Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth Appointed as Army Chief:
Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth has been appointed the next Chief of the Army Staff and will assume office on 30th June 2026, succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi.He is a graduate of the Higher Command Course and the National Defence College, attended the Command and Staff Course in Paris, and also undertook defence acquisition training at the United States Naval Postgraduate School.He will be the third Army Chief from the 2nd Lancers after General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja and General Bipin Chandra Joshi.He will be the first Armoured Corps officer to become Army Chief in nearly three decades after General Shankar Roy Chowdhury.
