Chandi Prasad Mohanty

Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty AVSM, SM, VSM is a General Officer in the Indian Army. He is the current General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Southern Command,[1] assuming command on 30 January 2020.[2] He was trained at RIMC Dehradun.

Lieutenant General

C P Mohanty

AVSM, SM, VSM
BornJayabada, Jagatsinghpur Sub-Division, Cuttack district
(now Jagatsinghpur district), Odisha[1]
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Army
Years of serviceJune 1982 – present
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitRajput Regiment
Commands held Southern Command
Uttar Bharat Area
XXXIII Corps
Battles/warsInsurgency in Northeast India
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal
Sena Medal

Early life and education

Mohanty was born to Jitendra K. Mohanty, a civil servant, and Sarada Mohanty, a professor of Odia at S.V.M. College.[3] 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 a 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.[2]

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.[2] He has also commanded a mountain brigade along the Indo-Chinese 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 Ministry of Defence (Army) at New Delhi. After the Doklam incident, he commanded the XXXIII Corps[4] in the Eastern Command and was then appointed GOC Uttar Bharat Area at Bareilly.[2]

Decorations
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[5]
LieutenantIndian Army12 June 1984[6]
CaptainIndian Army12 June 1987
MajorIndian Army12 June 1993[7]
Lieutenant-ColonelIndian Army16 December 2004[8]
ColonelIndian Army1 March 2006[9]
BrigadierIndian Army5 December 2009 (substantive, with seniority from 8 January 2009)[10]
Major GeneralIndian Army10 January 2015 (substantive, with seniority from 4 June 2012)[11]
Lieutenant-GeneralIndian Army20 May 2017 (seniority from 1 May)[12]
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References
  1. "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. "Lt Gen CP Mohanty assumes command of Pune-based Southern Command". Hindustan Times. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  3. "Odisha-Born Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty Takes Charge Of Southern Command". OdishaBytes. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. "Eastern Army Commander concludes two-day visit to Trishakti Corps formations". Business Standard India. 10 July 2019.
  5. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 29 September 1984. p. 1666.
  6. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 11 May 1985. p. 652.
  7. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 18 September 1993. p. 1658.
  8. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 October 2005. p. 18.
  9. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 1 September 2007. p. 1339.
  10. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 16 February 2013. p. 272.
  11. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 21 May 2016. p. 1308.
  12. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 9 February 2019. p. 393.
Military offices
Preceded by
Satinder Kumar Saini		 General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
30 January 2020		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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