FEW FACTS ON GENERAL UPENDRA DIWEDI ( 30TH COAS OF INDIA)

* ON 30TH JUNE 2026 CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF GENERAL UPENDRA DIWEDI RETIRED AFTER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO NATION.

* HE WAS THE 30TH CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF OF INDIA ( COAS)

* BORN ON 1ST JULY 1964 

CAREER OF UPENDRA DIWEDI - 

* 30TH CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ( COAS) (2024-2026) 

* 46TH VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (2024)

* GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING IN CHIEF NORTHERN COMMAND (2022-2024) 

* HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE 18th BATALION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES 

* HE WAS LEADING IN OPERATION

 RAKSHAK IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

* HE SERVED AS INSPECTOR IN GENERAL, ASSAM RIFLES IN ASSAM & MANIPUR ( OPERATION RHINO)

* IN 2020 HE APPOINTED COMMANDER OF IX CORPS 

* In 2021 HE APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ( INFORMATION AND COORDINATION) 

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

2024 - PARAM  VASISTH SEVA MEDAL 

2021 - ATI VASISTH SEVA MEDAL