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The Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is the head of the Integrated Defence Staff which acts as the point organisation for jointmanship in the Ministry of Defence. In November 2019, government sources disclosed the post of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff would be converted to that of Vice Chief of Defence Staff some in the future.[1]
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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Integrated Defence Staff | |
Abbreviation | CISC |
Member of | Chiefs of Staff Committee |
Reports to | Chief of Defence Staff |
Formation | 1 October 2001 |
First holder | Lieutenant general Pankaj Joshi |
Website | Official website |
The CISC is a Three-star rank officer from the three Services in rotation. The CISC reports to the Chief of Defence Staff in New Delhi. He is assisted by the following five Principal Staff Officers (all three-star appointments) who head the various branches within the IDS.
No. | Photo | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Service branch | Ref. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Lieutenant general Pankaj Joshi PVSM, AVSM |
1 October 2001 | 30 September 2003 | 1 year, 364 days | Indian Army | [7] | |
2 | Vice admiral Raman Puri PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
20 October 2003 | 28 February 2006 | 2 years, 131 days | Indian Navy | [8] | |
3 | Lieutenant general H. S. Lidder UYSM, YSM, VSM |
2 March 2006 | 30 September 2008 | 2 years, 212 days | Indian Army | [9][10] [11] | |
4 | Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul AVSM, VM, VSM |
1 October 2008 | 30 December 2010 | 2 years, 90 days | Indian Air Force | [12][13] | |
5 | Vice admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM |
31 December 2010 | 3 July 2011 | 184 days | Indian Navy | [14] | |
6 | Vice admiral Shekhar Sinha AVSM, NM |
4 July 2011 | 30 August 2011 | 57 days | Indian Navy | [15] | |
7 | Vice admiral S. P. S. Cheema AVSM, NM |
31 August 2011 | 1 November 2012 | 1 year, 62 days | Indian Navy | [16] | |
8 | Lieutenant general N. C. Marwah PVSM, AVSM |
2 November 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 240 days | Indian Army | [17] | |
9 | Lieutenant general Anil Chait PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
1 July 2013 | 30 June 2014 | 364 days | Indian Army | [18] | |
10 | Air marshal P P Reddy VM |
1 July 2014 | 30 October 2016 | 2 years, 121 days | Indian Air Force | [19][20] | |
11 | Lieutenant general Satish Dua UYSM, SM, VSM |
31 October 2016 | 31 October 2018 | 2 years, 0 days | Indian Army | [21] | |
12 | Lieutenant general P. S. Rajeshwar PVSM, VSM |
1 November 2018 | 30 November 2019 | 1 year, 29 days | Indian Army | [22] | |
13 | Vice admiral R. Hari Kumar AVSM, VSM |
2 December 2019 | 28 February 2021 | 1 year, 88 days | Indian Navy | [23] | |
14 | Vice admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
28 February 2021 | 30 September 2021 | 214 days | Indian Navy | [24] | |
15 | Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna AVSM, SC |
30 September 2021 | 31 March 2023 | 1 year, 182 days | Indian Air Force | [25] | |
16 | Lieutenant general Johnson P Mathew PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM |
03 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 173 days | Indian Army | [26] |
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