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The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, presently serving arsenic the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, arsenic the adjacent Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the day of June 30, 2026.
The contiguous Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi retires from work the aforesaid day.
Lt Gen Seth assumed complaint arsenic the Vice Chief of the Army Staff connected April 1, 2026, arsenic portion of a bid of top-level appointments announced by the Indian Army crossed cardinal operational commands.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, Lt Gen Seth was commissioned into the Armoured Corps successful December 1986. Over a distinguished subject vocation spanning astir 4 decades, helium has served successful a assortment of operational environments, including extended counter-insurgency assignments.
The serviceman has commanded an armoured regiment successful the godforsaken sector, an armoured brigade, and a counter-insurgency unit successful Jammu and Kashmir. As a Lieutenant General, helium commanded the prestigious Sudarshan Chakra Corps and aboriginal served arsenic the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Delhi Area.
Following his elevation arsenic Army Commander, Lt Gen Seth headed some the South Western Command and the Southern Command, becoming 1 of the fewer officers to person commanded 2 large operational commands. His tenure saw him oversee captious operational responsibilities on India’s occidental front.
With immense acquisition successful accepted operations, counter-insurgency and strategical leadership, Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth is acceptable to instrumentality implicit the reins of the Indian Army astatine a clip of evolving determination information challenges and ongoing unit modernisation efforts.
