Senior Officers of the IAF - 2014 by Service Number

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Marshal Dhananjay Parashuram Joshi (13905 MED)Cmde Cmdt, Institution of Aviation Medicine2011-08-19 to 2014-10-31 - Retired
--Same as above--DG, Armed Forces Medical SciencesDelhi2012-07-01 to 2014-10-31 - Retired
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (13910 F(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-12-31 to 2016-12-31
Air Marshal Priya Ranjan Sharma (13927 F(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2013-01-01 to 2014-02-28 - Retired
Air Marshal Jasvinder Chauhan (14079 F(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-06-01 to 2014-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly (14083 F(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma (14088 F(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2014-01-01 to 2015-05-31
Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Gill (14097 F(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2013-07-01 to 2014-06-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Roy (14100 F(P))C-in-C, Andaman and Nicobar CommandPort Blair2012-11-02 to 2014-05-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran (14104 F(P))DCIDS (Policy, Plans, For, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2012-04-01 to 2014-03-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Anil Kumar Behl (14446 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-07-01 to 2014-09-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Biradavolu Keshav Rao (14450 MED)Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical CollegePune2013-01-09 to 2014-02-28 - Retired
Air Marshal Daljit Singh (14553 F(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2013-03-01 to 2014-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli (14667 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2013-01-01 to 2014-06-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Ramesh Rai (14669 F(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-06-05 to 2014-06-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2014-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Air Marshal Subramanyam Sukumar (14672 F(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2012-12-01 to 2014-02-28
--Same as above--AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2014-03-01 to 2015-01-31
Air Marshal Suneet Shripad Soman (14681 F(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2013-07-01 to 2015-08-31
Air Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud (14692 F(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2014-01-01 to 2015-05-31
Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh (14814 AE(L))DG (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-07-01 to 2014-09-30
--Same as above--AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2014-10-01 to 2014-11-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2014-12-01 to 2016-03-31
Air Marshal Herikudru Babu Rajaram (14939 ADM)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2013-02-01 to 2015-04-30
Air Marshal Pochana Prasad Reddy (15008 F(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2013-01-01 to 2014-06-30
--Same as above--CIDS, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2014-07-01 to 2016-02-29
Air Marshal Packiriswamy Kanakaraj (15066 AE(M))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2013-07-01 to 2014-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna (15071 AE(M))DG (Aircraft), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-07-01 to 2015-10-31
Air Marshal Devinder Singh Khajuria (15073 AE(M))AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2013-07-01 to 2014-09-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Prashant Purushottam Khandekar (15095 AE(L))Cmdt, Military Institute of TechnologyPune2012-04-23 to 2014-05-02
--Same as above--SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2014-05-03 to 2014-11-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2014-12-01 to 2016-04-02
Air Vice Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan (15184 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2012-07-01 to 2014-06-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2014-07-01 to 2015-01-31
Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill (15220 F(P))Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla2013-01-01 to 2014-07-20
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2014-08-01 to 2015-12-31
Air Marshal Ajit Shankarrao Bhonsle (15327 F(N))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2013-01-01 to 2014-05-03
--Same as above--DCIDS (Doctrine, Org, Trg, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2014-05-04 to 2016-02-28
Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (15405 F(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2013-07-01 to 2014-10-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2014-11-01 to 2015-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Gurinder Pal Singh (15417 F(P))AOC, Advance HQ, Central Air CommandLucknow2013-05-13 to 2014-06-26
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2014-07-01 to 2016-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Divakar Paul Upot (15544 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2011-05-03 to 2014-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Ravinder Kumar Dhir (15678 F(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2013-07-01 to 2014-05-04
--Same as above--SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2014-05-05 to 2015-05-31
Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo (15681 F(P))DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2013-03-01 to 2014-12-31
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, No.15 Squadron2013-05-21 to 2018-09-30
Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia (15684 F(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2013-10-01 to 2015-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Mahesh Kumar Malik (15743 ADM)SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi2013-02-01 to 2015-04-30
Air Marshal Bipin Bihari Prasad Sinha (15748 ADM)DG (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-02-01 to 2015-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Rajan Paradayil George (15751 LGS)ACAS (Procurement), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-03-01 to 2014-04-30
--Same as above--ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-05-01 to 2015-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Jai Vir Singh (15758 LGS)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2013-03-01 to 2014-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh (15808 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2013-03-01 to 2014-11-30
--Same as above--AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2014-12-01 to 2015-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Kacheri Madathil Sivarama Menon Pradeep (15818 AE(L))Cmdt, Software Development InstituteBangalore2013-04-22 to 2014-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Anil Khosla (15871 F(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2014-07-01 to 2015-01-11
Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar (15881 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2011-07-25 to 2016-07-24
--Same as above--SASO, Training CommandBangalore2014-01-01 to 2014-04-30
--Same as above--SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2014-05-05 to 2015-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Shyamal Kumar Chakrabarty (15910 ADM)ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-10-01 to 2015-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Arunava Sengupta (15916 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-18 to 2015-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Hemant Sharma (15941 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-04-01 to 2014-05-02
Air Vice Marshal Surya Narayana Murti (15945 AE(L))Cmdt, Software Development InstituteBangalore2014-12-01 to 2016-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Anoop Kumar Ghosh (15965 AE(M))SMSO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2012-05-01 to 2014-09-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Praveen Kumar (15970 AE(M))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2013-07-15 to 2014-11-30
