Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey is set to take over as the next corps commander of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps looking after the entire anti-terrorist operations in the Kashmir valley and Line of Control there.

He is presently the Director-General of the Territorial Army.

Lt General Pandey attended the strategic leadership institution — National Defence College (NDC). He has also completed the National Security Strategy course from National War College, National Defence University.