Senior Officers of the IAF - 1984 by Appointment

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Appointment, UnitRank & NameDates
CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P))1981-09-01 to 1984-09-03 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P))1984-09-04 to 1985-07-01
AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Shri Krishna Chandra Gupta (3568 A&SD)1983-03-01 to 1985-08-31
AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P))1984-01-01 to 1984-10-31
--------do---------AllahabadAir Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P))1984-11-06 to 1986-05-31
AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 GD(P))1983-12-01 to 1984-10-31 - Retired
--------do---------ShillongAir Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P))1984-11-05 to 1987-12-31
AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 GD(N))1981-01-14 to 1985-01-31
AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrumAir Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 GD(P))1984-06-18 to 1986-11-30
AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandJodhpurAir Marshal Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole (3652 GD(P))1983-07-01 to 1984-10-31 - Retired
--------do---------JodhpurAir Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P))1984-11-01 to 1986-01-06
AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangaloreAir Marshal Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair (3837 GD(N))1981-10-20 to 1985-02-28
AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (3641 GD(P))1983-03-01 to 1984-09-03
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P))1984-11-01 to 1985-07-02
AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Satish Chandra Lal (3793 SIGS)1982-09-01 to 1985-01-31
AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P))1984-01-01 to 1984-11-05
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P))1984-11-27 to 1985-08-21
Cmde Cmdt, No.17 SquadronAir Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P))1981-08-01 to 1985-07-01
Cmde Cmdt, No.43 SquadronAir Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P))1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08
DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi --Same as above--1983-07-08 to 1984-10-31
DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Marshal Mulk Raj (3518 MED)1983-03-01 to 1984-08-31 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Puran Singh Bajwa (3520 MED)1984-09-01 to 1985-10-31
Director (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N))1984-11-07 to 1985-08-31
SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N))1984-09-27 to 1985-02-27
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P))1983-07-01 to 1984-11-05
SASO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P))1983-12-01 to 1984-09-03
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 GD(P))1984-11-13 to 1985-11-10
SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Lareto Pestana Pereira (3705 EQPT)1982-12-23 to 1985-04-30
VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 GD(P))1983-07-01 to 1984-10-31 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P))1984-11-06 to 1986-01-07
ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 GD(P))1983-08-01 to 1984-11-12
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen (4495 GD(P))1984-11-15 to 1986-04-20
ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Kamal Kishore Jain (4176 EQPT)1984-07-05 to 1984-12-12 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Konthiadom Joseph Chandy (4178 EQPT)1982-12-23 to 1984-01-31 - Retired
ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Parameshwara Iyer Venkatachalam Iyer (4182 EQPT)1984-02-01 to 1984-04-30
ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P))1983-09-01 to 1985-05-06
ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P))1981-06-25 to 1984-11-05
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P))1984-11-28 to 1986-03-04
ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Kuldip Singh Bhatia (4139 SIGS)1983-04-01 to 1985-01-31
AOC, 1 Air Defence Control CentreDelhiAir Vice Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P))1983-08-10 to 1985-01-07
AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampurAir Vice Marshal Arvind Dalaya (4025 GD(P))1984-01-01 to 1985-02-26
AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombayAir Vice Marshal Brij Lal Chadha (4110 GD(N))1981-06-09 to 1984-12-31 - Retired
Cmde Cmdt, No.23 SquadronAir Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P))1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17
Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigalAir Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker (4346 GD(P))1983-07-01 to 1985-03-20
Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabadAir Vice Marshal Man Singh (4094 GD(P))1981-08-03 to 1984-12-16
--------do---------SecunderabadAir Vice Marshal Inder Dev Bhalla (4571 GD(P))1984-12-17 to 1986-07-31
Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangaloreAir Vice Marshal Surender Kumar Bhalla (4121 MED)1984-11-05 to 1985-04-28
Cmdt, Institution of Aviation MedicineBangaloreAir Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Sant (3525 MED)1982-03-06 to 1984-05-31 - Retired
DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhiAir Vice Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P))1984-07-01 to 1986-03-30
DG, Direcrorate General Civil AviationDelhiAir Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 GD(P))1984-01-23 to 1985-01-31
Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment (DRDO)BangaloreAir Vice Marshal Holavanahalli Naryanarao Krishnamurthy (3790 ENG)1981-12-15 to 1985-07-31
Director (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Nambi Srinivasa Gopalan (3751 ACCTS)1982-11-01 to 1984-04-30 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Chhotey Lal Gupta (5027 ACCTS)1984-05-01 to 1988-07-31
Director (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N))1981-04-06 to 1984-11-08
Director (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Sreedhara Laksminarayanan (5565 MET)1984-09-06 to 1985-08-31
Director (PO), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P))1983-08-01 to 1985-03-01
Director (Sigs Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Narayanan Krishnan Nair (4075 ELECT)1981-08-14 to 1984-09-30 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Kotayankadangode Ramakumaran (4377 SIGS)1984-10-22 to 1985-03-15
Director (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 GD(P))1981-04-14 to 1984-07-17
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P))1984-08-06 to 1985-10-24
Director (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N))1984-08-01 to 1985-08-31
Military Secretary, President's SecretariatDelhiAir Vice Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P))1983-07-01 to 1985-05-06
Ops Mgr, Aviation Research CenterDelhiAir Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 GD(P))1981-01-01 to 1984-01-22
PMO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Puran Singh Bajwa (3520 MED)1981-07-19 to 1984-08-31
SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Vice Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N))1982-08-02 to 1984-09-26
SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P))1982-02-22 to 1985-09-19
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George (4240 GD(P))1984-11-16 to 1985-09-19
SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrumAir Vice Marshal Bernard Anthony Coelho (4488 GD(P))1984-07-20 to 1986-02-28
SASO, South Western Air CommandJodhpurAir Vice Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P))1981-01-09 to 1984-10-31
SASO, Training CommandBangaloreAir Vice Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P))1983-12-01 to 1985-08-30
SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhiAir Vice Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri (4397 GD(N))1984-01-02 to 1986-01-30
SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Gursharan Singh (4263 ENG)1983-06-13 to 1984-07-01
--------do---------AllahabadAir Vice Marshal Pothamsetti Prasanna Madhava (4379 SIGS)1984-07-02 to 1986-01-21
SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Denzil Edward Satur (4339 GD(P))1984-04-09 to 1984-11-25
--------do---------AllahabadAir Vice Marshal Manish Kumar Rudra (4358 GD(P))1984-11-26 to 1987-02-15
SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Manohar Madhav Takle (4116 GD(N))1983-12-05 to 1984-12-31

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