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{{Infobox official post
| post = Director General Armed Forces Medical Services
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The '''Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS)''' is a [[three-star rank]] medical [[flag officer]] in the [[Indian Armed Forces]]-of the protocol rank equivalent to Army Commanders/Defence Secretary. As the administrative head of the Armed Forces Medical Services, the DGAFMS is the advisor to the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] (CDS) and the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] on the medical requirements of the Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web| title =DIRECTORATE GENERAL ARMED FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES | publisher =Ministry of Defence| url =https://mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services | access-date = 31 December 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132633/https://mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services| archive-date =31 December 2020| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==History==
In March 1947, an ''Armed Forces Medical Services and Research Integration Committee'' was formed by the Government of India. The committee, headed by Dr. [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]], subsequently Chief Minister of West Bengal until 1962, was tasked with examining the integration of medical services and research of the three branches of the Armed Forces. The committee recommended that the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services would have a supreme controller designated ''Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services''.<ref>{{cite web |title=DIRECTORATE GENERAL ARMED FORCE MEDICAL SERVICES {{!}} Department Of Defence |url=https://www.mod.gov.in/dod/directorate-general-armed-force-medical-services |website=www.mod.gov.in}}</ref>

==Appointees==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;"|S.No.
! scope="col" style="width: 500px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Defence branch
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Assumed office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Left office
! scope="col" style="width: 50px;" | Notes
|-
|1.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] K. S. Master {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|MC}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|September 1948
|1 October 1950
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Defence Services Medical Chief Retires|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1950-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1950-09-16_254.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=16 September 1950|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Daya Ram Thapar]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CIE|OBE}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 October 1950
|11 June 1954
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Director-General of Armed Forces Medical Services: General Thapar's Career|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1950-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1950-10-14_270.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 October 1950|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Chakravarti"/>
|-
|3.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] D. N. Chakravarti {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OBE}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|12 June 1954
|15 October 1955
|<ref name="Chakravarti">{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen Chakravarti Takes Over As D.G.A.F.M.S.|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-06-11_154.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=11 June 1954|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|4.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] B. Choudhury
|{{army|India}}
|15 October 1955
|16 October 1959
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1955-JULY%20DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1955-10-15_168.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 October 1955|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|5.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] B. M. Rao
|{{army|India}}
|16 October 1959
|1 September 1961
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Maj-Gen B.M. Rao Next Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1959-JULY-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1959-07-10_006.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=10 July 1959|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|6.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] S. P. Bhatia
|{{army|India}}
|1 September 1961
|9 October 1962
|<ref name="reflections"/>
|-
|7.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] C. C. Kapila {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|OBE}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|9 October 1962
|10 October 1964
|<ref>{{cite web|title=General Kapila Takes Over As Director-General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1963-OCTOBER-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1962-10-09_156.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 October 1962|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|8.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] T. R. Pahwa
|{{army|India}}
|10 October 1964
|25 October 1966
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Director-General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1964-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1964-10-09_192.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 October 1964|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
|9.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] A. K. Dev {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|26 October 1966
|15 December 1967
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen A. K. Dev Takes Over as New DG Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1966-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENC/PDF/DEF-1966-10-25_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 October 1966|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|10.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Jagdish Ram Vaid [[Royal College of Surgeons|FRCS]]
|{{army|India}}
|15 December 1967
|27 July 1968
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen J R Vaid - New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1967-12-14_195.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 December 1967|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen Vaid Passes Away, Body Cremated With Full Military Honours|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-07-28_092.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 July 1968|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|11.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] B. Bhattacharjya [[Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]], [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|FRCPE]]
|{{army|India}}
|31 July 1968
|9 July 1969
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt-Gen B. Bhattacharjya, New Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-07-31_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 July 1968|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|12.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] S. N. Chatterjee {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|MC}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|9 July 1969
|1 August 1973
|<ref name="Ved_Prakash"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Chatterjee Takes Over As Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1969-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1969-07-09_016.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 July 1969|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|13.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Ved Prakash {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|2 August 1973
|31 December 1974
|<ref name="Ved_Prakash">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Ved Prakash Appointed Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-07-22_035.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=22 July 1973|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|14.
