National Defence Academy (NDA) Archives

Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi Takes Over as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

Admin - January 4, 2024

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, took over as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on January 4, 2024. On taking over, the Flag Officer paid homage to the bravehearts who made the...

Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Assumes Charge as COP Indian Navy

Admin - October 6, 2023

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as Chief of Personnel (COP) on October 6, 2023. The Flag Officer was Commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1987 and is a specialist...

Air Marshal S Shrinivas Takes Charge as Commandant, Air Force Academy

Admin - September 4, 2023

New Delhi: Air Marshal S. Shrinivas took over as the Commandant for the Air Force Academy, Indian Air Force (IAF) on September 1. He took charge from Air Marshal B. Chandra Sekhar, who superannuated...

Progress in Establishing Theatre Commands

Navya Simran Chhabra - August 18, 2023

More than two decades ago, as an aftermath of Operation Vijay, a recommendation was strongly echoed – jointness and integration of the defence forces. After the Rajya Sabha passed the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control...

Lt Gen Manoj Katiyar Takes Charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command

Admin - July 3, 2023

New Delhi: Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar on July 1 took charge as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army's Western Command. General Katiyar paid his respects at Veer Smriti by laying a wreath...

Vice Admiral Sanjay J. Singh, Assumes Charge As Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

Admin - April 2, 2023

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM assumed the appointment of the Vice Chief of Naval Staff on April 1, 2023. On assumption VAdm Sanjay Jasjit Singh paid homage to the bravehearts...

Vice Adm Atul Anand Takes Over as Director General Naval Operations (DGNO)

Admin - April 1, 2023

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Atul Anand, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as the Director General Naval Operations on April 1, 2023. He was commissioned on January 1, 1988 into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy....

Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor Takes Charge as DG (Inspection and Safety)

Admin - May 5, 2022

New Delhi: Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor took charge as Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force at Air Headquarters here on May 1. The Air Marshal is a graduate of National Defence...

Rear Admiral Vikram Menon takes over as FOGA & FONA

Admin - April 30, 2022

New Delhi: Rear Admiral Vikram Menon, VSM took over duties of Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area (FOGA) and Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) from Rear Admiral Philipose G Pynumootil on April 30, 2022. Rear Admiral Menon is...

Gen Manoj Pande Takes Charge as 29th Army Chief

Admin - April 30, 2022

New Delhi: General Manoj Pande on April 30 took charge as the 29th Chief of the Army Staff. He succeeds Gen MM Naravane, who retired from service the same day. Gen Pande became the...

Lt Gen Manoj Pande Appointed as the Next Chief of the Army Staff

Admin - April 19, 2022

New Delhi: Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, presently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, has been appointed by the Government as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from April 30, 2022....

Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru Assume Charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff

Admin - April 2, 2022

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru, AVSM, NM assumed charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on March 31, 2022. Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru is an alumni of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla. He...

Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Takes Charge as Commandant – National Defence Academy

Admin - April 2, 2022

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, assumed the appointment of Commandant, National Defence Academy on April 1, 2022 from Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor. As an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar...