Who is Lt General
MV Suchindra Kumar, the new Army
Vice Chief 

Indian Army Vice
Chief Lt General
MV Suchindra Kumar

Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar has been appointed as the new Indian Army Vice Chief, as the current officer holding the position has been shifted to South Western Army Command as Army Commander

Lt Gen MV Suchendra Kumar, before being appointed as the Army Vice Chief, served as the deputy chief of Army Staff (strategy). He has been part of various important assignments including the highly active White Knight Corps in Jammu and Kashmir

Who is Lt General MV
Suchindra Kumar

Suchindra Kumar is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. He was commissioned into 1 Assam Regiment in June 1985. He commanded 59 Rashtriya Rifles Battalion (Assam), an Infantry Brigade and an Infantry Division on the Line of Control

Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar's journey so far

He has held the appointments of Additional Director General Military Intelligence and Director General Military Intelligence at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army). He also assumed the role of the Colonel of the Regiment of Assam Regiment and Arunachal Scouts 

Tracing General
MV Suchindra Kumar's professional stints

Lt General MV Suchindra Kumar: Details

The officer attended the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Higher Command Course in Mhow and the National Defence College in New Delhi. His military papers were published in a number of professional journals, as per details on the Indian Army’s website

Lt Gen MV Suchendra
Kumar: Personal Life

Lt Gen MV Suchendra Kumar is married to Asha Suchindra, Chairperson, Prerna who is an educationalist. The couple has two children

Previous Army Vice Chief Lt Gen BS Raju

Lt Gen BS Raju, who was so far holding the Army Vice Chief's post, has now been shifted to South Western Army Command where he would be succeeding Lt Gen AS Bhinder, who is set to retire on February 28

Meanwhile, Lt Gen NSR Subramani has been promoted to the rank of Army Commander and has been appointed as the next Central Army Commander in Lucknow

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