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Chief Instructor (Air) Appointments at Defence Services Staff College | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 48 to 30 Jun 50 | Group Captain H S Darley | RAF | CI (Air) | Wellington | |
| 01 Jul 50 to 01 Jan 52 | Group Captain D I P Macnair | RAF | CI (Air) | Wellington | |
| 01 Jan 52 to 01 Jan 55 | Group Captain W G Mosery | RAF | CI (Air) | Wellington | |
| 17 Oct 55 to 26 May 58 | Group Captain Kundan Lal Sondhi | 1566 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 27 May 58 to 31 May 60 | Group Captain Sarosh Jehangir Dastur | 1792 GD(O) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 60 to 11 Jan 63 | Group Captain Syed Abbas Hussain | 1706 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 12 Jan 63 to 31 Jul 64 | Group Captain Rointon Merwan Engineer | 2120 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Aug 64 to 14 Jul 66 | Group Captain Surinder Singh Achreja | 1987 GD(O) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 24 Aug 66 to 25 Nov 67 | Group Captain Trilok Nath Ghadiok | 2354 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 26 Nov 67 to 22 Nov 69 | Group Captain Virendra Mohan Bhatnagar | 3067 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 23 Nov 69 to 20 Aug 72 | Group Captain Eruch Shiavax Lala | 3842 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 21 Aug 72 to 31 May 75 | Air Commodore Rishab Chand Suchanti | 3466 GD(N) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jun 75 to 06 Jul 76 | Air Commodore Saroj Jena | 3157 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 23 Aug 76 to 16 Jan 77 | Group Captain Inder Dev Bhalla | 4571 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 17 Jan 77 to 09 Feb 79 | Air Commodore Kapil Dev Chadha | 3845 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 10 Feb 79 to 22 Nov 80 | Air Commodore Inder Dev Bhalla | 4571 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington | |
| 23 Nov 80 to 30 Jun 83 | Air Commodore Cecil Vivian Parker | 4346 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 83 to 25 Jun 85 | Air Commodore Tapas Kumar Sen | 4475 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 10 Oct 85 to 25 Nov 86 | Air Vice Marshal Mohinder Singh Bawa | 4494 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 06 Apr 87 to 30 Jun 90 | Air Vice Marshal Amia Kumar Sen | 4717 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 90 to 30 May 92 | Air Vice Marshal Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jun 92 to 01 Jun 93 | Air Vice Marshal Dev Nath Rathore | 5780 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jun 93 to 30 Sep 96 | Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak | 6784 GD(N) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Oct 96 to 30 Jun 98 | Air Vice Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar | 7189 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 98 to 31 Dec 99 | Air Vice Marshal Subhash Chandra Rastogi | 8999 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jan 00 to 01 Mar 01 | Air Vice Marshal Ashok Kumar Goel | 8151 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Mar 01 to 31 Mar 04 | Air Vice Marshal Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan | 10443 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Apr 04 to 30 Jun 06 | Air Vice Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bhogal | 12504 GD(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 06 to 30 Jun 08 | Air Vice Marshal Virender Nath Kalia | 13568 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 08 to 30 Jun 10 | Air Vice Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly | 14083 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 14 Jun 10 to 31 Dec 10 | Air Vice Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa | 15405 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jan 11 to 30 Jun 12 | Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Rai | 14669 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 12 to 30 Jun 14 | Air Vice Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan | 15184 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 14 to 30 Jun 16 | Air Vice Marshal Tejinder Pal Singh | 16781 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Jul 16 to 31 Jul 18 | Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani | 16986 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 01 Aug 18 to 31 Jan 20 | Air Vice Marshal Anil Tiwari | 17160 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| Unknown to 31 Aug 22 | Air Vice Marshal Sanjeev Raj | 18276 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 05 Sep 22 to | Air Vice Marshal Manish Kumar Gupta | 20439 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| Unknown to 15 Apr 24 | Air Vice Marshal Amitabh Raja Shendye | 19904 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
| 16 Apr 24 to | Air Vice Marshal Kariat Vadukkoote Surendran Nair | 19528 F(P) | CI (Air) | Wellington |  |
Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.