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Chief of Integrated Defence Staff

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Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
Flag of Integrated Defence Staff
Incumbent Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew since 3 April 2023
Integrated Defence Staff
Abbreviation	CISC
Member of	Chiefs of Staff Committee
Reports to	Chief of Defence Staff
Formation	1 October 2001
First holder	Lieutenant general Pankaj Joshi
Website	Official website

The Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is the head of the Integrated Defence Staff which acts as the point organisation for jointmanship in the Ministry of Defence. In November 2019, government sources disclosed the post of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff would be converted to that of Vice Chief of Defence Staff some in the future.^[1]

Organisation[edit]

The CISC is a Three-star rank officer from the three Services in rotation. The CISC reports to the Chief of Defence StaffinNew Delhi. He is assisted by the following five Principal Staff Officers (all three-star appointments) who head the various branches within the IDS.

Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning and Force Development) - DCIDS (PP&FD) ^[2]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation and Training) - DCIDS (DOT) ^[3]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) - DCIDS (Ops) ^[4]
Director General Defence Intelligence Agency & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) - DGDIA & DCIDS (Int) ^[5]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) - DCIDS (Med) ^[6]

List of chiefs[edit]

No.	Photo	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Service branch	Ref.
No.	Photo	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Service branch	Ref.
1		Lieutenant general Pankaj Joshi PVSM, AVSM	1 October 2001 (2001-10-01)	30 September 2003 (2003-09-30)	1 year, 364 days	Indian Army	^[7]
2		Vice admiral Raman Puri PVSM, AVSM, VSM	20 October 2003 (2003-10-20)	28 February 2006 (2006-02-28)	2 years, 131 days	Indian Navy	^[8]
3		Lieutenant general H. S. Lidder UYSM, YSM, VSM	2 March 2006 (2006-03-02)	30 September 2008 (2008-09-30)	2 years, 212 days	Indian Army	^[9]^[10] ^[11]
4		Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul AVSM, VM, VSM	1 October 2008 (2008-10-01)	30 December 2010 (2010-12-30)	2 years, 90 days	Indian Air Force	^[12]^[13]
5		Vice admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM	31 December 2010 (2010-12-31)	3 July 2011 (2011-07-03)	184 days	Indian Navy	^[14]
6		Vice admiral Shekhar Sinha AVSM, NM	4 July 2011 (2011-07-04)	30 August 2011 (2011-08-30)	57 days	Indian Navy	^[15]
7		Vice admiral S. P. S. Cheema AVSM, NM	31 August 2011 (2011-08-31)	1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)	1 year, 62 days	Indian Navy	^[16]
8		Lieutenant general N. C. Marwah PVSM, AVSM	2 November 2012 (2012-11-02)	30 June 2013 (2013-06-30)	240 days	Indian Army	^[17]
9		Lieutenant general Anil Chait PVSM, AVSM, VSM	1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)	30 June 2014 (2014-06-30)	364 days	Indian Army	^[18]
10		Air marshal P P Reddy VM	1 July 2014 (2014-07-01)	30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)	2 years, 121 days	Indian Air Force	^[19]^[20]
11		Lieutenant general Satish Dua UYSM, SM, VSM	31 October 2016 (2016-10-31)	31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	2 years, 0 days	Indian Army	^[21]
12		Lieutenant general P. S. Rajeshwar PVSM, VSM	1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)	30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)	1 year, 29 days	Indian Army	^[22]
13		Vice admiral R. Hari Kumar AVSM, VSM	2 December 2019 (2019-12-02)	28 February 2021 (2021-02-28)	1 year, 88 days	Indian Navy	^[23]
14		Vice admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM	28 February 2021	30 September 2021	214 days	Indian Navy	^[24]
15		Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna AVSM, SC	30 September 2021	31 March 2023	1 year, 182 days	Indian Air Force	^[25]
16		Lieutenant general Johnson P Mathew PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM	03 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 104 days	Indian Army	^[26]

References[edit]

^ Gupta, Shishir. "India's first Chief of Defence Staff will direct three service chiefs". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

^ "Integrated Defence Staff". www.ids.nic.in.

^ "Pankaj Joshi is new CIDS". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Raman Puri takes over as CIDS". The Hindu. 21 October 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2019.^{[dead link]}

^ "India will continue to strive towards achieving minimum deterrence - Antony". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "NDA Cadets Excel in World Arena". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Lt Gen HS Lidder new CIDS". oneindia.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Air Marshal S.C. Mukul bids farewell". The Hindu. 29 September 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Lt Gen Nagal is new Strategic Forces commander". 30 September 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

^ "Press Information Bureau Photo Gallery". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha took over as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC), in New Delhi on July 04, 2011". Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "New Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) Takes Over". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Lt Gen Naresh Chandra Marwah takes Over as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC)". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Lieutenant General Anil Chait Takes over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Air Marshal PP Reddy Takes Over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ IANS (1 July 2014). "Air Marshal Reddy is new Chief of Integrated Defence Staff". Business Standard India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ "Lt Gen P S Rajeshwar assumes charge as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, COSC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

^ @HQ_IDS_India (1 December 2019). "V Adm R Hari Kumar, AVSM, VSM assumed the Appt of CISC on 02 Dec 19" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

^ "Vice Admiral A.B. Singh to take over as FOC-in-C of ENC". The Hindu. 28 February 2021.

^ PIB Delhi (1 October 2021). "Air Marshal BR Krishna assumes charge of CISC". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

^ "Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff To The Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee (CISC)". HQ IDS. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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