vipul Shinghal | AVSM, SM |
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer | |
| Director General DIA & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) | Lieutenant General | Dinesh Singh Rana | PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM |
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by an Airforce officer | |

## Chiefs of Staff of Army Commands

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Chief of Staff Northern Command | Lieutenant General | Vijay B Nair | AVSM, SM |
| Chief of Staff Eastern Command | Lieutenant General | R C Srikanth | AVSM, VSM |
| Chief of Staff Western Command | Lieutenant General | Mohit Wadhwa | SM |
| Chief of Staff Central Command | Lieutenant General | Mukesh Chadha | AVSM, SM, VSM |
| Chief of Staff Southern Command | Lieutenant General | Shrinjay Pratap Singh | AVSM, YSM |
| Chief of Staff South Western Command | Lieutenant General | Harbinder Singh Vandra | SM |
| Chief of Staff Army Training Command | Lieutenant General | Dheerendra Singh Kushwaha | AVSM, SM |

## Heads of Combat and Combat Support Arms

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Director General Infantry | Lieutenant General | Ajay Kumar | VSM |
| Director General Artillery | Lieutenant General | Adosh Kumar | PVSM, AVSM, SM |
| Director General Army Aviation | Lieutenant General | Vinod Nambiar | SM |
| Director General Army Air Defence | Lieutenant General | Sumer Ivan D'Cunha | SM |
| Director General Armoured Corps | Lieutenant General | Vivek Kashyap | PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
| Signal-Officer-in-Chief | Lieutenant General | Kanwar Vinod Kumar | AVSM |

## Heads of Services and Directorates

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Director General Military Operations | Lieutenant General | Rajiv Ghai | UYSM, AVSM, SM*** |
| Director General Military Intelligence | Lieutenant General | R. S. Raman | PVSM, AVSM, YSM |
| Director General Medical Services (Army) | Lieutenant General | Sadhna Saxena Nair | AVSM, VSM |
| Director General Ordnance Services | Lieutenant General | Suresh Chandra Tandi | AVSM, VSM |
| Director General Supplies and Transport | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Dental Services | Lieutenant General | Vineet Sharma | AVSM, VSM |
| Director General Hospital Services | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy Officer | |
| Director General Border Roads Organisation | Lieutenant General | Raghu Srinivasan | VSM |
| Director General Electronics and Mechanical Engineers | Lieutenant General | J S Sidana | AVSM |
| Director General Military Training | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Capability Development | Lieutenant General | Vineet Gaur | PVSM, AVSM |
| Director General Information Technology | Lieutenant General | Ranjeet Singh | |
| Director General Information Warfare | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Information Systems | Lieutenant General | Rajiv Kumar Sahni | AVSM, VSM, PhD |
| Director General Operational Logistics | Lieutenant General | Pushpendra Singh | AVSM, SM** |
| Director General Weapons and Equipment | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Discipline, Ceremonials and Welfare | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Manpower Planning and Personnel Services | Lieutenant General | V Sreehari | AVSM, SC, SM |
| Director General Financial Planning | Lieutenant General | Ulhas Kirpekar | AVSM, SM |
| Director General Recruiting | Lieutenant General | Anoop Shinghal | AVSM, SM |
| Director General Staff Duties | Lieutenant General | M P Singh | YSM, SM |
| Director General Quality Assurance | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Land, Works and Environment | Lieutenant General | Vikas Rohella | SM** |
| Director General Strategic Planning | Lieutenant General | | |
| Director General Territorial Army | Lieutenant General | Raju Baijal | SM |
| Director General National Cadet Corps | Lieutenant General | Gurbirpal Singh | PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
| Additional Director General Rashtriya Rifles | Major General | S H Naqvi | SM, VSM |
| Additional Director General Army Education Corps | Major General | R Putarjunam | |
| Judge Advocate General, Indian Army | Major General | Sandeep Kumar | VSM |
| Additional Director General (Litigation) Indian Army | Major General | Javed Iqbal | |
| Additional Director General Military Nursing Service | Major General | Ignatius Delos Flora | |
| Additional Director General Strategic Communication | Major General | RR Patil | VSM |
| Provost Marshal Corps of Military Police | Major General | Sumit Talwar | |
| Additional Director General Army Postal Service Corps | Major General | MK Khan | VSM |
| Additional Director General of Human Rights | Major General | Anand Saxena | |

