Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)

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Director General Armed Forces Medical Services
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Incumbent
Lieutenant General Daljit Singh
AVSM , VSM
since 15 March 2023
Armed Forces Medical Services
AbbreviationDGAFMS
Formation1948

The Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) is the head of the Armed Forces Medical Services of the Indian Armed Forces. A three-star rank medical flag officer, the DGAFMS is equivalent to Army Commanders and the Defence Secretary. The DGAFMS is the advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the Minister of Defence on the medical requirements of the Armed Forces. [1]

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History

In March 1947, an Armed 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 the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services would have a supreme controller designated Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services in the rank of Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral/Air Marshal. [2]

Lt. Gen Daljit Singh, DGAFMS with Dr. Edmond Fernandes, Founder, CHD Group Dr. Edmond Fernandes, Founder - CHD Group with Lt Gen Daljit Singh, Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services.jpg
Lt. Gen Daljit Singh, DGAFMS with Dr. Edmond Fernandes, Founder, CHD Group

In September 1948, the medical services of the Royal Indian Navy, the Indian Army and the Royal Indian Air Force were integrated into the Armed Forces Medical Service (AFMS). The AFMS consists of the Army Medical Corps (AMC), the Army Dental Corps (AD Corps) and the Military 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 the Ministry of Defence for overall medical policy matters related to the Armed Forces. [2]

Appointees

S.No.NameDefence branchAssumed officeLeft officeNotes
1. Lieutenant General K. S. Master MC Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army September 19481 October 1950 [3]
2. Lieutenant General Daya Ram Thapar CIE , OBE Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 October 195011 June 1954 [4] [5]
3. Lieutenant General D. N. Chakravarti OBE Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 12 June 195415 October 1955 [5]
4. Lieutenant General B. ChoudhuryFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 15 October 195516 October 1959 [6]
5. Lieutenant General B. M. RaoFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 16 October 19591 September 1961 [7]
6. Lieutenant General S. P. BhatiaFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 September 19619 October 1962 [8]
7. Lieutenant General C. C. Kapila OBE Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 9 October 196210 October 1964 [9]
8. Lieutenant General T. R. PahwaFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 10 October 196425 October 1966 [10]
9. Lieutenant General A. K. Dev PVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 26 October 196615 December 1967 [11]
10. Lieutenant General Jagdish Ram Vaid FRCS Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 15 December 196727 July 1968 [12] [13]
11. Lieutenant General B. Bhattacharjya FRCP, FRCPE Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 31 July 19689 July 1969 [14]
12. Lieutenant General S. N. Chatterjee MC Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 9 July 19691 August 1973 [15] [16]
13. Lieutenant General Ved Prakash PVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 2 August 197331 December 1974 [15]
14. Air Marshal Ajit NathAir Force Ensign of India (2023).svg  Indian Air Force 1 January 197523 April 1976 [17]
15. Lieutenant General R. S. Hoon PVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 24 April 19761 July 1977 [18] [19]
16. Lieutenant General B. D. P. Rao MBE Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 July 197724 April 1978 [19]
17. Lieutenant General L. N. Budhraja PVSM , AVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 24 April 197831 October 1979 [8] [20] [21]
18. Lieutenant General D. N. Gupta PVSM , AVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 November 197931 January 1982 [21] [22]
19. Lieutenant General H. S. SethFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 February 198231 July 1982 [22]
20. Lieutenant General V.V.S. Pratapa Rao PVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 August 198231 May 1983 [23]
21. Lieutenant General A. R. SubramanianFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 June 19831985 [24]
22. Lieutenant General H. C. Puri AVSM, VSM, FRCS, FRCSE Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army October 198531 August 1986 [25] [26]
23. Lieutenant General Jagdish Narayan PVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 September 198631 December 1987 [27]
24. Lieutenant General K. D. KapurFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 January 1988September 1988 [28]
25. Lieutenant General Jaswant Singh PaulFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 30 September 1988February 1990 [29]
26. Lieutenant General V. K. TewariFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 16 February 1990March 1991 [30]
27. Lieutenant General N. C. SanyalFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 16 April 1991December 1994 [31]
28.Surgeon Vice Admiral Inderjit Singh Naval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy 18 December 19941 September 1996 [32]
29. Lieutenant General D. Raghunath AVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 September 19961 September 1997 [33] [34]
30. Lieutenant General Ramanand Jayaswal AVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 September 19972000 [34]
31. Lieutenant General R. K. Jetley PVSM , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 9 October 200031 October 2002 [35]
32. Lieutenant General Bijoy Nandan Shahi PVSM , AVSM , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 November 20021 February 2004 [36]
33. Lieutenant General J. R. Bhardwaj PVSM , AVSM , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 February 2004May 2005 [37] [38]
34.Surgeon Vice-Admiral Vijai Kumar SinghNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy June 20051 May 2007 [39]
35.Surgeon Vice-Admiral Yogendra Singh VSM Naval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy 1 May 200730 May 2009 [40]
36. Lieutenant General Naresh Kumar Parmar PVSM , AVSM , VrC , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 June 20091 June 2011 [41]
37. Lieutenant General H. L. Kakria PVSM , AVSM , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 June 201130 June 2012 [42]
38. Air Marshal D. P. Joshi Air Force Ensign of India (2023).svg  Indian Air Force 1 July 201231 October 2014 [43] [44]
39. Lieutenant General B. K. Chopra AVSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 November 201430 June 2016 [44]
40. Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Unni AVSM , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 July 20161 November 2017 [45]
41. Lieutenant General Bipin Puri VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 November 20171 November 2019 [46]
42. Lieutenant General Anup Banerji SM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 1 November 201931 December 2020 [47]
43.Surgeon Vice-Admiral Rajat Datta AVSM , SM , VSM Naval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy 1 January 202114 March 2023 [48]
44. Lieutenant General Daljit Singh AVSM , VSM Flag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army 15 March 2023Incumbent [49]

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