Chief of Defence Staff

NS Raja Subramani: India’s new Chief of Defence Staff, will take charge from May 30

Lieutenant General N S Raja Subramani, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd), appointed India's next Chief of Defence Staff effective 30 May 2026, succeeding General Anil Chauhan; will also serve as Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, after 39-year military career spanning counter-insurgency and strike corps command