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{{Infobox official post
| post = Deputy Chief
| body = the Air Staff
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| incumbent = [[Narmdeshwar Tiwari]]
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| incumbentsince = 1 October 2021
| department = {{air force|India}}
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| type = Principal Staff Officer
| status = 3rd highest ranking air officer
| abbreviation = DCAS
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| reports_to = [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]
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| seat = Air Headquarters, [[New Delhi]]
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The '''Deputy Chief of the Air Staff''' (DCAS) is a senior appointment in the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name="brk-251221">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/list.php?qunit=AirHQ&qappt=DCAS|title=Deputy Chief of Air Staff Appointments at Air Head Quarters|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2021-12-25}}</ref> The DCAS is a PSO (Principal Staff Officer) at Air Force Headquarters in [[New Delhi]]. The office is held by a [[Three-star rank|Three Star Officer]] in the rank of [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]. The current DCAS is [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] [[Narmdeshwar Tiwari]] who took over from [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] [[Suraj Kumar Jha]] on 1 October 2021.<ref name="skj-pib">{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1741973|title= AIR MARSHAL SURAJ KUMAR JHA AVSMASSUMES CHARGE AS AIR OFFICER IN CHARGE PERSONNEL|publisher=PIB|access-date=2021-08-03}}</ref>

==History==
At the time of [[independence of India]] on 15 August 1947, [[Air commodore (India)|Air Commodore]] [[Subroto Mukerjee]] was appointed Deputy Air Commander, Royal Indian Air Force, in addition to being Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the newly-formed Air HQ.<ref name="Dominion Air HQ">{{cite web |title=RIAF APPOINTMENTS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-08-14_355.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=14 August 1947|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> On 15 November the same year, he was promoted to the acting rank of [[Air vice marshal (India)|Air Vice Marshal]]. In 1949, the RIAF was reorganised and the post was re-designated ''Deputy Chief of the Air Staff'' (DCAS). The DCAS continued to be the Deputy Air Commander. On 1 January 1963, the post of [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]] was created and became the second-highest post of the Indian Air Force.<ref name="Reorganisation">{{cite web |title=THE GAZETTE OF INDIA |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1963-MAY-JAN-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1963-01-12_019.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=12 January 1963|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> In 1968, the post was upgraded to [[three-star rank]] [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]].<ref name="brk-251221"/>

==Order of precedence==
The DCAS ranks at No. 24 on the [[Indian order of precedence]], along with [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant Generals]] of the [[Indian Army]] and [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admirals]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. The DCAS is in the HAG+ pay scale (pay level 16), and draws salary depending on the years in service. However, since they should not draw equivalent or more than the next higher level, the remuneration is capped at ₹224,000.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web|date=26 August 1979|title=President's Secretariat|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf|access-date=2021-12-27|work=Office of the President of India|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Table of Precedence (Updated) |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/table_of_precedence.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>

