Director General Armed Forces Medical Services
महानिदेशक सशस्त्र बल चिकित्सा सेवा
Seal of DGAFMS
Flag ofSurgeon Vice Admiral
Incumbent Surgeon Vice AdmiralArti Sarin PVSM AVSM VSM since 1 October 2024
Armed Forces Medical Services  Indian Navy
Style	Surgeon Vice Admiral
Type	Apex level medical military position
Abbreviation	DGAFMS
Reports to	Minister of Defence Chief of Defence Staff
Appointer	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
Formation	1948
First holder	Lieutenant General K. S. Master,MC
Salary	Pay level 17

TheDirector General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) is the head of theArmed Forces Medical Services of theIndian Armed Forces. The DGAFMS is the advisor to theChief of Defence Staff (CDS) and theDefence Minister on the medical requirements of the Armed Forces.^[1]

In March 1947, anArmed Forces Medical Services and Research Integration Committee was formed by the Government of India. The committee, headed by Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy, subsequently Chief Minister of West Bengal until 1962, was tasked with examining the integration of medical services and research of the three branches of the Armed Forces. The committee recommended that theIndian Armed Forces Medical Services would have a supreme controller designatedDirector General of the Armed Forces Medical Services in the rank oflieutenant general,vice admiral, orair marshal.^[2]

In September 1948, the medical services of theRoyal Indian Navy, theIndian Army and theRoyal Indian Air Force were integrated into the Armed Forces Medical Service (AFMS). The AFMS consists of theArmy Medical Corps (AMC), the Army Dental Corps (AD Corps) and theMilitary Nursing Service (MNS). The Director of Medical Services at Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General K. S. Master, was appointed the first director general Armed Forces Medical Services to head the service.^[3] The DGAFMS would be responsible to theMinistry of Defence for overall medical policy matters related to the Armed Forces.^[2]

