Chandi Prasad Mohanty

Lieutenant General C P Mohanty PVSM AVSM SM VSM
42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff
In office 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022
Chief of Army Staff	Manoj Mukund Naravane
Preceded by	Satinder Kumar Saini
Succeeded by	Manoj Pande
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command
In office 30 January 2020 – 31 January 2021
Preceded by	Satinder Kumar Saini
Succeeded by	Jai Singh Nain
Personal details
Born	Jayabada, Jagatsinghpur Sub-Division, Cuttack district (now Jagatsinghpur district), Odisha[1]
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	June 1982 – 31 January 2022
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	6 Rajput Regiment
Commands	Southern Command Uttar Bharat Area XXXIII Corps
Battles/wars	Insurgency in Northeast India
Service number	IC-40314K
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

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.^[citation needed]

Early life and education

Mohanty was born in an aristocratic Karan family at 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

Insignia	Rank	Component	Date of rank
	Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	12 June 1982[7]
	Lieutenant	Indian Army	12 June 1984[8]
	Captain	Indian Army	12 June 1987
	Major	Indian Army	12 June 1993[9]
	Lieutenant-Colonel	Indian Army	16 December 2004[10]
	Colonel	Indian Army	1 March 2006[11]
	Brigadier	Indian Army	5 December 2009 (substantive, with seniority from 8 January 2009)[12]
	Major General	Indian Army	10 January 2015 (substantive, with seniority from 4 June 2012)[13]
	Lieutenant-General	Indian Army	20 May 2017 (seniority from 1 May)[14]

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. 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. "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.

Military offices
Preceded by Pradeep M. Bali	General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps 30 August 2018 – 13 September 2019	Succeeded by Nav Kumar Khanduri
Preceded by Satinder Kumar Saini	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command 30 January 2020 – 31 January 2021	Succeeded by Jai Singh Nain
Preceded by Satinder Kumar Saini	Vice Chief of the Army Staff 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022	Succeeded by Manoj Pande