  A large 4$\pi$ array of charged particle detectors has been developed at
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre to facilitate high resolution charged particle
reaction and spectroscopy studies by detecting event-by-event the charged
reaction products emitted in heavy ion reactions at energy $\sim$ 10-60 MeV/A.
The forward part ($\theta \sim \pm $ $7^{0}$ - $\pm 45^{0}$) of the array
consists of 24 highly granular, high resolution charged particle telescopes,
each of which is made by three layers [single sided silicon strip($\Delta$E) +
double sided silicon strip (E/$\Delta$E) + CsI(Tl)(E)]of detectors. The
backward part of the array consists of 112 CsI(Tl) detectors which are capable
of detecting primarily the light charged particles (Z $\le$ 2) emitted in the
angular range of $\theta \sim \pm $ $45^{0}$ - $\pm 175^{0}$. The extreme
forward part of the array ($\theta \sim \pm $ $3^{0}$ - $\pm 7^{0}$) is made up
of 32 slow-fast plastic phoswich detectors that are capable of detecting light
(Z $\le$2) and heavy charged particles (3 $\le$ Z $\lesssim$ 20) as well as
handling high count rates. The design, construction and characterization of the
array has been described.
