Director Training Appointments at Air Head Quarters


01 Feb 49 - 14 Oct 49
Group Captain
Arjan Singh
1577 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

15 Oct 49 - 25 Mar 53
Group Captain
Hirendra Nath Chatterjee
1620 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

10 Aug 53 - 31 Aug 54
Group Captain
Om Prakash Mehra
1639 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

30 Sep 54 - 27 Nov 55
Group Captain
Anantha Ananthanarayanan
1607 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

30 Nov 55 - 26 Apr 59
Group Captain
Hari Chand Dewan
1598 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

10 Jun 59 - 28 Feb 61
Group Captain
Murat Singh Aulakh
1660 GD(O)
Director (Training)
Delhi

01 Mar 61 - 11 Jan 63
Group Captain
Jagdev Chandra
1612 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

12 Jan 63 - 29 Dec 63
Air Commodore
Syed Abbas Hussain
1706 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

30 Dec 63 - 13 Jan 65
Air Commodore
Jagdish Chandra Varma
1646 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

30 Jan 65 - 20 Sep 65
Air Commodore
Syed Abbas Hussain
1706 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

06 Jan 66 - 03 Jan 68
Air Commodore
Solomon Purushottam
1928 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

04 Jan 68 - 31 Mar 68
Air Commodore
Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao
1727 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

01 Apr 68 - 17 Jan 69
Air Commodore
Madhav Bhawrao Naik
1874 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

18 Jan 69 - 21 Nov 70
Air Commodore
Bal Bhagwan Marathe
1915 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

22 Nov 70 - 06 Jan 74
Air Commodore
Anthony Ignatius Kenneth Suares
2773 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

07 Jan 74 - 04 Jan 76
Air Commodore
Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis
2964 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

05 Jan 76 - 01 Jan 78
Air Commodore
Terence Joseph Desa
3863 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

02 Jan 78 - 08 Jul 79
Air Commodore
Subramaniam Raghavendran
3840 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

08 Oct 79 - 12 Apr 81
Air Commodore
Prakash Dev Dogra
4250 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

14 Apr 81 - 17 Jul 84
Air Vice Marshal
Terence Joseph Desa
3863 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

06 Aug 84 - 24 Oct 85
Air Vice Marshal
Pirthi Singh
4480 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

25 Oct 85 - 20 Apr 86
Air Vice Marshal
Dilip Shankar Jog
4608 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

21 Apr 86 - 17 Jan 88
Air Vice Marshal
Suresh Chand
4585 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

18 Jan 88 - 31 Jan 90
Air Vice Marshal
Madhabendra Banerji
4898 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

01 Feb 90 - 24 May 92
Air Vice Marshal
Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully
5270 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

25 May 92 - 26 Oct 93
Air Vice Marshal
Amarjit Singh Sethi
5682 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

04 Jan 94 - 31 Jan 97
Air Vice Marshal
Ranjit Kumar Malhotra
6513 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

03 Feb 97 - 02 Mar 97
Air Vice Marshal
Ashok Kumar Goel
8151 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

03 Mar 97 - 02 Nov 98
Air Vice Marshal
Aditya Vikram Pethia
8384 GD(P)
Director (Training)
Delhi

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