Sanjay Mitra

Lieutenant General Sanjay Mitra, AVSM is a serving general officer of the Indian Army. He currently serves as the Director General of Operational Logistics & Strategic Movement. He previously served as the General Officer Commanding I Corps. He is also the Colonel of the Regiment of the Grenadiers since 1 July 2024.

Early life and education He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy. He is also an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi.

Military career The general officer was commissioned into the Grenadiers on 10 June 1989 from the Indian Military Academy. In a career spanning over three decades, he has held numerous command and staff appointments. He has commanded an Infantry Battalion, an Infantry Brigade and an Infantry Division along the Line of Control in Northern Jammu and Kashmir and the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh. His instructional appointment include a tenure as instructor at Commando School Belgaum and Chief Instructor (Army) at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He also served as a Squadron Commander in National Security Guard and a Colonel General Staff in Faculty of Studies, Army War College.

After getting promoted to the rank of Lieutenant general, on 9 June 2023 he took over as the General Officer Commanding I Corps succeeding Lieutenant General Gajendra Joshi and relinquished the command on 17 June 2025. He then moved to the Army headquarters as Director General of Operational Logistics & Strategic Movement taking over from Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh upon his elevation as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. and received the Chief of Army Staff Commendation and Army Commander Commendation.

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