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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (India)

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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
Flag of an Air Marshal
 Indian Air Force
TypePrincipal Staff Officer
AbbreviationDCAS
Reports toChief of the Air Staff
SeatAir Headquarters,New Delhi
First holderAir Vice MarshalSubroto Mukerjee
Salary₹224,000 (US$2,600)

TheDeputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) is a senior appointment in theIndian Air Force.[1] The DCAS is a PSO (Principal Staff Officer) at Air Force Headquarters inNew Delhi. The office is held by aThree Star Officer in the rank ofAir Marshal. The current DCAS isAir MarshalAwadhesh Kumar Bharti, AVSM, VM.[2]

History

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At the time ofindependence of India on 15 August 1947,Air CommodoreSubroto Mukerjee was appointed Deputy Air Commander, Royal Indian Air Force, in addition to being Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the newly-formed Air HQ.[3] On 15 November the same year, he was promoted to the acting rank ofAir Vice Marshal. In 1949, the RIAF was reorganised and the post was re-designatedDeputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS). The DCAS continued to be the Deputy Air Commander. On 1 January 1963, the post ofVice Chief of the Air Staff was created and became the second-highest post of the Indian Air Force.[4] In 1968, the post was upgraded tothree-star rankAir Marshal.[1]


The DCAS ranks at No. 24 on theIndian order of precedence, along withLieutenant Generals of theIndian Army andVice Admirals of theIndian Navy. The DCAS is in the HAG+ pay scale (pay level 16), and draws salary depending on the years in service. However, since they should not draw equivalent or more than the next higher level, the remuneration is capped at ₹224,000.[5][6]

Appointees

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S.No.RankNameAssumed officeLeft officeNotes
Deputy Air Commander, Royal Indian Air Force
1Air Vice Marshal[n 1]Subroto Mukerjee**15 August 194731 January 1949[3]
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
Air Vice MarshalSubroto Mukerjee**1 February 194916 December 1952[4]
2Aspy Merwan Engineer**17 December 195230 April 1958[7]
3Diwan Atma Ram Nanda1 May 195831 December 1962[8]
4Arjan Singh**1 January 19634 August 1963
5Ramaswamy Rajaram5 August 196330 September 1964[9]
6Minoo Merwan Engineer1 October 196428 February 1968[10]
7Air Marshal1 March 19684 August 1969
8Om Prakash Mehra**7 August 196928 February 1971[11]
9Hirendra Nath Chatterjee30 March 197131 March 1972[11]
10Yeshwant Vinayak Malse3 May 197231 March 1973[12]
11Hari Chand Dewan1 April 197318 October 1973[12]
12Sarosh Jehangir Dastur12 November 197327 June 1974[13]
13Devaiah Subia27 June 197431 March 1977
14Jafar Zaheer20 May 197723 August 1978
15Lal Singh Grewal24 August 197831 January 1980
16Malcolm Wollen16 April 19802 January 1981[14]
17Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole15 January 198130 June 1983[15]
18Kapil Dev Chadha8 July 198331 October 1984
19Johney William Greene1 January 198531 May 1986[16]
20Surinder Mehra**1 June 198628 February 1987[17]
21Prithi Singh1 March 198731 July 1988[18]
22Rajendra Kumar Dhawan1 August 19881 April 1990
23Brijesh Dhar Jayal2 April 19906 October 1991[19]
24Trilochan Singh Brar7 October 199130 April 1993
25Prabhat Kumar Varma1 May 199328 February 1994
26Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande1 March 199431 January 1996
27Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy**1 February 199623 July 1996
28Man Mohan Singh Vasudeva24 July 199631 August 1997
29Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi1 September 199730 September 1999[20]
30Satish Govind Inamdar1 October 199930 November 2000[21]
31Tej Mohan Asthana1 December 200017 March 2002
32Raghu Rajan5 June 200231 March 2004
33Jaspal Singh Gujral1 April 200430 April 2005
34Arvind Kumar Nagalia24 August 200528 February 2007[22]
35Norman Anil Kumar Browne**1 March 200731 May 2009[23]
36Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi1 June 200931 January 2011[24]
37Ravi Kant Sharma1 February 201130 November 2012
38Subramanyam Sukumar1 December 201228 February 2014
39Sridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair1 March 201430 April 2014
40Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha1 May 201431 December 2015[25]
41Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria**1 January 201628 February 2017
42Raghunath Nambiar1 March 201730 September 2018
43Vivek Ram Chaudhari**1 October 201830 September 2019[26]
44Sandeep Singh1 October 201930 April 2021[27]
45Suraj Kumar Jha1 May 202131 July 2021
46Narmdeshwar Tiwari1 October 202130 April 2023
47Ashutosh Dixit15 May 202331 August 2024[28]
48Tejinder Singh1 September 202430 April 2025[2]
49Awadhesh Kumar Bharti1 June 2025Incumbent

** Went on to becomeChief of the Air Staff

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Appointed as anAir Commodore, promoted to the rank of Air vice-marshal on 15 November 1947.

References

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  2. ^ab"AIR MARSHAL TEJINDER SINGH TAKES OVER AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF" (Press release). PIB. 2024-09-01.
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  4. ^ab"THE GAZETTE OF INDIA"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 12 January 1963. Retrieved11 January 2022.
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  8. ^"AIR FORCE HOCKEY FROM MONDAY"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 13 November 1959. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  9. ^"AVM RAJARAM NEW COMMANDANT OF NDC"(PDF).pibarchive.nic.in. 10 January 1966.
  10. ^"BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 1 March 1968.
  11. ^ab"AIR MARSHAL H. N. CHATTERJEE - NEW DEPUTY AIR CHIEF"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 18 March 1971. Retrieved11 January 2022.
  12. ^ab"AIR MARSHAL MALSE APPOINTED VICE CHIEF OF AIR STAFF"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 17 March 1973. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  13. ^"DASTUR APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 13 November 1973. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  14. ^"AIR MARSHAL WOLLEN APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 15 April 1980. Retrieved12 January 2022.
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  19. ^"AIR JAYAL APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 8 April 1990. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  20. ^"AIR MARSHAL SS HUSSAIN NAQVI IS THE NEW DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 9 September 1997. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  21. ^"AIR MARSHAL SG INAMDAR TAKES OVER EASTERN AIR COMMAND"(PDF).archive.pib.gov.in. 1 December 2000. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  22. ^"Air Marshal AK Nagalia takes over as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff".archive.pib.gov.in. 25 August 2005. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  23. ^"Air Marshal Nak Browne takes Over as the Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS)".archive.pib.gov.in. 1 January 2011. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  24. ^"One Shaurya Chakra, Three Vayu Sena Medals for Gallant Air Force Pilots".archive.pib.gov.in. 25 January 2011. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  25. ^"Deputy Chief of Air Staff Flies Tejas".archive.pib.gov.in. 3 September 2014. Retrieved12 January 2022.
  26. ^"IAF Announces Major Reshuffle, Air Marshal VR Chaudhari Takes Over as Deputy Chief of Air Staff". India.com. 2018-10-08. Retrieved2021-12-25.
  27. ^"Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff". SPS Aviation. 2019-09-01. Retrieved2021-12-25.
  28. ^"AIR MARSHAL ASHUTOSH DIXIT TAKES OVER AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF" (Press release). PIB. 2023-05-15.
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