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Senior Directing Staff (Air) Appointments at National Defence College | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Feb 60 to 11 Dec 62 | Air Vice Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram | 1573 GD(O) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 07 Nov 63 to 30 Sep 64 | Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 10 Oct 64 to 09 Jan 66 | Air Vice Marshal Kundan Lal Sondhi | 1566 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 25 Jan 67 to 30 Jul 71 | Air Vice Marshal Dadi Ardeshir Mehta | 1625 GD(N) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 16 Aug 71 to 02 Jan 73 | Air Vice Marshal Madhav Bhawrao Naik | 1874 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 03 Jan 73 to 20 Jan 74 | Air Vice Marshal George Kanishtkumar John | 2132 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 04 Jan 74 to 29 Feb 76 | Air Vice Marshal Fredrick Van Allen Scudder | 2639 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 76 to 28 Feb 78 | Air Vice Marshal Krishna Mohan Ram | 3101 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 78 to 19 Sep 78 | Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey | 2715 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 25 Sep 78 to 23 Feb 81 | Air Vice Marshal Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair | 3837 GD(N) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 23 Feb 81 to 09 Feb 82 | Air Vice Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha | 3845 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 24 Feb 82 to 31 Dec 83 | Air Vice Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni | 3867 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 02 Jan 84 to 30 Jan 86 | Air Vice Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri | 4397 GD(N) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 14 Jul 86 to 30 Jun 89 | Air Vice Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan | 4789 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 03 Jul 89 to 24 Mar 91 | Air Vice Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis | 5109 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 25 Mar 91 to 31 May 92 | Air Vice Marshal Surinder Pal Dhawan | 5298 GD(N) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 92 to 31 Jan 93 | Air Vice Marshal Viney Kapila | 5596 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 93 to 31 Aug 95 | Air Vice Marshal Narendra Lal Gupta | 6013 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Sep 95 to 31 Mar 98 | Air Vice Marshal Jeffrey D'Souza | 7432 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 98 to 06 Jan 00 | Air Vice Marshal Nirmal Thusu | 9033 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 07 Jun 00 to 04 Jun 02 | Air Vice Marshal Raghu Rajan | 8997 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 10 Jun 02 to 31 Jul 03 | Air Vice Marshal Harpal Singh Ahluwalia | 9821 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 02 to 30 Nov 04 | Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Tiwary | 12194 GD(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 04 to 01 Apr 07 | Air Vice Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar | 13149 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 02 Apr 07 to 22 Mar 09 | Air Vice Marshal Shankar Mani | 13596 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 23 Mar 09 to 31 Jul 11 | Air Vice Marshal Sapan Kumar Karmaker | 13379 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 31 Jul 11 to 31 Dec 12 | Air Vice Marshal Arvind Verma | 15410 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 13 to 05 May 15 | Air Vice Marshal Vipin Indira Panabhan Nayar | 16829 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 05 May 15 to 31 Jul 17 | Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam | 16592 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 07 Aug 17 to 30 Apr 19 | Air Vice Marshal Thazhathupulikunnel Devasia Joseph | 16964 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 09 May 19 to 30 Nov 21 | Air Vice Marshal Bakul Vaikunthrai Upadhyay | 18281 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 21 to 25 Jun 23 | Air Vice Marshal Tejbir Singh | 19958 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
| 24 Jul 23 to | Air Vice Marshal Manish Kumar Gupta | 20439 F(P) | SDS (Air) | Delhi |  |
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.