Who succeeded 27th Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat in the Indian Army to be responsible for operation and army related tasks?
Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India) The Vice Chief of the Army Staff is second in command of the Indian Army next to Chief of the Army Staff. He is responsible for operation and army related tasks. As of January 2017, the post was held by Sarath Chand succeeding Bipin Rawat.
Office of the Chief of Defence Staff The Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) is the Sri Lanka Armed Forces operational level headquarters of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), responsible for coordinating joint armed force's operations. However the respective service commands have much autonomy for their deployments.