Corps of Engineers

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Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next chief of the Indian Army (COAS).
- He will be the first officer from the Corps of Engineers (The Bombay Sappers) to be named as the COAS.

The Army’s system of Corps and Regiments

It is divided into two broad categories — Arms and Services.
‘Arms’ category:
- Infantry, Armoured Corps, Artillery, Engineers, Signals, Army Air Defence, Army Aviation Corps and Military Intelligence fall .
‘Services’:
- Army Service Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering and several other minor Corps.

What is Corps of Engineers and its role in India’s defence?

The Indian Army Corps of Engineers is one of the oldest arms of the Indian Army.
The Corps of Engineers bestowed with the task of providing combat engineering support, developing infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations.
It is also responsible for maintaining connectivity along the borders, besides helping the civil authorities during natural disasters and calamities.
College of Military Engineering (CME) in Pune is the premier technical and tactical training institution of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers.
The Corps of Engineers has three groups, i.e. Madras Sappers, Bengal Sappers and Bombay Sappers.
- These three groups were amalgamated into the Corps on November 18, 1932.

Roles played by it :
- The tasks of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers are executed through four pillars of the Corps
  - Combat Engineers.
  - Military Engineer Service
  - Border Road Organisation
  - Military Survey.

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