Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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since 3 April 2023 | |
Indian Armed Forces | |
Type | Vice chief of defence |
Status | Executive-in-charge of the Integrated Defence Staff. |
Abbreviation | CISC |
Member of |
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Reports to | Chief of Defence Staff |
Seat | South Hutments, Kashmir House, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi[2] |
Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Ministry of Defence |
Term length | No fixed term |
Formation | 1 October 2001 |
First holder | Lieutenant General Pankaj Joshi PVSM, AVSM[3] |
Deputy | Deputy Chiefs of the Integrated Defence Staff (DCIDS)[4] |
Website | Official website |
The Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is the statutory office that heads the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), the principal inter-service syndicate of the Indian Armed Forces.[5] Customarily held by a three-star officer nominated from either of India’s three armed services, the CISC is the second-highest authority responsible for inter-service jointness, subordinate only to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).[6]
By function, the CISC is the executive-in-charge of the IDS, and thus, maintains oversight over inter-service coordination on crucial disciplines related to military functioning, specifically, intelligence, doctrine, joint planning, budgetary allocations and training.[1] In addition, the CISC serves as a non-voting member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee - of which the CDS is its Chairman; thus by definition, the CISC reports to the CDS, who is the final authority on military jointness.[1]
Domestically, the CISC ranks 23rd-overall in the Indian order of precedence and is the status-equivalent to the Vice Chiefs of Staff of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force; internationally, it is identical to Canada's Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Spain's Chief of the Joint Defence Staff.[7][8]
Organisation
[edit]The CISC is a Three-star rank officer from the three Services in rotation. The CISC reports to the Chief of Defence Staff in New 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) [9]
- Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation and Training) - DCIDS (DOT) [10]
- Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) - DCIDS (Ops) [11]
- Director General Defence Intelligence Agency & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) - DGDIA & DCIDS (Int) [12]
- Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) - DCIDS (Med) [13]
Appointees
[edit]No. | Portrait | Appointee | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Service branch | Ref. |
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1 | Lieutenant General Pankaj Joshi PVSM, AVSM | 1 October 2001 | 30 September 2003 | 1 year, 364 days | Indian Army | [3] | |
2 | Vice Admiral Raman Puri PVSM, AVSM, VSM | 20 October 2003 | 28 February 2006 | 2 years, 131 days | Indian Navy | [14] | |
3 | Lieutenant General H. S. Lidder UYSM, YSM, VSM | 2 March 2006 | 30 September 2008 | 2 years, 212 days | Indian Army | [15] | |
4 | Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul AVSM, VM, VSM | 1 October 2008 | 30 December 2010 | 2 years, 90 days | Indian Air Force | [16][17] | |
5 | Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM | 31 December 2010 | 3 July 2011 | 184 days | Indian Navy | [18] | |
6 | Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha AVSM, NM | 4 July 2011 | 30 August 2011 | 57 days | Indian Navy | [19] | |
7 | Vice Admiral S. P. S. Cheema AVSM, NM | 31 August 2011 | 1 November 2012 | 1 year, 62 days | Indian Navy | [20] | |
8 | Lieutenant General N. C. Marwah PVSM, AVSM | 2 November 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 240 days | Indian Army | [21] | |
9 | Lieutenant General Anil Chait PVSM, AVSM, VSM | 1 July 2013 | 30 June 2014 | 364 days | Indian Army | [22] | |
10 | Air Marshal P. P. Reddy VM | 1 July 2014 | 30 October 2016 | 2 years, 121 days | Indian Air Force | [23][24] | |
11 | Lieutenant General Satish Dua UYSM, SM, VSM | 31 October 2016 | 31 October 2018 | 2 years, 0 days | Indian Army | [25] | |
12 | Lieutenant General P. S. Rajeshwar PVSM, AVSM, VSM | 1 November 2018 | 30 November 2019 | 1 year, 29 days | Indian Army | [26] | |
13 | Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar AVSM, VSM | 2 December 2019 | 28 February 2021 | 1 year, 88 days | Indian Navy | [27] | |
14 | Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM | 28 February 2021 | 30 September 2021 | 214 days | Indian Navy | [28] | |
15 | Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna AVSM, SC | 30 September 2021 | 31 March 2023 | 214 days | Indian Air Force | [29] | |
16 | Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM | 03 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 215 days | Indian Army | [30] |
See also
[edit]Inter-service offices
[edit]Other offices of the Indian Armed Forces
[edit]References
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "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.
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