New Delhi: An ace infantry officer with vast experience in operations, General Upendra Dwivedi, took over the command of the Army on Sunday.
The 30th Chief of the Indian Army belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and was Vice-Chief of Army Staff from February this year.
General Dwivedi hails from Madhya Pradesh and has studied in Sainik School Rewa (MP). He joined the prestigious National Defence Academy in January 1981 and was commissioned into the 18th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles on December 15, 1984, which he later commanded in the Kashmir valley and the deserts of Rajasthan.
He was also involved in modernising and equipping of the largest Command of the Indian Army, where he steered the induction of Indigenous equipment as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat. He synergized with the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh for convergent nation-building outcomes and infrastructure development.
General Dwivedi has varied staff exposures, which include handling conventional operations of the Armed Brigade in the Punjab Plains, providing logistical support to a Mountain Division in the North East along the Northern Borders and operating a Strike Corps in deserts. At IHQ HQ (Army), he contributed significantly to the Military Secretary's branch and was instrumental in raising a section in the Military Operations Directorate. (with Agency inputs)