Key

• ^† Died in office

S.No.	Name	Defence branch	Assumed office	Left office	Notes
1.	Lieutenant General Kaikhosru Sorabji MasterMC	Indian Army	September 1948	1 October 1950	[3]उतरपरदेश भदोही मंडल मिर्जापुर लिमिटेड चकबंधी.सवै 1964623251रीकाङनिकालेसरकारी संतरविदासनगरभद हरीश में है चकबंधीपि0541430630क के 203515013903945खोज वसुंधरा देवी गङेरिया गावपिपरी संत ंतरविदासनगरभद हरीश 209991962पश्रावली2 अजमेर पुश्र गोपाल गङेरिया गावपिपरी भदोही 7203515013903945193951खपिपरी सैनिक भारतीय सैनिक सेंटर हङीया विटीश.सासन सैनिक इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय एलएलसी पिपरी संतरविदासनगरभद सरकारी जमिन न01 में है जित सीमा 630नदारत उसर 1न0497254183014229403[[उतरपरदेश भदोही जनपद मिर्जापुर लिमिटेड चकबंधी सरवे 210062संतरविदासनगरभद हरीश 209991962पश्रावली2 मीरजापुर 203515013903945641063014229403945 ]].0उसर630ख रकबा वसुंधरा देवी गङेरिया गावपिपरी209994खङकी संतरविदासनगरभद हरीश में है जित सीमा सैनिक 203515013903945खोज 203515013903945खोज वसुंधरा देवी गङेरिया गावपिपरी संत सविस सरकार मंडल मिर्जापुर लिमिटेड चकबंधी सरवे अधिनियम युपी0 उ प सरकार भदोही गाव पिपरी जि वाराणसी गाटा 630ख रवतौनी सः227951खपिपरी लिमिटेड चकबंधी पि0541430630खुशबू 203515013903945खोज चकबंधी
2.	Lieutenant GeneralDaya Ram ThaparCIE, OBE	Indian Army	1 October 1950	11 June 1954	[4][5]
3.	Lieutenant General Devendra Nath ChakravartiOBE	Indian Army	12 June 1954	15 October 1955	[5]
4.	Lieutenant General Bijeta ChaudhuriOBE	Indian Army	15 October 1955	16 October 1959	[6]
5.	Lieutenant General Benegal Mukunda Rao	Indian Army	16 October 1959	1 September 1961	[7]
6.	Lieutenant General Shiv Parshad BhatiaOBE	Indian Army	1 September 1961	9 October 1962	[8]
7.	Lieutenant General Charu Chandra KapilaOBE	Indian Army	9 October 1962	10 October 1964	[9]
8.	Lieutenant General Tirath Ram Pahwa	Indian Army	10 October 1964	25 October 1966	[10]
9.	Lieutenant General Amarendra Krishna DeyPVSM, AVSM	Indian Army	26 October 1966	15 December 1967	[11]
10.	Lieutenant General Jagdish Ram VaidFRCS	Indian Army	15 December 1967	27 July 1968†	[12][13]
11.	Lieutenant General Bidyapati BhattacharjyaFRCP,FRCPE	Indian Army	31 July 1968	9 July 1969	[14]
12.	Lieutenant General Sailendra Nath ChatterjeePVSM,MC	Indian Army	9 July 1969	1 August 1973	[15][16]
13.	Lieutenant General Ved PrakashPVSM	Indian Army	2 August 1973	31 December 1974	[15]
14.	Air Marshal Ajit NathPVSM	Indian Air Force	1 January 1975	23 April 1976	[17]
15.	Lieutenant General Raghunath Singh HoonPVSM, AVSM	Indian Army	24 April 1976	1 July 1977	[18][19]
16.	Lieutenant General Biradavolu Durga Prasad RaoMBE	Indian Army	1 July 1977	24 April 1978	[19]
17.	Lieutenant General Lok Nath BudhrajaPVSM,AVSM,MBE	Indian Army	24 April 1978	31 October 1979	[8][20][21]
18.	Lieutenant General Devendra Nath GuptaPVSM, AVSM	Indian Army	1 November 1979	31 January 1982	[21][22]
19.	Lieutenant General Harnam Singh Seth	Indian Army	1 February 1982	31 July 1982	[22]
20.	Lieutenant General Vallury Venkateswara Surya PratapraoPVSM	Indian Army	1 August 1982	31 May 1983	[23]
21.	Lieutenant General Ananta Narayanan RamasubramaniamFRCPE	Indian Army	1 June 1983	1985	[24]
22.	Lieutenant General Harish Chandra PuriAVSM,VSM,FRCS,FRCSE	Indian Army	October 1985	31 August 1986	[25][26]
23.	Lieutenant General Jagdish NarayanPVSM	Indian Army	1 September 1986	31 December 1987	[27]
24.	Lieutenant General Krishan Das Kapur	Indian Army	1 January 1988	September 1988	[28]
25.	Lieutenant General Jaswant Singh Paul	Indian Army	30 September 1988	February 1990	[29]
26.	Lieutenant General Vijay Kishore Tewari	Indian Army	16 February 1990	March 1991	[30]
27.	Lieutenant General Nirendra Chandra Sanyal	Indian Army	16 April 1991	December 1994	[31]
28.	SurgeonVice Admiral Inderjit Singh	Indian Navy	18 December 1994	1 September 1996	[32]
29.	Lieutenant General Dasarathy RaghunathAVSM	Indian Army	1 September 1996	1 September 1997	[33][34]
30.	Lieutenant General Ramanand JayaswalAVSM	Indian Army	1 September 1997	2000	[34]
31.	Lieutenant General Ravinder Kumar JetleyPVSM, VSM	Indian Army	9 October 2000	31 October 2002	[35]
32.	Lieutenant GeneralBijoy Nandan ShahiPVSM, AVSM, VSM	Indian Army	1 November 2002	1 February 2004	[36]
33.	Lieutenant General Janak Raj BhardwajPVSM, AVSM, VSM	Indian Army	1 February 2004	May 2005	[37][38]
34.	SurgeonVice-Admiral Vijai Kumar Singh	Indian Navy	June 2005	1 May 2007	[39]
35.	SurgeonVice-Admiral Yogendra SinghVSM	Indian Navy	1 May 2007	30 May 2009	[40]
36.	Lieutenant General Naresh Kumar ParmarPVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM	Indian Army	1 June 2009	1 June 2011	[41]
37.	Lieutenant General Hira Lal KakriaPVSM, AVSM, VSM	Indian Army	1 June 2011	30 June 2012	[42]
38.	Air Marshal Dhananjay Parashuram Joshi	Indian Air Force	1 July 2012	31 October 2014	[43][44]
39.	Lieutenant General Bhushan Kumar ChopraAVSM	Indian Army	1 November 2014	30 June 2016	[44]
40.	Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar UnniAVSM, VSM	Indian Army	1 July 2016	1 November 2017	[45]
41.	Lieutenant General Bipin PuriVSM	Indian Army	1 November 2017	1 November 2019	[46]
42.	Lieutenant General Anup BanerjiSM	Indian Army	1 November 2019	31 December 2020	[47]
43.	SurgeonVice-Admiral Rajat DattaAVSM, SM, VSM	Indian Navy	1 January 2021	14 March 2023	[48]
44.	Lieutenant General Daljit SinghAVSM, VSM	Indian Army	15 March 2023	30 September 2024	[49]
45.	Surgeon Vice AdmiralArti SarinPVSM, AVSM, VSM	Indian Navy	1 October 2024	Incumbent	[50]

Number of DGAFMS by branches of service
Branch	Count
Indian Army	38
Indian Navy	5
Indian Air Force	2

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