Air Force Central Medical Establishment Date Raised : 1947-08-15 Location : New Delhi RAF Central Medical Board (RAFCMB) was established at Lahore in 1940, to conduct the medical examination and assessment of aircrew for flying fitness. Sqn Ldr WG Herald was the first President.Flt Lt AY Alurkar was the first Indian officer to be posted to the Board in 1941.The Board was shifted to Delhi in July 1942. The RAFCMB was shifted to Delhi in July 1942 and taken over by RIAF on 15 Aug 1947 with then Wg Cdr Alurkar as President and Flt Lt JR Kumar as member. The Board was renamed as RIAF Central Medical Board (RIAFCMB) wef 1 April 1948 and subseuqently became IAF Central Medical board (IAFCMB). W.e.f 1 Apr 58 this Units was further, designated as AF Central Medical Establishment (AFCME). In 1969, the Board moved from AFND to Subroto Park.
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| | | | 18 Jan 58 - 21 Feb 61Wing CommanderDina Nath Maniktala3434 MEDPresidentDelhi | |
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24 Feb 78 - 27 Mar 78Group CaptainVijjaha Sriman Narayana Murthy3587 MEDPresidentDelhi | 28 Mar 78 - 31 Jul 81Air CommodoreVijjaha Sriman Narayana Murthy3587 MEDAOCDelhi | 01 Aug 81 - 31 Aug 81Air Vice MarshalVijjaha Sriman Narayana Murthy3587 MEDAOCDelhi | 01 Sep 81 - 07 Oct 84Air CommodoreGyanendra Nath Kunzru4167 MEDAOCDelhi | | |
27 Mar 86 - 30 Oct 87Air CommodorePrakash Singh Devgan4625 MEDAOCDelhi | | 27 Mar 89 - 12 Jan 92Air CommodorePratap Chandra Sharda5752 MEDAOCDelhi | 10 Feb 92 - Air CommodoreSudhanshu Kumar Adaval6486 MEDAOCDelhi | 01 Dec 93 - 02 Jun 97Air CommodoreKukkehalli Prabhakar Hegde7253 MEDAOCDelhi | |
30 Jun 97 - 31 May 00Air CommodoreVijay Madhav Alurkar8098 MEDAOCDelhi | 26 Jun 00 - 24 Nov 02Air CommodorePadmavathy Bandhopadhyay11528 MEDAOCDelhi | | 01 Jul 03 - 30 Nov 04Air CommodoreJai Krishan Gupta12308 MEDAOCDelhi | 01 Dec 04 - 15 Feb 05Air Vice MarshalJai Krishan Gupta12308 MEDAOCDelhi | |
01 Mar 05 - Air CommodoreRam Krishan Ganjoo13362 MEDAOCDelhi | Unknown - Air CommodoreNavin Rattan14242 MEDAOCDelhi | | 01 Sep 10 - 31 Jan 12Air CommodoreSuresh Chandra Kabra20952 MEDAOCDelhi | 01 Mar 12 - 30 Jul 14Air CommodoreChambala Karai Ranjan16015 MEDAOCDelhi | |
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