Air Force Central Medical Establishment Date Raised : 1947-08-15 Location : New Delhi RAF Central Medical Board (RAFCMB) was established at Lahore in 1940, to conduct the medical examination and assessment of aircrew for flying fitness. Sqn Ldr WG Herald was the first President.Flt Lt AY Alurkar was the first Indian officer to be posted to the Board in 1941.The Board was shifted to Delhi in July 1942. The RAFCMB was shifted to Delhi in July 1942 and taken over by RIAF on 15 Aug 1947 with then Wg Cdr Alurkar as President and Flt Lt JR Kumar as member. The Board was renamed as RIAF Central Medical Board (RIAFCMB) wef 1 April 1948 and subseuqently became IAF Central Medical board (IAFCMB). W.e.f 1 Apr 58 this Units was further, designated as AF Central Medical Establishment (AFCME). In 1969, the Board moved from AFND to Subroto Park.
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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15 Aug 47 to 08 Dec 50 | Wing Commander Madhav Yashwant Alurkar | 1720 MED | President | Delhi | |
09 Dec 50 to 22 Sep 52 | Wing Commander Barada Kanta Bhadury | 1762 MED | President | Delhi | |
06 Dec 52 to 04 Oct 53 | Wing Commander Madhav Yashwant Alurkar | 1720 MED | President | Delhi | |
05 Oct 53 to 19 May 57 | Wing Commander Ramamurti Arunachalam | 3433 MED | President | Delhi | |
18 Jan 58 to 21 Feb 61 | Wing Commander Dina Nath Maniktala | 3434 MED | President | Delhi | |
23 Mar 61 to 22 Oct 62 | Wing Commander Ramaswamy Jayaram | 2232 MED | President | Delhi | |
02 Jan 63 to 31 Mar 66 | Wing Commander Barun Kumar Mukherji | 2042 MED | President | Delhi | |
01 Apr 66 to 16 Dec 70 | Group Captain Mrinal Kanti Mookerjee | 2691 MED | President | Delhi | |
16 Dec 70 to 28 Feb 75 | Group Captain Arun Kumar Basu | 2231 MED | President | Delhi | |
01 Mar 75 to 23 Feb 78 | Group Captain Jagjit Singh Sant | 3525 MED | President | Delhi | |
24 Feb 78 to 27 Mar 78 | Group Captain Vijjaha Sriman Narayana Murthy | 3587 MED | President | Delhi | |
28 Mar 78 to 31 Jul 81 | Air Commodore Vijjaha Sriman Narayana Murthy | 3587 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Aug 81 to 31 Aug 81 | Air Vice Marshal Vijjaha Sriman Narayana Murthy | 3587 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Sep 81 to 07 Oct 84 | Air Commodore Gyanendra Nath Kunzru | 4167 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
10 Jun 85 to 25 Mar 86 | Air Commodore Jagannathan Vasudevan | 15857 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
27 Mar 86 to 30 Oct 87 | Air Commodore Prakash Singh Devgan | 4625 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Feb 88 to 11 Dec 88 | Air Commodore Bindingneville Narayan Badrinath | 4844 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
27 Mar 89 to 12 Jan 92 | Air Commodore Pratap Chandra Sharda | 5752 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
10 Feb 92 to | Air Commodore Sudhanshu Kumar Adaval | 6486 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Dec 93 to 02 Jun 97 | Air Commodore Kukkehalli Prabhakar Hegde | 7253 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
30 Jun 97 to 31 May 00 | Air Commodore Vijay Madhav Alurkar | 8098 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
26 Jun 00 to 24 Nov 02 | Air Commodore Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay | 11528 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
02 Dec 02 to 30 Jun 03 | Air Commodore Satish Chander Sood | 26050 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Jul 03 to 30 Nov 04 | Air Commodore Jai Krishan Gupta | 12308 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Dec 04 to 15 Feb 05 | Air Vice Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta | 12308 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Mar 05 to | Air Commodore Ram Krishan Ganjoo | 13362 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
Unknown to | Air Commodore Navin Rattan | 14242 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Jun 09 to 31 Aug 10 | Air Commodore Harish Malik | 14010 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Sep 10 to 31 Jan 12 | Air Commodore Suresh Chandra Kabra | 20952 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
01 Mar 12 to 30 Jul 14 | Air Commodore Chambala Karai Ranjan | 16015 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
Unknown to | Air Commodore Subir Chandra Banerjea | 16353 MED | AOC | Delhi | |
Unknown to | Air Commodore Bhaskar Nandi | 18188 MED | AOC | Delhi |