Vipul Shinghal

Shinghal is a second-generation Army officer.^[5] He studied at The Doon School, Dehradun, and later joined the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla before being commissioned into the Armoured Corps in December 1988.^[3]

Shinghal was commissioned into the 51 Armoured Regiment in December 1988 and has held a wide range of operational, instructional and staff appointments throughout his career.^[3][4][5]

He commanded an Armoured Regiment deployed on the Western Front, an Independent Armoured Brigade in the desert sector, an Armoured Division. He has held key staff appointments including Brigadier General Staff (Operations) of a Strike Corps, Major General General Staff (Operations) at a Command Headquarters, and Director in the Strategic Planning Directorate at Army Headquarters.^[5] Later he served as the General Officer Commanding of the Sudarshan Chakra Corps.^[5][6] He assumed command of the Corps on 3 August 2022, succeeding Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth^[3][4]

During his service, he also served in the United Nations as part of peacekeeping missions in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and later at the UN Headquarters in New York.^[5] In January 2024, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation and Training) at HQ IDS.^[2][7]

Over his career, Shinghal has been awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Sena Medal for distinguished service of an exceptional order.^[5]