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Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)

The Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) is the head of the Armed Forces Medical Services of the Indian Armed Forces. 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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Director General Armed Forces Medical Services
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since 01 October 2024
Armed Forces Medical Services
AbbreviationDGAFMS
Formation1948
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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]

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

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S.No. Name Defence branch Assumed office Left office Notes
1. Lieutenant General K. S. Master MC  Indian Army September 1948 1 October 1950 [3]
2. Lt. Gen. Daya Ram Thapar CIE, OBE  Indian Army 1 October 1950 11 June 1954 [4][5]
3. Lt. Gen. D. N. Chakravarti OBE  Indian Army 12 June 1954 15 October 1955 [5]
4. Lt. Gen. B. Choudhury  Indian Army 15 October 1955 16 October 1959 [6]
5. Lt. Gen. B. M. Rao  Indian Army 16 October 1959 1 September 1961 [7]
6. Lt. Gen. S. P. Bhatia  Indian Army 1 September 1961 9 October 1962 [8]
7. Lt. Gen. C. C. Kapila OBE  Indian Army 9 October 1962 10 October 1964 [9]
8. Lt. Gen. T. R. Pahwa  Indian Army 10 October 1964 25 October 1966 [10]
9. Lt. Gen. A. K. Dev PVSM  Indian Army 26 October 1966 15 December 1967 [11]
10. Lt. Gen. Jagdish Ram Vaid FRCS  Indian Army 15 December 1967 27 July 1968 [12][13]
11. Lt. Gen. B. Bhattacharjya FRCP, FRCPE  Indian Army 31 July 1968 9 July 1969 [14]
12. Lt. Gen. S. N. Chatterjee MC  Indian Army 9 July 1969 1 August 1973 [15][16]
13. Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash PVSM  Indian Army 2 August 1973 31 December 1974 [15]
14. Air Marshal Ajit Nath  Indian Air Force 1 January 1975 23 April 1976 [17]
15. Lt. Gen. R. S. Hoon PVSM  Indian Army 24 April 1976 1 July 1977 [18][19]
16. Lt. Gen. B. D. P. Rao MBE  Indian Army 1 July 1977 24 April 1978 [19]
17. Lt. Gen. L. N. Budhraja PVSM, AVSM  Indian Army 24 April 1978 31 October 1979 [8][20][21]
18. Lt. Gen. D. N. Gupta PVSM, AVSM  Indian Army 1 November 1979 31 January 1982 [21][22]
19. Lt. Gen. H. S. Seth  Indian Army 1 February 1982 31 July 1982 [22]
20. Lt. Gen. V.V.S. Pratapa Rao PVSM  Indian Army 1 August 1982 31 May 1983 [23]
21. Lt. Gen. A. R. Subramanian  Indian Army 1 June 1983 1985 [24]
22. Lt. Gen. H. C. Puri AVSM, VSM, FRCS, FRCSE  Indian Army October 1985 31 August 1986 [25][26]
23. Lt. Gen. Jagdish Narayan PVSM  Indian Army 1 September 1986 31 December 1987 [27]
24. Lt. Gen. K. D. Kapur  Indian Army 1 January 1988 September 1988 [28]
25. Lt. Gen. Jaswant Singh Paul  Indian Army 30 September 1988 February 1990 [29]
26. Lt. Gen. V. K. Tewari  Indian Army 16 February 1990 March 1991 [30]
27. Lieutenant General N. C. Sanyal  Indian Army 16 April 1991 December 1994 [31]
28. Surgeon Vice Admiral Inderjit Singh  Indian Navy 18 December 1994 1 September 1996 [32]
29. Lieutenant General D. Raghunath AVSM  Indian Army 1 September 1996 1 September 1997 [33][34]
30. Lieutenant General Ramanand Jayaswal AVSM  Indian Army 1 September 1997 2000 [34]
31. Lieutenant General R. K. Jetley PVSM, VSM  Indian Army 9 October 2000 31 October 2002 [35]
32. Lieutenant General Bijoy Nandan Shahi PVSM, AVSM, VSM  Indian Army 1 November 2002 1 February 2004 [36]
33. Lieutenant General J. R. Bhardwaj PVSM, AVSM, VSM  Indian Army 1 February 2004 May 2005 [37][38]
34. Surgeon Vice-Admiral Vijai Kumar Singh  Indian Navy June 2005 1 May 2007 [39]
35. Surgeon Vice-Admiral Yogendra Singh VSM  Indian Navy 1 May 2007 30 May 2009 [40]
36. Lieutenant General Naresh Kumar Parmar PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM  Indian Army 1 June 2009 1 June 2011 [41]
37. Lieutenant General H. L. Kakria PVSM, AVSM, VSM  Indian Army 1 June 2011 30 June 2012 [42]
38. Air Marshal D. P. Joshi  Indian Air Force 1 July 2012 31 October 2014 [43][44]
39. Lieutenant General B. K. Chopra AVSM  Indian Army 1 November 2014 30 June 2016 [44]
40. Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Unni AVSM, VSM  Indian Army 1 July 2016 1 November 2017 [45]
41. Lieutenant General Bipin Puri VSM  Indian Army 1 November 2017 1 November 2019 [46]
42. Lieutenant General Anup Banerji SM  Indian Army 1 November 2019 31 December 2020 [47]
43. Surgeon Vice-Admiral Rajat Datta AVSM, SM, VSM  Indian Navy 1 January 2021 14 March 2023 [48]
44. Lieutenant General Daljit Singh AVSM, VSM  Indian Army 15 March 2023 30 September 2024 [49]
45. Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin AVSM, VSM  Indian Navy 1 October 2024 Incumbent [50]
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