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PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ Date Raised : 1986-04-26 The Post of Director General, Inspection and Safety was created as the most recent PSO to the Chief post in 1986. The role was to oversee Directorates of Flight Safety and Air Staff Inspection. This post was initially referred to as Inspector General and changed to current nomeclature in 2004. Prior to its formation, the role was fulfilled by an AVM rank officer designated as ACAS (Flight Safety & Inspection), a post created in 1973. This post was upgraded in 1986.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 02 Aug 73 to 26 Jun 74 | Air Vice Marshal John Jasper Bouche | 2938 GD(P) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp) | Delhi |  |
| 27 Jun 74 to 06 Jul 76 | Air Vice Marshal Jaspal Singh | 2451 GD(P) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp) | Delhi |  |
| 07 Jul 76 to 09 Feb 79 | Air Vice Marshal Saroj Jena | 3157 GD(P) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp) | Delhi |  |
| 19 Mar 79 to 30 Jun 83 | Air Vice Marshal Prem Pal Singh | 3871 GD(P) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 83 to 12 Nov 84 | Air Vice Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand | 3947 GD(P) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp) | Delhi |  |
| 15 Nov 84 to 20 Apr 86 | Air Vice Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen | 4495 GD(P) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp) | Delhi |  |
| 21 Apr 86 to 31 May 87 | Air Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George | 4240 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 28 Jan 88 to 30 Jun 89 | Air Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen | 4495 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi | |
| 03 Jul 89 to 26 Mar 91 | Air Marshal Denzil Joseph Keelor | 4805 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 27 May 91 to 13 Oct 91 | Air Marshal Trilochan Singh | 5043 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 14 Oct 91 to 30 Sep 93 | Air Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis | 5109 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 04 Jul 94 to 31 Oct 95 | Air Marshal Dinanath Ramchander Nadkarni | 5587 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 96 to 30 Jun 96 | Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia | 6497 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 16 Oct 96 to 30 Sep 99 | Air Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale | 6755 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 99 to 31 Mar 01 | Air Marshal Teshter Jall Master | 7224 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 01 to 31 Jul 01 | Air Marshal Michael McMahon | 7399 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 01 to 28 Apr 02 | Air Marshal Brijendra Mohan Bali | 8438 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 29 Apr 02 to 31 Oct 02 | Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia | 6497 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi | |
| 01 Nov 02 to 30 Sep 03 | Air Marshal Ashok Kumar Goel | 8151 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 02 Jan 04 to 06 Apr 04 | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh | 11005 GD(P) | IG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 07 Apr 04 to 10 Oct 04 | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh | 11005 GD(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi | |
| 29 Oct 04 to 31 Aug 06 | Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia | 11631 GD(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Sep 06 to 30 Sep 08 | Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma | 11638 GD(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 02 Jan 09 to 31 Mar 10 | Air Marshal Tejbir Singh Randhawa | 12947 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 10 to 30 Nov 11 | Air Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik | 13140 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 11 to 31 Dec 12 | Air Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud | 14692 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 13 to 30 Jun 14 | Air Marshal Pochana Prasad Reddy | 15008 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 14 to 31 Jan 15 | Air Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan | 15184 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 15 to 31 May 15 | Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler | 16225 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 15 to 30 Nov 15 | Air Marshal Karath Padmadass Nair | 15195 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 15 to 30 Jun 16 | Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora | 16557 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 16 to 31 Dec 16 | Air Marshal Anil Khosla | 15871 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 21 Mar 17 to 31 May 19 | Air Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh | 16071 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 19 to 31 Oct 19 | Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran | 17318 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 19 to 31 Jan 21 | Air Marshal Manavendra Singh | 16983 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 21 to 30 Apr 22 | Air Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bedi | 17448 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 May 22 to 30 Nov 23 | Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor | 18089 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 23 to | Air Marshal Makarand Ranade | 18586 F(P) | DG (Insp & Safety) | Delhi |  |
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