Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi assumes charge of Army's Northern Command

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Category : Defense Published on: February 03 2022

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Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the new General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the prestigious Northern Command.
Before being appointed as the Army Commander, Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi was the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff.
He was commissioned into the Jammu And Kashmir Rifles Regiment.
In a career of over 37 years, he has served across a wide spectrum of terrain and operational profiles.
Lieutenant General Dwivedi is an alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa, National Defence Academy, and Indian Military Academy.

Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi assumes charge of Army's Northern Command