LIEUTENANT GENERAL ANINDYA SENGUPTA, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, ASSUMED THE APPOINTMENT OF GOC-IN-C CENTRAL COMD ON 01 JUL 2024. 

HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN 14^th BATTALION THE PUNJAB REGT IN JUNE 1987. THE GENERAL OFFICER IS AN ALUMNUS OF NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY, INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY, DEFENCE SERVICE STAFF COLLEGE, ARMY WAR COLLEGE AND NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE.

IN A MILITARY CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN 37 YEARS, HE HAS THE DISTINCTION OF TENANTING KEY COMMAND AND STAFF APPOINTMENTS, BOTH IN PEACE AND FIELD. THE GENERAL OFFICER HAS SERVED ON LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL AT ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MANIPUR AND NAGALAND, ON LINE OF CONTROL IN KASHMIR VALLEY, SIACHEN GLACIER AND LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL IN EASTERN LADAKH.

HE HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR AT NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY, DIRECTING STAFF AT DEFENCE SERVICES STAFF COLLEGE, WELLINGTON, MILITARY OBSERVER IN CONGO, BRIGADE MAJOR OF AN INFANTRY BRIGADE, DIRECTOR FORCE STRUCTURING AT STRATEGIC PLANNING DIRECTORATE, BRIGADIER STAFF DUTIES AT STAFF DUTIES DIRECTORATE, ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL COMPLAINT ADVISORY BOARD IN CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SECRETARIAT AND DIRECTOR GENERAL STRATEGIC PLANNING.

HE HAS COMMANDED AN INFANTRY BATTALION ON WESTERN BORDERS, AN INFANTRY BRIGADE ON THE LINE OF CONTROL AND LATER AN INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS. HE COMMANDED COUNTER INSURGENCY FORCE ‘VICTOR’ AND LATER ‘FIRE & FURY’ CORPS ON NORTHERN BORDERS.

HE HAS BEEN AWARDED ‘YUDH SEVA MEDAL’, ‘ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL’ AND ‘UTTAM YUDH SEVA MEDAL’.IN ADDITION, HE IS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF CHIEF OF INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF TO THE CHAIRMAN CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE COMMENDATION CARD AND MENTION-IN-DESPATCHES.