Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh Appointed Chief of Air Staff

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Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, currently Vice Chief of the Air Staff, will become the next Chief of Air Staff.

An Overview of the News

• He will succeed Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari on the afternoon of September 30.

• Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984 and has nearly 40 years of distinguished service.

• He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, and National Defence College.

• Singh is a Qualified Flying Instructor and Experimental Test Pilot, with over 5,000 hours of flying experience on various fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

Other Key Appointments

• Nehal Vora: MD & CEO of Central Depository Services (India).

• Swati Vijay Kulkarni: India’s Next Ambassador to Algeria.

• RS Sharma: Non-Executive Chairperson of ONDC.

• R. Ravindra: India’s Next Ambassador to Iceland.

• Rajesh Verma: Chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR.

• Dr. Vinay Goyal: State Mission Director for National Health Mission.

• Manish Kumar Gupta: New Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh.

• Air Marshal Tejinder Singh: Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.

• Subhasri Sriram: MD & CEO of Shriram Capital.

• Dr. T.V. Somanathan: New Cabinet Secretary of India.