General Bipin Rawat took charge as the new 27th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of India.
He succeed General Dalbir Singh Suhag who retired from the service.
He had superseded two seniormost Lt Generals, Praveen Bakshi and PM Hariz.
His appointment goes against the long-held convention of appointing the senior-most eligible officer to the topmost post.
About General Bipin Rawat
He is an infantry officer from the 5/11 Gorkha Rifles. Prior to this appointment, he was the Vice Chief of the Army.
He has held key appointments in the Army headquarters and with the UN peacekeeping force.
He hails from Uttarakhand and had received the ‘sword of honour’ when he passed out from the Indian Military Academy in 1978.
General Rawat has tremendous hands on experience of serving in combat areas and at various functional levels in the Indian Army over the last three decades.
He has handled various operational responsibilities in many areas, including along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, LAC (Line of Actual Control) with China and in the North-East.
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