==Appointees==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;" | S.No.
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Rank
! scope="col" style="width: 350px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Assumed office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Left office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Notes
|-
| colspan="6" |'''Deputy Air Commander, Royal Indian Air Force'''
|-
|1
|[[Air Vice Marshal (India)|Air Vice Marshal]] {{refn|Appointed as an [[Air commodore (India)|Air Commodore]], promoted to the rank of Air vice-marshal on 15 November 1947.|group= n}}
|[[Subroto Mukerjee]]**
|15 August 1947
|31 January 1949
|<ref name="Dominion Air HQ"/>
|-
| colspan="6" |'''Deputy Chief of the Air Staff'''
|-
|1
|rowspan='6|[[Air Vice Marshal (India)|Air Vice Marshal]]
|[[Subroto Mukerjee]]**
|1 February 1949
|16 December 1952
|<ref name="Reorganisation"/>
|-
|2
|[[Aspy Merwan Engineer]]**
|17 December 1952
|30 April 1958
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Air Vice Marshal Engineer |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-12-02_373.pdf |website=pibarchive.nic.in |date=2 December 1954}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Diwan Atma Ram Nanda]]
|1 May 1958
|31 December 1962
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR FORCE HOCKEY FROM MONDAY |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1959-JULY-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1959-11-13_174.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=13 November 1959|access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|4
|[[Arjan Singh]]**
|1 January 1963
|4 August 1963
|
|-
|5
|[[Ramaswamy Rajaram]]
|5 August 1963
|30 September 1964
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AVM RAJARAM NEW COMMANDANT OF NDC |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1966-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1966-01-10_034.pdf |website=pibarchive.nic.in |date=10 January 1966}}</ref>
|-
|6
|rowspan='2'|[[Minoo Merwan Engineer]]
|1 October 1964
|28 February 1968
|<ref>{{cite web |title=BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-JAN-APR-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-03-01_084.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=1 March 1968}}</ref>
|-
|7
|rowspan='40'|[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
|1 March 1968
|4 August 1969
|
|-
|8
|[[Om Prakash Mehra]]**
|7 August 1969
|28 February 1971
|<ref name="H N Chatterjee DCAS"/>
|-
|9
|[[Hirendra Nath Chatterjee]]
|30 March 1971
|31 March 1972
|<ref name="H N Chatterjee DCAS">{{cite web |title=AIR MARSHAL H. N. CHATTERJEE - NEW DEPUTY AIR CHIEF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1971-JAN-AUG-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1971-03-18_112.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=18 March 1971|access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[Yeshwant Vinayak Malse]]
|3 May 1972
|31 March 1973
|<ref name="Malse VCAS, Dewan DCAS">{{cite web |title=AIR MARSHAL MALSE APPOINTED VICE CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-03-17_117.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=17 March 1973}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[Hari Chand Dewan]]
|1 April 1973
|18 October 1973
|<ref name="Malse VCAS, Dewan DCAS" />
|-
|12
|[[Sarosh Jehangir Dastur]]
|12 November 1973
|27 June 1974
|<ref>{{cite web |title=DASTUR APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-11-13_166.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=13 November 1973}}</ref>
|-
|13
|[[Devaiah Subia]]
|27 June 1974
|31 March 1977
|
|-
|14
|[[Jafar Zaheer]]
|20 May 1977
|23 August 1978
|
|-
|15
|[[Lal Singh Grewal]]
|24 August 1978
|31 January 1980
|
|-
|16
|[[Malcolm Wollen]]
|16 April 1980
|2 January 1981
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR MARSHAL WOLLEN APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1980-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1980-04-15_139.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=15 April 1980|access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|17
|[[Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole]]
|15 January 1981
|30 June 1983
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR MARSHAL GOLE APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1981-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1981-01-15_028.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=15 January 1981|access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|18
|[[Kapil Dev Chadha]]
|8 July 1983
|31 October 1984
|
|-
|19
|[[Johney William Greene]]
|1 January 1985
|31 May 1986
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR VICE MARSHAL GREENE PROMOTED AND APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1985-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1985-01-02_001.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=2 January 1985|access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|20
|[[Surinder Mehra]]**
|1 June 1986
|28 February 1987
|<ref>{{cite web |title=NEW APPOINTMENT FOR AIR MARSHAL MEHRA |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1987-02-27_069.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=27 February 1987}}</ref>
|-
|21
|[[Prithi Singh]]
|1 March 1987
|31 July 1988
|<ref>{{cite web |title=PIB (Defence Wing) |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-07-30_039.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=30 July 1988}}</ref>
|-
|22
|[[Rajendra Kumar Dhawan]]
|1 August 1988
|1 April 1990
|
|-
|23
|[[Brijesh Dhar Jayal]]
|2 April 1990
|6 October 1991
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR JAYAL APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-VOL-I/PDF/DEF-1990-04-08_092.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=8 April 1990}}</ref>
|-
|24
|[[Trilochan Singh Brar]]
|7 October 1991
|30 April 1993
|
|-
|25
|[[Prabhat Kumar Varma]]
|1 May 1993
|28 February 1994
|
|-
|26
|[[Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande]]
|1 March 1994
|31 January 1996
|
|-
|27
|[[Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy]]**
|1 February 1996
|23 July 1996
|
|-
|28
|[[Man Mohan Singh Vasudeva]]
|24 July 1996
|31 August 1997
|
|-
|29
|[[Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi]]
|1 September 1997
|30 September 1999
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR MARSHAL SS HUSSAIN NAQVI IS THE NEW DEPUTY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1997-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1997-09-09_068.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=9 September 1997}}</ref>
|-
|30
|[[Satish Govind Inamdar]]
|1 October 1999
|30 November 2000
|<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR MARSHAL SG INAMDAR TAKES OVER EASTERN AIR COMMAND |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2000-OCT-DEC-MIN-OF-DEC/PDF/DEF-2000-12-01_135.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=1 December 2000}}</ref>
|-
|31
|[[Tej Mohan Asthana]]
|1 December 2000
|17 March 2002
|
|-
|32
|[[Raghu Rajan (air marshal)|Raghu Rajan]]
|5 June 2002
|31 March 2004
|
|-
|33
|[[Jaspal Singh Gujral]]
|1 April 2004
|30 April 2005
|
|-
|34
|[[Arvind Kumar Nagalia]]
|24 August 2005
|28 February 2007
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Air Marshal AK Nagalia takes over as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=25 August 2022}}</ref>
|-
|35
|[[Norman Anil Kumar Browne]]**
|1 March 2007
|31 May 2009
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Air Marshal Nak Browne takes Over as the Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS) |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|36
|[[Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi]]
|1 June 2009
|31 January 2011
|<ref>{{cite web |title=One Shaurya Chakra, Three Vayu Sena Medals for Gallant Air Force Pilots|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|37
|[[Ravi Kant Sharma (air marshal)|Ravi Kant Sharma]]
|1 February 2011
|30 November 2012
|
|-
|38
|[[Subramanyam Sukumar]]
|1 December 2012
|28 February 2014
|
|-
|39
|[[S R K Nair|Sridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair]]
|1 March 2014
|30 April 2014
|
|-
|40
|[[Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha]]
|1 May 2014
|31 December 2015
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputy Chief of Air Staff Flies Tejas |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=3 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|41
|[[Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria]]**
|1 January 2016
|28 February 2017
|
|-
|42
|[[Raghunath Nambiar]]
|1 March 2017
|30 September 2018
|
|-
|43
|[[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]]**
|1 October 2018
|30 September 2019
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/iaf-announces-major-reshuffle-air-marshal-vr-chaudhari-takes-over-as-deputy-chief-of-air-staff-3359999/|title=IAF Announces Major Reshuffle, Air Marshal VR Chaudhari Takes Over as Deputy Chief of Air Staff|publisher=India.com|date=2018-10-08|access-date=2021-12-25}}</ref>
|-
|44
|[[Sandeep Singh (air marshal)|Sandeep Singh]]
|1 October 2019
|30 April 2021
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sps-aviation.com/story/?id=2650&h=Appointments|title=Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff|publisher=SPS Aviation|date=2019-09-01|access-date=2021-12-25}}</ref>
|-
|45
|[[Suraj Kumar Jha]]
|1 May 2021
|31 July 2021
|
|-
|46
|[[Narmdeshwar Tiwari]]
|1 October 2021
|Incumbent
|
|}
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Went on to become [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]

==See also==
* [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]
* [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]]
* [[Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Army Staff]]
* [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Navy Staff]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist |30em|group=n}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Indian military appointments]]

Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (India) - Revision history

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