Imphal: Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar assumed the charge of Vice-Chief of the Army Staff on Wednesday.
The general officer has taken over the charge from Lieutenant General BS Raju, who took over the reins of the Jaipur-based Sapta Shakti Command on Wednesday.
Prior to taking over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar was the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy) at Army HQ. In recent appointments, he has gained experience in intelligence, operations, force structuring, operational logistics, and tech infusion.
An alumnus of Sainik School Bijapur and the National Defence Academy, the general officer was commissioned into the 1 Assam Regiment in June 1985. He has commanded the 59th Rashtriya Rifles Battalion (Assam), an Infantry Brigade, and an Infantry Division on the Line of Control, as well as the highly active White Knight Corps in Northern Command.
The General Officer has held various staff and instructional appointments, including an instructional tenure at Infantry School, Mhow, Senior Operations Officer in the United Nations Sector in Cambodia, Colonel (Policy) in the Military Secretary Branch, Indian Army Training Team at Lesotho, Brigadier General Staff (Operations) of a Corps in the Eastern Theatre, and Additional Director General Military Intelligence and Director General Military Intelligence at Army HQ.
The officer has attended the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Mhow, and the National Defence College in New Delhi. He has also attended courses on ‘Cooperative Security in South Asia’ in Sri Lanka and ‘United Nations Senior Mission Leaders Course’ in Egypt. His military papers have been published in a number of professional journals, said a press note from the PRO (Defence), Kohima & Imphal.
