lt Gen Pradeep Singh Mehta took over the command of the Sudarshan Chakra Corps from lt Gen RV Kanitkar, SM, VSM on Sunday. lt Gen Kanitkar proceeds for his next assignment after successfully commanding the Sudarshan Chakra Corps for a year.
lt Gen Pradeep Singh Mehta was commissioned into the Armoured Corps in September 1978, after passing out ‘First in the order of Merit’ from Officers Training Academy, Madras. He post-graduated from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and has attended the Senior and Higher Command courses at the Army War College, Mhow.
He has tenanted various important and coveted command and staff appointments, that include Brigade Major of an Armoured Brigade, General Staff Officer-1 (Planning) of a Corps, Colonel General Staff of an Infantry Division and also a Counter Insurgency Force, Deputy Directorate General Military Operations at Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army) and Major General General Staff (Operations) of Western Command.