Lieutenant General
C P Mohanty
PVSM AVSM SM VSM
42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff
In office
1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySatinder Kumar Saini
Succeeded byManoj Pande
Personal details
BornJayabada, Jagatsinghpur Sub-Division, Cuttack district
(now Jagatsinghpur district), Odisha[1]
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal
Sena Medal
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of serviceJune 1982 – 31 January 2022
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitRajput Regiment
Commands Southern Command
Uttar Bharat Area
XXXIII Corps
Battles/warsInsurgency in Northeast India

Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty PVSM AVSM SM VSM is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army.[2] He was the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021, following the retirement of Satinder Kumar Saini.[3] He was previously the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Southern Command,[1] assuming command on 30 January 2020.[4] He was trained at RIMC Dehradun.

Early life and education

Mohanty was born in Jagatsinghpur, Odisha to Jitendra K. Mohanty, a civil servant, and Sarada Mohanty, a professor of Odia at S.V.M. College.[5] Following his education at Bagashai U. P. School, he joined the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun. He subsequently entered the National Defence Academy (NDA). He holds an M. Phil and a Master's in Management and has conducted extensive studies of China, South Asia, and northeastern India. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.[4]

Career

Mohanty was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Rajput Regiment in June 1982. He has commanded battalions in both Jammu and Kashmir and in Northeast India, and has held staff appointments in an armoured brigade and in the military secretariat. He commanded a UN multi-national brigade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served as a military advisor to the Seychelles government.[4] He has also commanded a mountain brigade along the India-China border and a mountain division in Assam in 2014.[1] He also served as Director General of operational logistics and strategic movement at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Army) at New Delhi. After the Doklam standoff, he commanded the XXXIII Corps[6] in the Eastern Command and was then appointed GOC Uttar Bharat Area at Bareilly.[4]

Decorations

Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Special Service Medal Operation Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal Videsh Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal MONUSCO

Dates of rank

InsigniaRankComponentDate of rank
Second LieutenantIndian Army12 June 1982[7]
LieutenantIndian Army12 June 1984[8]
CaptainIndian Army12 June 1987
MajorIndian Army12 June 1993[9]
Lieutenant-ColonelIndian Army16 December 2004[10]
ColonelIndian Army1 March 2006[11]
BrigadierIndian Army5 December 2009 (substantive, with seniority from 8 January 2009)[12]
Major GeneralIndian Army10 January 2015 (substantive, with seniority from 4 June 2012)[13]
Lieutenant-GeneralIndian Army20 May 2017 (seniority from 1 May)[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lt Gen Chandi Prasad Mohanty is General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Army Command". The New Indian Express. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ↑ OB Bureau (31 January 2022). "Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen CP Mohanty Retires, Lays Wreath at National War Memorial". OdishaBytes.
  3. ↑ "LT GEN CP Mohanty takes over as Vice Chief of the Army Staff". PIB. 1 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Lt Gen CP Mohanty assumes command of Pune-based Southern Command". Hindustan Times. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Odisha-Born Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Takes Charge Of Southern Command". OdishaBytes. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Eastern Army Commander concludes two-day visit to Trishakti Corps formations". Business Standard India. 10 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 29 September 1984. p. 1666.
  8. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 11 May 1985. p. 652.
  9. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 18 September 1993. p. 1658.
  10. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 1893.
  11. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 1 September 2007. p. 1339.
  12. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 February 2013. p. 272.
  13. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 21 May 2016. p. 1308.
  14. ↑ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 February 2019. p. 393.
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