Updates
WHO’S WHO IN INDIAN DEFENCE
Shrink All | Expand All
President & Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pratibha Devisingh Patil
Vice President - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - M. Hamid Ansari
 Union Government Prime Minister - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr Manmohan Singh
Minister of Defence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - A. K. Antony
Minister of State for Defence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - M.M. Pallam Raju
Ministry of Defence
Department
Defence Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shashi Kant Sharma
Secretary, (Ex-Serviceman Welfare) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Neelam Nath
Joint Secretary (Ordnance/Navy) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Binoy Kumar
Joint Secretary (Establishment) & Public Grievance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Arun Kumar Bal
Joint Secretary (General/Air) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subhash Chandra
Joint Secretary (Ex-Serviceman Welfare) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sanjeeva Kumar
Joint Secretary (Training) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - Upamanyu Chatterjee
Acquisition Wing
Director General (Acquisition) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vivek Rae
Financial Adviser (Acquisition) & Additional Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - Amit Cowshish
Joint Secretary & Acquisition Manager (Land Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mr Arun Kumar Bal
Joint Secretary & Acquisition Manager (Maritime & Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Preeti Sudan
Joint Secretary & Acquisition Manager (Air) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ranjan Kumar Ghose
Technical Manager (Land Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Major General N.S. Vidyarthi
Technical Manager (Maritime & Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rear Admiral B.R. Taneja
Technical Manager (Air) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Singh
Finance Manager (Land System) & Joint Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vishvajit Sahay
Finance Manager (Maritime & System) & Joint Secretary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rajnish Kumar
Finance Manager (Air) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - Praveen Kumar
Department of Defence Production
Secretary (Defence Production) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Shekhar Agarwal
Special Secretary (Defence Production) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - R.K. Mathur
Addl. Secretary (Defence Production) & CVO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - V. Somasundran
Joint Secretary (Electronic Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Satyajeet Rajan
Joint Secretary (Land Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rashmi Verma
Joint Secretary (Naval Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gyanesh Kumar
Joint Secretary (Aerospace) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Manoj Saunik
Joint Secretary (Missile Systems) & CISO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P.K. Mishra
Joint Secretary (Coord/DDP) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B.B. Kaura
Adviser (Cost) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A.K. Singhal
Department of Defence Research & Production
Scientific Advisor to RM & Secretary Defence Research and Development - - - - - - - - Dr V.K. Saraswat
Chief Controller, Research & Development (LS & IC) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr W. Selvamurthy
Chief Controller, Research & Development (R & M) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G. Elangovan
Chief Controller, Research & Development (ACE) - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - S. Sundaresh
Chief Controller, Research & Development (MSS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr Avinash Chander
Chief Controller, Research & Development (NS & M) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr J. Narayana Das
Chief Controller, Research & Development (ECS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Dr R. Sreehari Rao
Chief Controller, Research & Development (MED & MIST) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr K.D. Nayak
Chief Controller, Research & Development (LIC & Implementation) - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr K. Sekhar Rao
Chief Controller, Research & Development (HR) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - V. Bhujanga Rao
Chief Controller, Research & Development & CEO BrahMos - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr A.S. Pillai
Chief Controller, Research & Development (Aero) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr A. Subhananda Rao
Integrated Defence Staff
Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- Admiral Nirmal K. Verma
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, COSC (CISC) - - - -- - - - - Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - Air Marshal K .J. Mathews
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman & Nicobar Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Lt General N.C. Marwah
Dy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (DOT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral S.P.S. Cheema
Dy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (Ops) - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - Air Marshal L.K. Malhotra
Dy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (PP&FD) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal Matheswaran
Dy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (Int) & DG, Defence Intelligence Agency - - - - - -- -Lt General D.S. Chauhan
Armed Forces
The Services
Chief of Army Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - General V.K. Singh
Chief of Naval Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - Admiral Nirmal K. Verma
Chief of Air Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne
Heads of Important Defence Organisations
Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - Lt General H.L. Kakria
Commandant, National Defence College - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - Air Marshal P.K. Roy
Director General, Indian Coast Guard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan
Director General, National Cadet Corps - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General P.S. Bhalla
Army Headquarters
Vice Chief of Army Staff - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General S.K. Singh
Dy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems & Training) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt Gen Ramesh Halgali
Dy Chief of Army Staff (Planning & Systems) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Narendra Singh
Adjutant General - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt Gen Jai Prakash Mehra
Quarter Master General - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Munish Sibal
Master General of the Ordnance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Rajinder Singh
Military Secretary - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General G.M. Nair
Engineer-in-Chief - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt Gen Vijai Sharma
Signal Officer-in-Chief - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General S.P. Kochar
Director General of Military Operations - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General A.M. Verma
