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title: "Who has been appointed as the new Director-General Artillery?"  
description: "Who has been appointed as the new Director-General Artillery?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-02-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96035/who-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-director-general-artillery  
category: "current affair"  
tags: ["current affair", "director general", "appointed", "artillery"]  
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# Who has been appointed as the new Director-General Artillery?

Who has been appointed [as the new Director-General](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38572/who-was-appointed-as-the-new-director-general-for-the-indian-coast-guard-icg-replacing-vice-admiral-h-c-s-bisht-who-has-been-appointed-as-the-flag-officer-commanding-in-chief-of-the-eastern-naval-command) Artillery?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar, AVSM, has been nominated for the position of Director General of Artillery.**

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**Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar took over as Commandant, School of Artillery, Devlali, from Lt Gen KR Rao, who would assume over as Director-General, Artillery, at the [Ministry](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95963/which-union-ministry-launched-the-star-rating-protocol-of-garbage-free-cities-toolkit-2022) of Defence (Army) Delhi unified offices on June 1.** \
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Nayanar, a gunnery officer, attended the **Military School in Bangalore** as well as the [**National**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95950/convoke-2021-22-is-a-national-level-symposium-launched-by-which-institution) **Defence Academy** in Khadakwasla. He was enlisted into the Regiment of Artillery on November 14, 1971, and has had a varied career spanning 38 years, with many notable staff and command assignments, according to a news release. \
**Also Read: [Under which rules, Google India released its compliance report regarding the deletion of contents?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96034/under-which-rules-google-india-released-its-compliance-report-regarding-the-deletion-of-contents)** **\** Nayanar formerly commanded an artillery brigade in Jammu and Kashmir and served as d**irector, personal finance, deputy director, general financial management, and assistant [military](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95924/the-indian-military-has-inked-a-contract-deal-with-which-country-to-purchase-at4-anti-armor-weapon) secretary at the MoD (Army) integrated headquarters in New Delhi**. According to the message, he has extensive expertise working in all sorts of terrain, from Arunachal Pradesh to the Thar Desert.


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