Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani assumes charge as Vice Chief of Army Staff

Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani assumes charge as Vice Chief of Army Staff

Listen to Story Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani on Monday assumed the charge as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. Before this, Lt General Raja was tenanting the appointment of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Command based at Lucknow. The General Officer was commissioned into The Garhwal Rifles in December 1985. He graduated from the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Indian Military Academy (IMA). Lt General NS Raja is an alumnus of Joint Services Command Staff College, Bracknell (United Kingdom), and National Defence College, New Delhi. He holds a Master of Arts Degree from King’s College in London and an M.Phil in Defence Studies from the Madras University. The senior Army officer has, during his illustrious career spanning over 37 years, served across a wide spectrum of conflict and terrain profiles and has tenanted a host of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. The General Officer has insightful knowledge and a deep understanding of operational dynamics in both the Western and Northern Borders. For his distinguished service to the nation, Lt. General NS Raja has been conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal among others. NS Raja Subramani became the second in command of the Indian Army a day after General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) from General Manoj Pande on Sunday. The 30th Chief of the Indian Army belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and was Vice Chief of Army Staff from February this year. Before taking charge as the 30th Indian Army Chief, General Upendra Dwivedi held several command and staff appointments, including the post of general officer commanding-in-chief of Northern Command from 2022 to 2024.