Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)

The Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) is second in command of the Indian Army next to Chief of the Army Staff. The office is held by a Three Star Officer in the rank of Lieutenant general. The current VCOAS is Lt Gen Devraj Anbu who succeeded Lt Gen Sarath Chand.[1]

Appointees

The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.

Rank Name Appointment Date Left Office Unit of Commission Decorations References
General** P P Kumaramangalam 15 January 1965 7 June 1966 Regiment of Artillery DSO
Lieutenant General K S Katoch 8 June 1966 22 November 1970 13th Frontier Force Rifles MC
Har Prasad 23 November 1970 31 October 1973 Armoured Corps PVSM
M L Thapan 1 November 1973 31 July 1974 Jat Regiment PVSM
N C Rawlley 1 August 1974 31 December 1975 Rajput Regiment PVSM, AVSM, MC
A M Vohra 1 January 1976 19 January 1977 3 Gorkha Rifles PVSM
General** O P Malhotra 20 January 1977 31 May 1978 Regiment of Artillery PVSM
Lieutenant General S L Menezes 1 July 1978 31 January 1980 The Grenadiers PVSM, SC [2]
Jaswant Singh 1 February 1980 6 July 1980 Punjab Regiment PVSM, AVSM
A M Sethna 7 July 1980 31 December 1982 Rajputana Rifles PVSM, AVSM
S K Sinha 1 January 1983 1 June 1983 3/5 Gorkha Rifles PVSM [3]
G S Rawat 5 August 1983 31 December 1984 Kumaon Regiment PVSM, AVSM [4]
General** K Sundarji 13 February 1985 31 January 1986 Mahar Regiment PVSM [5]
Lieutenant General K K Hazari 1 February 1986 31 May 1987 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM
J K Puri 1 June 1987 31 August 1987 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM
General** S F Rodrigues 1 November 1987 20 April 1989 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, VSM
Lieutenant General V K Sood 15 May 1989 29 February 1992 Dogra Regiment PVSM, AVSM
Vijai Singh 1 March 1992 30 June 1993 8th Light Cavalry PVSM [6]
Surinder Nath 1 July 1993 30 June 1995 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM
M L Dar 1 July 1995 31 July 1996 Poona Horse PVSM, AVSM
General** V P Malik 1 August 1996 30 September 1997 3 Sikh Light Infantry PVSM, AVSM
Lieutenant General Chandra Shekhar 1 October 1997 30 September 2000 2/4 Gorkha Rifles PVSM, AVSM, ADC [7]
Vijay Oberoi 1 October 2000 30 September 2001 1 Maratha Light Infantry PVSM, AVSM, VSM [8][9]
General** N C Vij 1 October 2001 31 December 2002 Dogra Regiment PVSM, UYSM, AVSM [10]
Lieutenant General Shantonu Choudhry 1 January 2003 31 December 2004 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM, VSM [11][12]
Bhupender Singh Thakur 15 January 2005 30 September 2005 Central India Horse PVSM, AVSM [13][14]
S Pattabhiraman 1 October 2005 31 December 2006 Bombay Sappers PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM [15][16]
General** Deepak Kapoor 1 January 2007 30 September 2007 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC [17][18]
Lieutenant General Milan Lalitkumar Naidu 1 October 2007 31 December 2008 5 Rajput PVSM, AVSM, YSM [19][20][21]
Noble Thamburaj 1 January 2008 30 September 2009 Bombay Sappers PVSM, SM [22][23][24]
P C Bhardwaj 1 October 2009 30 November 2010 1 Para PVSM, AVSM, VrC, SC, VSM [25][26][27]
Avtar Singh Lamba 6 December 2010 30 September 2011 Regiment of Artillery PVSM, AVSM [28][29]
Shri Krishna Singh 1 October 2011 31 December 2013 8 Gorkha Rifles PVSM, UYSM, AVSM [30]
General** Dalbir Singh 1 January 2014 31 July 2014 4/5 Gorkha Rifles PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC [31]
Lieutenant General Philip Campose 1 August 2014 31 July 2015 9 Gorkha Rifles PVSM, AVSM & Bar, VSM [32][33]
Man Mohan Singh Rai 1 August 2015 31 July 2016 Bombay Sappers PVSM, AVSM, VSM [34]
General** Bipin Rawat 1 September 2016 31 December 2016 5/11 Gorkha Rifles UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM
Lieutenant General Sarath Chand 13 January 2017 31 May 2018 Garhwal Rifles UYSM, AVSM, VSM [35]
Devraj Anbu 1 June 2018 Incumbent Sikh Light Infantry PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM [36]

** = Went on to become the Chief of Army Staff

References

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