Overview
- The Indian Air Force said he assumed charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Training Command on January 1 in Bengaluru.
- Commissioned on June 13, 1987, he is a Category A Qualified Flying Instructor with more than 4,200 flight hours across multiple aircraft types.
- He is qualified as a second pilot on Chetak and Cheetah helicopters and serves as a categorised Operations Officer on the Pechora missile system.
- His prior roles include Commandant of the Air Force Academy, command of a frontline fighter base on the western border, leadership of key training establishments, and most recently Senior Air Staff Officer at HQ South Western Air Command.
- He is a graduate of the National Defence College, College of Defence Management, and Defence Services Staff College, holds advanced degrees, received the VSM in 2017 and AVSM in 2024, and marked the handover by laying a wreath at the Training Command War Memorial.