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commandant of the national defence college wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 organisation 3 list of commandants toggle list of commandants subsection 3 1 list of commandants by branches of service 4 see also 5 references toggle the table of contents commandant of the national defence college add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia commandant of indian defence college commandant of the national defence college incumbent air marshal manish kumar gupta avsm 1 type military status active formation july 1959 first holder lieutenant general kanwar bahadur singh mbe website https ndc nic in the commandant of the national defence college in india is the overall in charge of all the functioning of the national defence college including academics and administration the commandant of the college is a three star rank officer from the three services in rotation for a term of two years history edit in july 1959 lieutenant general kanwar bahadur singh was appointed the first commandant of the college by the end of the year he formulated detailed plans including the aim and the charter of ndc as well as the scope of studies at the college the chiefs of staff cleared approved them on 25 december 1959 2 organisation edit the commandant is supported by seven senior directing staff 3 from the indian army and 1 each from the indian navy indian air force civil service and the foreign service administration is looked after by the secretary under the commandant and is supported by a number of staff officers 3 list of commandants edit s no name branch assumed office left office notes 1 lieutenant general kanwar bahadur singh mbe indian army july 1959 january 1964 first commandant of ndc 4 2 vice admiral a k chatterji indian navy january 1964 january 1966 later served as the chief of the naval staff 3 air marshal r rajaram dfc indian air force january 1966 december 1966 later served as vice chief of the air staff died in harness while vcas 4 lieutenant general m m khanna mvc indian army december 1966 november 1968 5 vice admiral s n kohli pvsm indian navy november 1968 april 1971 served as western naval commander during the indo pakistani war of 1971 and later served as chief of the naval staff of the indian navy 6 air marshal h moolgavkar pvsm mvc indian air force april 1971 april 1973 served as the central air commander and western air commander before taking over as the 9th chief of the air staff of the indian air force 7 lieutenant general m n batra pvsm indian army april 1973 january 1975 first ex ndc commandant 8 vice admiral s h sarma pvsm indian navy january 1975 january 1977 served as flag officer commanding eastern fleet focef during the indo pakistani war of 1971 and later served as eastern naval commander 9 air marshal t n ghadiok pvsm avsm vrc indian air force february 1977 december 1978 10 lieutenant general wag pinto pvsm indian army january 1979 january 1980 later served as the central army commander 11 air marshal d g kinglee pvsm avsm indian air force september 1980 september 1982 later served as the central air commander 12 vice admiral r v aarte avsm indian navy september 1982 august 1984 10 lieutenant general himmeth singh pvsm indian army september 1984 june 1986 13 air marshal p k puri pvsm avsm indian air force july 1986 august 1988 14 vice admiral s p govil pvsm avsm indian navy september 1988 september 1990 later served as vice chief of naval staff 15 lieutenant general k s khajuria pvsm indian army september 1990 june 1992 16 air marshal s kulkarni pvsm vm indian air force july 1992 january 1995 17 vice admiral vinod pasricha pvsm avsm nm indian navy january 1995 december 1996 later served as eastern naval commander and western naval commander 18 lieutenant general s r r aiyengar pvsm avsm vsm indian army january 1997 april 1999 later served as commandant of defence services staff college 19 air marshal v g kumar pvsm avsm vm indian air force april 1999 march 2001 20 vice admiral yashwant prasad pvsm avsm vsm indian navy april 2001 december 2002 later served as southern naval commander and thereafter the vice chief of naval staff 21 lieutenant general s s chahal pvsm avsm vsm indian army december 2002 june 2004 22 lieutenant general tej pathak avsm ysm bar indian army july 2004 december 2004 23 air marshal p p raj kumar pvsm avsm indian air force january 2005 december 2006 later served as the commander in chief andaman and nicobar command and thereafter central air commander 24 vice admiral pradeep kaushiva uysm vsm indian navy december 2006 september 2007 citation needed 25 vice admiral sanjeev bhasin pvsm avsm vsm indian navy september 2007 december 2008 later served as the western naval commander 26 lieutenant general prakash menon avsm vsm indian army january 2009 december 2010 citation needed 27 air marshal p k roy avsm vm vsm indian air force january 2011 november 2012 later served as commander in chief andaman and nicobar command 28 vice admiral sunil lanba avsm indian navy december 2012 june 2014 later served as the chief of the naval staff 29 lieutenant general n s ghei pvsm avsm bar indian army june 2014 december 2016 citation needed 30 lieutenant general y v k mohan sm vsm indian army january 2017 january 2018 later served as commandant of defence services staff college 5 31 vice admiral srikant avsm indian navy january 2018 16 december 2019 later died in harness of covid 19 6 32 air marshal diptendu choudhury avsm vm vsm indian air force 16 december 2019 30 october 2021 7 33 lieutenant general manoj kumar mago ysm sm bar indian army 31 october 2021 31 december 2022 8 34 lieutenant general sukriti singh dahiya sm and bar vsm indian army 1 january 2023 30 april 2024 9 35 air marshal hardeep bains avsm vsm indian air force 1 may 2024 30 september 2025 10 36 air marshal manish kumar gupta avsm indian air force 1 october 2025 included 11 list of commandants by branches of service edit branch count indian army 14 indian navy 11 indian air force 11 see also edit commandant of the indian military academy commandant of the national defence academy commandant of indian naval academy references edit air marshal manish kumar gupta new commandant of ndc ministry of defence facebook retrieved 1 october 2025 history national defence college retrieved 24 march 2019 national defence college ndc nic in retrieved 28 june 2024 former commandants national defence college retrieved 24 march 2019 press trust of india 17 january 2019 lt gen yvk mohan assumes charge as commandant dssc wellington business standard retrieved 24 march 2019 navy s most senior submariner vice admiral srikant dies of covid 19 the hindu 15 december 2020 air marshal d choudhury is the new commandant of national defence college 16 december 2019 lt gen manoj kumar mago takes over as ndc commandant ani news retrieved 9 february 2023 commandant ndc ndc nic in retrieved 9 february 2023 spokesperson mod twitter com retrieved 7 may 2024 air marshal manish kumar gupta new commandant of ndc ministry of defence facebook retrieved 1 october 2025 v t e indian military academies and colleges education training sainik school armed forces medical college ajmer military school bangalore military school belgaum military school chail military school dholpur military school 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force school coimbatore air force school jodhpur flying instructors school indian air force test pilot school tactics and air combat development establishment air defence college college of air warfare commandants commandant nda commandant ima commandant ina commandant afa commandant dssc commandant milit commandant cdm commandant nwc commandant caw commandant ndc examinations combined defence services examination services selection board military academy military education and training retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title commandant_of_the_national_defence_college oldid 1373659536 categories indian army indian military appointments hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use dmy dates from july 2019 all articles with unsourced statements articles with unsourced statements from november 2025 this page was last edited on 7 september 2026 at 04 18 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative 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