The Appointments Committee of Cabinet, on May 26, approved the extension in service of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj C Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC for a period of one month.
His normal age of superannuation was May 31. With this one month extension, General Pande will be the Army Chief till June 30.
He was commissioned in December 1982 in the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers). He held the appointment of Vice Chief of the Army Staff before taking over as the COAS.
