All three service chiefs of the Indian armed forces will be from the 61st batch of the National Defence Academy at Khadakvasla after the army chief-designate Lieutenant General Manoj C Pande takes over as the 29th chief of army staff on April 30, 2022.
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IMAGE: Lieutenant General Manoj C Pande, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, chief of the air staff, and Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar, chief of the naval staff.
Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane, left, welcomes Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari to the Army Commanders Conference in New Delhi.
Photograph: Indian Air Force Twitter/ANI Photo
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