KATHMANDU:  Brigadier General Santosh Ballav Paudel has been appointed to the post of Spokesperson for Nepal Army.

Paudel is the incumbent brigade commander at 15 Brigade at the Nepal Army headquarters.

The post of the Spokesperson was vacant after former Spokesperson Bigyan Dev Pandey was given the responsibility of Acting Division Commander for Surkhet-based Uttar-Pashchim Division of Nepal Army.