Praveen Bakshi


Praveen Bakshi

Allegiance India
Service / branch Indian Army
Years of service17 December 1977 - 31 July 2017
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberIC-34760F
UnitSkinner's Horse
CommandsEastern Command
IX Corps
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal[1]
Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC was the 25th General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2015 after Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai.

In December 2016, Bakshi was the front runner for the post of the Chief of the Army Staff. However, keeping aside the trend of seniority being the lone criteria, the Government appointed General Bipin Rawat and he finally retired on 31 July 2017 being succeeded by Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna.[2][3][4]

Prior, he was Chief of Staff of the Northern Command based at Udhampur. He succeeded Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai who was appointed as the Vice Chief of Army Staff at the Headquarter of Indian Army in New Delhi.

  1. ^ "ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL". NET INDIAN. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi takes charge of army's Eastern Command". Economic Times. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Army's Eastern Command gets new chief". News X. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Lt Gen Abhay Krishna new chief of Eastern Command".