Director General, Military Intelligence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General D.S. Thakur
Director General, Mechanised Forces - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General D.S. Sidhu
Director General, Artillery - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Vinod Nayanar
Director General, Army Air Defence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Kuldip Singh
Director General, Perspective Planning - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Sumer Singh
Director General, Operational Logistics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General A.C. Soneja
Director General, Staff Duties - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Gyan Bhushan
Director General, Infantry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Vinod Bhatia
Director General, Supply & Transport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Anil Malhotra
Director General, Ordnance Services - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Pradeep Bhalla
Director General, EME - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General I.J. Singh
Director General, Rashtriya Rifles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Rameshwar Yadav
Director General, Information Systems - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Sunit Kumar
Army Commanders
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Northern Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General K.T. Parnaik
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Western Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General S.R. Ghosh
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, South-Western Command - - - - - - Lt General Sri Krishna Singh
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Southern Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General A.K. Singh
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Eastern Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General Bikram Singh
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Central Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lt General V.K. Ahluwalia
General Officer Commanding-in Chief, Army Training Command - - - - - -- - Lt General K. Surinder Nath
Naval Headquarters
Vice Chief of Naval Staff - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan
Dy Chief of Naval Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Vice Admiral Satish Soni
Chief of Personnel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral M.P. Murlidharan
Chief of Material - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral G. Mahadevan
Naval Commanders
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral D.K. Joshi
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral Anil Chopra
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command - - --- - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil
Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Rear Admiral Girish Luthra
Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - Rear Admiral H.C.S. Bisht
Flag Officer Commanding, Goa Area - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - Rear Admiral S. Pillai
Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra & Gujarat Area - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rear Admiral B.K. Verma
Air Headquarters
Vice Chief of the Air Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Air Marshal K.K. Nohwar
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal R.K. Sharma
Air Officer-in-charge, Maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal R.K. Vashisht
Air Officer-in-charge, Personnel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal Anil Chopra
Air Officer-in-charge, Administration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal J.N. Burma
Director General (Inspection & Safety) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal A P Garud
Air Force Commanders
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Air Marshal D.C. Kumaria
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Western Air Command - - - - - - -- - - - - Air Marshal A.K. Gogoi
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal S. Varthaman
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Air Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal G.S. Kochar
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal S.P. Singh
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command - - - - - - - - - - - Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - Air Marshal Rajinder Singh
Indian Coast Guard
Director General - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan
Deputy Director General - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Inspector General Rajendra Singh
Integrated Financial Advisor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - R.K. Arora
Deputy Director General (Material & Maintenance) - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - Inspector General S.K. Goyal
Deputy Director General (Operations & Coastal Security) - - - - - - - - - - Inspector General V.S.R. Murthy
Deputy Director General (Policy & Plans) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - Inspector General K. Natarajan
Principal Director (HRD) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG B.K. Patasahani
Chief Law Officer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG A.K.S Chauhan
Prinicipal Director Logistic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG K.R. Nautiyal
Prinicipal Director (RECTT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - DIG M.S. Dangi
Prinicipal Director (Aviation) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Commodore Amit Bhandari
Director (Manpower Planing Training) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG M.V. Pathak
Director (ADM) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - Commandant Rajveer Singh
Prinicipal Director (FM) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - DIG Ashok Kumar
Director (FM) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - DIG S.M.A. Khan
Prinicipal Director (MAT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - DIG T.P. Sadanandan
Director (MAT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - DIG Arun Shrivastav
Director (OPS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG K.R. Suresh
Director (Fishery Environment) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - Commandant D. Michael
Director (AS & NC)/ D(INT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - DIG S.B. Mishra
Director (SA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - DIG G. Devanand
Director (I&W) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - DIG Rakesh Pal
Director (P&B) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG K. Janardhanan
Director (Personal) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG Kalprit Dikshit
Director (Medical) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Surgeon Captain S.K. Sinha
Director (Litigation) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - Cammandant G. Singh
Director (LOG) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cammandant A. Madhukar
Director (RECTT) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG Kajol Roy
Director (AS) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG S.K. Bhartariya
Director (AA) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cammandant A. Chengappa
Director (AM) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIG H.K. Sharma
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