 On 16th December 2019 (Vijay Diwas eve) he was announced as the successor of General Rawat, who will relinquish the office of COAS on 31st December 2019.General Naravane is the 3rd officer from the Sikh Light Infantry to become Chief of the Army Staff , the other officers from this regiment were the 19th COAS General Ved Prakash Malik and the 25th COAS General Bikram Singh.Naravane hails from Pune, Maharashtra.