Air Marshal Pankaj Aneja (15975 AE(M))DG (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-10-01 to 2016-03-30
Air Vice Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (16026 F(P))ACAS (Projects), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-04-28 to 2014-07-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla2014-08-01 to 2015-01-30
Air Vice Marshal Nalin Kumar Tandon (16030 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-17 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Sridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair (16040 F(P))ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-02-01 to 2014-05-04
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2014-03-01 to 2014-04-30
--Same as above--SASO, Training CommandBangalore2014-05-01 to 2015-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha (16053 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-02-01 to 2014-04-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2014-05-01 to 2015-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh (16071 F(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-03-03 to 2015-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Sauri Kant Parhi (16111 ADM)ACAS (Pro & Dis), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-10-01 to 2014-01-31
--Same as above--SOA, Training CommandBangalore2014-02-01 to 2016-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Upkarjit Singh (16204 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-07-02 to 2014-07-06
--Same as above--AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2014-07-01 to 2016-06-08
Air Vice Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh (16206 F(P))ACAS (Air Defence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-01-01 to 2014-10-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2014-11-01 to 2016-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Tripath Pal Singh Dhillon (16215 F(P))SOA, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2013-05-12 to 2015-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler (16225 F(P))IG (Air), Border Security ForceDelhi2013-04-11 to 2015-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Ranjan Sinha (16257 ADM)SOA, Training CommandBangalore2013-02-01 to 2014-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Satyendra Kumar (16283 EDN)JAG (Air), Air Head QuartersNew Delhi2013-04-15 to 2014-09-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Thayyil Narayana Ajith Kumar Pillai (16309 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-07-01 to 2016-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Archan Kumar Bhattacharya (16322 AE(M))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2014-12-01 to 2016-05-01
Air Vice Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (16378 F(P))Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing EstablishmentBangalore2011-12-28 to 2014-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Harinder Jeet Walia (16418 F(N))AOC, Advance HQ, Eastern Air CommandCalcutta2012-07-02 to 2014-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Jayant Babasaheb Inamdar (16453 LGS)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2014-04-01 to 2015-10-31
--Same as above--ACAS (Procurement), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-05-01 to 2014-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ashok Kumar Sharma (16460 ACCTS)ACAS (Accts & AV), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-01 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon (16580 F(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-05-02 to 2014-03-02
--Same as above--ADC, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2014-03-03 to 2016-06-04
Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Sachdeva (16582 F(P))Cmdt, College of Defence ManagementSecunderabad2013-08-01 to 2015-09-24
Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (16592 F(P))AOC, Advance HQ, South Western Air CommandPune2012-06-01 to 2015-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Vidhya Sagar Bharti (16611 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2013-04-01 to 2015-02-01
Air Vice Marshal Sumit Nath Mukerjee (16666 EDN)ACAS (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-04-15 to 2015-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Gandotra (16748 AE(M))ACAS (Maint Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-10-01 to 2015-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Kumar (16770 F(P))Director (PMT ADA), Air Head QuartersBangalore2012-06-25 to 2016-01-04
Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur (16772 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-07-07 to 2016-02-15
Air Vice Marshal Tejinder Pal Singh (16781 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2014-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola (16789 F(P))SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-10-15 to 2014-05-04
--Same as above--ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-05-05 to 2016-06-19
Air Vice Marshal Amit Tiwari (16806 F(P))ADC, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-10-15 to 2014-11-16
--Same as above--ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-11-17 to 2016-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Vipin Indira Panabhan Nayar (16829 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2013-01-01 to 2015-05-05
Air Vice Marshal Shaik Mahaboob Subhani (16865 ACCTS)ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-02-01 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Thazhathupulikunnel Devasia Joseph (16964 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2013-05-07 to 2021-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Shreesh Mohan (16966 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-01-01 to 2015-07-05
Air Vice Marshal Michael Fernandez (16967 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-03-25 to 2014-11-16
--Same as above--Dy Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2014-11-17 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Isser (16968 F(P))AOC, Advance HQ, Central Air CommandLucknow2014-06-27 to 2015-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Praveen Bhatt (16970 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2013-01-01 to 2015-03-01
Air Vice Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari (16978 F(P))Dy Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2013-04-01 to 2014-11-16
Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (16986 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2013-10-01 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Kalarikal Puttur Unnikrishnan Nair (17023 F(N))DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhi2013-09-01 to 2014-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Mahender Kumar Guleria (17130 AE(M))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2014-12-01 to 2016-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora (17141 F(P))Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing EstablishmentBangalore2014-07-01 to 2016-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Anil Tiwari (17160 F(P))SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2014-05-05 to 2016-01-17
Air Vice Marshal Sandeep Singh (17312 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-07-01 to 2016-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran (17318 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2014-12-01 to 2016-06-08
Air Vice Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna (17326 F(P))ACAS (Projects), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-08-01 to 2016-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (17335 F(P))ADC, Central Air CommandAllahabad2014-11-17 to 2015-07-05
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Babu Kantipudi (17588 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2013-01-01 to 2018-03-31
Air Marshal Rajan Chaudhry (34056 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2014-10-01 to 2016-06-30
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, Institution of Aviation Medicine2014-11-01 to 2016-06-30

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