[6] General Kalita was commissioned in 9 Kumaon Regiment on 9 June 1984 from Indian Military Academy Dehradun.

The General Officer has rich experience by virtue of serving in varied staff appointments to include Col GS of a Division and BGS (Ops) of a Corps in highly active Counter Insurgency environment.

He has also served as Instructor in OTA Chennai and Directing Staff in Higher Command Wing of Army War College, Mhow.The General Officer had two tenures in United Nations, as a Military Observer in Sierra Leone and Chief Operations Officer in Sudan.

He succeeded Lieutenant General Manoj Pande on his elevation to Vice Chief of the Army Staff.

Son is Commissioned in the Army and is a serving officer in 9 KUMAON and daughter is a lecturer in Delhi University.