Lieutenant General Manoj Pande takes over Eastern Command

Lieutenant General Manoj Pande took over the reins of Eastern Command as its General Officer Commanding-inChief on 1 June 2021. Prior to this, he was Commander- in- Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command, the only Tri- services Operational Command in India from 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021. The General was commissioned in the Bombay Sappers in December 1982.