Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on February19 took over as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff. After assuming the appointment of Vice Chief of Army Staff, the General laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in Delhi.
Lt Gen Dwivedi is an alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa (MP) and was commissioned into the 18 JAK RIF on December 15, 1984, which he later commanded in the Kashmir valley and the deserts of Rajasthan. He has had the unique distinction of having balanced exposure of both Northern and Western theatre.
He has also held the important appointments of Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) and Sector Commander Assam Rifles in intense counter terrorist operations and held various other staff and command appointments in the North East.