## Commandants of Training Institutions

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Commandant Indian Military Academy | Lieutenant General | Sandeep Jain | AVSM, SM |
| Commandant National Defence Academy | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy officer | |
| Commandant Armed Forces Medical College | Lieutenant General | Pankaj P Rao | |
| Commandant Officers Training Academy, Chennai | Lieutenant General | Michael AJ Fernandez | AVSM, VSM |
| Commandant Officers Training Academy, Gaya | Lieutenant General | Sukriti Singh Dahiya | SM, VSM |
| Commandant Defence Services Staff College | Lieutenant General | Virendra Vats | YSM, SM, VSM |
| Commandant Army War College | Lieutenant General | Harjeet Singh Sahi | UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM |
| Commandant National Defence College | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by an Air Force officer | |
| Commandant Infantry School | Lieutenant General | Gajendra Joshi | AVSM, SM |
| Commandant School of Artillery | Lieutenant General | N S Sarna | AVSM, SM, VSM |
| Commandant Army Air Defence College | Lieutenant General | | |
| Commandant College of Military Engineering | Lieutenant General | AK Ramesh | SM |
| Commandant Military College of Telecommunication Engineering | Lieutenant General | Vivek Dogra | |
| Commandant Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering | Lieutenant General | Neeraj Varshney | VSM |
| Commandant Army Service Corps Centre and College | Lieutenant General | J K Gera | |
| Commandant Army Medical Corps Centre and College | Lieutenant General | Shivinder Singh | AVSM |
| Commandant Military Intelligence Training School and Depot | Lieutenant General | Devinder Pal | SM |
| Commandant Army Hospital Research and Referral | Lieutenant General | Shankar Narayan | PVSM, NM, VSM |
| Commandant College of Materials Management | Lieutenant General | Sanjay Sethi | AVSM |
| Commandant Armoured Corps Centre and School | Major General | Vikram Varma | VSM* |
| Commandant Indian Military Training Team Bhutan | Major General | | |

## General Officers Commanding Corps

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| General Officer Commanding I Corps Strike One Corps | Lieutenant General | Sanjay Mitra | AVSM |
| General Officer Commanding II Corps Kharga Corps | Lieutenant General | Rajesh Pushkar | VSM |
| General Officer Commanding III Corps Spear Corps | Lieutenant General | Abhijit S Pendharkar | AVSM, YSM |
| General Officer Commanding IV Corps Gajraj Corps | Lieutenant General | Gambhir Singh | AVSM |
| General Officer Commanding IX Corps Rising Star Corps | Lieutenant General | Rajan Sharawat | AVSM, VSM |
| General Officer Commanding X Corps Chetak Corps | Lieutenant General | Nagendra Singh | AVSM, YSM, SM |
| General Officer Commanding XI Corps Vajra Corps | Lieutenant General | Ajay Chandpuria | AVSM, VSM |
| General Officer Commanding XII Corps Konark Corps | Lieutenant General | Mohit Malhotra | AVSM, SM |
| General Officer Commanding XIV Corps Fire and Fury Corps | Lieutenant General | Hitesh Bhalla | UYSM, SC**, SM, VSM |
| General Officer Commanding XV Corps Chinar Corps | Lieutenant General | Prashant Srivastava | AVSM, SM |
| General Officer Commanding XVI Corps White Knight Corps | Lieutenant General | Navin Sachdeva | AVSM, SM |
| General Officer Commanding XVII Corps Brahmastra Corps | Lieutenant General | Yash Singh Ahlawat | AVSM, YSM, SM |
| General Officer Commanding XXI Corps Sudarshan Chakra Corps | Lieutenant General | Prit Pal Singh | AVSM |
| General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps Trishakti Corps | Lieutenant General | Zubin A Minwalla | UYSM, AVSM, YSM |

## General Officers Commanding Areas

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Uttar Bharat Area | Lieutenant General | DG Misra | AVSM |
| Madhya Bharat Area | Lieutenant General | PS Shekhawat | AVSM, SM |
| 101 Area (India) | Lieutenant General | Sanjay Malik | SM |
| Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa Area | Lieutenant General | Pawan Chadha | SM, VSM |
| Dakshin Bharat Area | Lieutenant General | Karanbir Singh Brar | PVSM, AVSM |
| Delhi Area | Lieutenant General | Bhavnish Kumar | AVSM, VSM |

## Other General Officers

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs | Lieutenant General | Presently tenanted by a Navy officer | |
| Force Commander, UNMISS | Lieutenant General | Mohan Subramanian | PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM |
| Military Secretary to the President | Major General | Ranjeet Singh Manral | SM |
| Joint Secretary Army & TA | Major General | G S Choudhry | |