Who is The Air Chief Marshal of India?

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The Air Chief Marshal of India: The Indian Air Force’s chief of military staff is Air Chief Marshal. Unless the Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Services is considered an officer of the aerial branch of the armed forces, the CAS is the leader of the governing body of the Air Force and is normally the highest-ranked officer of the Air Force. In Indian Air Force cables and communications, the rank is abbreviated as CAS, and it has always been held by a full Air Chief Marshal since 1966. As the principal military adviser on aerial issues, he is directly responsible for guiding the Indian Air Force. They are in charge of managing and chairing the Air Force’s military air staff. They are accountable to the Indian government and the Chief of Defence Staff.
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The First and Current Air Chief Marshal of India

Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force.

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria is the current CAS, having taken office on September 30, 2019, following the retirement of Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa.
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The Air Chief Marshal of India: Office

The chief of the Air Force was given the title of “Air Marshal Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force” after India gained independence. To preserve uniformity throughout the three armed forces, the title of “Chief of the Air Staff” was added on 1 March 1948, followed by a re-designation to “Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force” on 21 June.

When India became a republic on January 26, 1950, the “Royal” designation was lost. As a result, the head of the Indian Air Force has been renamed “Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force.”

The Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act of 1955 changed the name of the IAF’s top officer to “Chief of Air Staff.”

Until 1966, when the job was raised to the four-star level of Air Chief Marshal, the position was held by a three-star Air Marshal.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet is in charge of making appointments to the position (ACC). The CAS retires after three years in office or reaching the age of 62, whichever comes first.
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Who is the Air Chief Marshal of India?- R.K.S. Bhadauria

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria is the current Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, having taken over from Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa on 30 September 2019. On September 30, 2021, he will retire. Bhadauria is a graduate of the Defence Services Command and Staff College in Bangladesh, as well as the National Defence Academy in Pune, where he earned a master’s degree in defence studies.

Bhadauria is from Korath, a village in the district of Agra’s tahsil Bah. Suraj Pal Singh Bhadauria, his father, was a Junior Commissioned Officer in the Indian Air Force who retired with the rank of Master Warrant Officer. Mrs Vidhya Vati is the mother’s name, and her parents live in Gwalior. Sonali Singh and Sourabh Bhadauria are his two children from his marriage to Asha Bhadauria. Mrs Kusum Chauhan, who lives in Etawah (U.P. ), Mrs Kiran Raghav, who lives in Chandigarh, and Mr Rajeev Singh Bhadauria, who lives in Panchkula, are his two older sisters and younger brother.
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