|[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] Ajit Nath
|{{air force|India}}
|1 January 1975
|23 April 1976
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Ajit Nath|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/1666|website=IAF - Bharat Rakshak|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|15.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] R. S. Hoon {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|24 April 1976
|1 July 1977
|<ref name="RS_Hoon">{{cite web|title=Lt. Gen. R. S. Hoon Appointed Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-23_105.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 April 1976|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="BDP_Rao"/>
|-
|16.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] B. D. P. Rao {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|MBE}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 July 1977
|24 April 1978
|<ref name="BDP_Rao">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Rao is New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1977-06-30_175.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 June 1977|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|17.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] L. N. Budhraja {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|24 April 1978
|31 October 1979
|<ref name="reflections">{{cite web|title=Timeless Reflections 1764-2011|url=https://deltazuluconsultancy.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/timeless-reflections.pdf|website=Indian Army Medical Corps|date=2011|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Armed Forces Dental Clinic Inaugurated|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1978-APR-AUG-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1978-04-24_042.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=24 April 1978|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="DN_Gupta"/>
|-
|18.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] D. N. Gupta {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 November 1979
|31 January 1982
|<ref name="DN_Gupta">{{cite web|title=General Gupta New DGAFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-II/PDF/DEF-1979-10-28_166.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 October 1979|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="HS_Seth"/>
|-
|19.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] H. S. Seth
|{{army|India}}
|1 February 1982
|31 July 1982
|<ref name="HS_Seth">{{cite web|title=Lt Gen HS Seth New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-01-03_002.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 January 1982|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|20.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] V.V.S. Pratapa Rao {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 August 1982
|31 May 1983
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Director General For Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1980-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-M-II/PDF/DEF-1982-07-25_025.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 July 1982|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|21.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] A. R. Subramanian
|{{army|India}}
|1 June 1983
|1985
|<ref>{{cite web|title=General Subramanian to Head Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-05-31_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 May 1983|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|22.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] H. C. Puri [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons|FRCS]], [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh|FRCSE]]
|{{army|India}}
|October 1985
|31 August 1986
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen H.C. Puri New DG AFMS|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1985-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1985-10-18_298.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=18 October 1985|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen H.C. Puri Retires|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-1JULY-DEC31-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-08-31_055.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 August 1986|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|23.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Jagdish Narayan {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 September 1986
|31 December 1987
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Jagdish Narayan Appointed As Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-1JULY-DEC31-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-09-06_058.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 September 1986|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|24.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] K. D. Kapur
|{{army|India}}
|1 January 1988
|September 1988
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Symposium on Diabetology, Endocrinology and Metabolism Inaugurated|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-08-26_063.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 August 1988|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|25.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Jaswant Singh Paul
|{{army|India}}
|30 September 1988
|February 1990
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Paul Appointed DG Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-09-30_096.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 September 1988|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|26.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] V. K. Tewari
|{{army|India}}
|16 February 1990
|March 1991
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen VK Tewari Retires |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-03-05_084.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 March 1991|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|27.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] N. C. Sanyal
|{{army|India}}
|16 April 1991
|December 1994
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen N C Sanyal Is New DG Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1991-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1991-04-16_110.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=16 April 1991|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|28.
|Surgeon [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Inderjit Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=}}}}
|{{navy|India}}
|18 December 1994
|1 September 1996
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Surgeon Vice Admiral Inderjit Singh Takes Over As Director General Armed Forces Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1994-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1994-12-18_430.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=18 December 1994|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|29.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] D. Raghunath {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 September 1996
|1 September 1997
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen D Raghunath Takes Over As DG AFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-09-09_087.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 September 1996|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="jayaswal"/>
|-
|30.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Ramanand Jayaswal {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 September 1997
|2000
|<ref name="jayaswal">{{cite web|title=Gen Jayaswal New DG of Armed Forces Medical Services |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/MINISTRY%20OF%20HEALTH/1997-JAN-DEC-MIN-HEALTH-FAMILY-PLANNING-NO-1-31/PDF/HEA-1997-09-01_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 September 1997|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|31.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] R. K. Jetley {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|9 October 2000
|31 October 2002
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Jetley Takes Over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2000-OCT-DEC-MIN-OF-DEC/PDF/DEF-2000-10-09_017.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 October 2000|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|32.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Bijoy Nandan Shahi]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 November 2002
|1 February 2004
|<ref>{{cite web|title=LT GEN SHAHI TAKES OVER AS NEW DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2002/rnov2002/02112002/r021120021.html|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 2004|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|33.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] J. R. Bhardwaj {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 February 2004
|May 2005
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen JR Bhardwaj takes over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 2004|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Rahul |date=3 June 2005 |title=More legal trouble for the Army|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/More-legal-trouble-for-the-Army/articleshow/1131905.cms|work=Times of India |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|34.
|Surgeon [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]] Vijai Kumar Singh
|{{navy|India}}
|June 2005
|1 May 2007
|<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2007 |title=Vice Adm Yogendra Singh to Take Charge as DGAFMS|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/04/30/vice-adm-yogendra-singh-to-take-charge-as-dgafms-1178000307.html |work=OneIndia.com |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|35.
|Surgeon [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]] Yogendra Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|VSM}}}}
|{{navy|India}}
|1 May 2007
|30 May 2009
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Surg. Vice Admiral Yogendra Singh takes over as new DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 May 2007|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|36.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Naresh Kumar Parmar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 June 2009
|1 June 2011
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Naresh Kumar assumes the charge of DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 June 2009|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|37.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] H. L. Kakria {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 June 2011
|30 June 2012
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt. General HL Kakria Takes Over as DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 June 2011|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|38.
|[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] D. P. Joshi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM,AVSM}}}}
|{{air force|India}}
|1 July 2012
|31 October 2014
|<ref>{{cite news |date=3 July 2012 |title=Air Marshal Joshi appointed DGAFMS |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/air-marshal-joshi-appointed-dgafms/969608/ |work=Indian Express |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="chopra"/>
|-
|39.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] B. K. Chopra {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 November 2014
|30 June 2016
|<ref name="chopra">{{cite web|title=LT Gen BK Chopra Takes Over As DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 2014|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|40.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Manoj Kumar Unni {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 July 2016
|1 November 2017
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen MK Unni Takes over as the new DGAFMS |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 July 2016|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
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|41.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Bipin Puri {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|VSM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 November 2017
|1 November 2019
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Bipin Puri, VSM, PHS Director General Armed Forces Medical Service |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive2/PrintRelease.aspx|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 November 2017|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
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|42.
|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] Anup Banerji {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|SM}}}}
|{{army|India}}
|1 November 2019
|31 December 2020
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Gen Anup Banerji takes charge as DG AFMS|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1589978|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 November 2019|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
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|43.
|Surgeon [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]] Rajat Datta {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|SM|VSM}}}}
|{{navy|India}}
|1 January 2021
|''Incumbent''
|<ref name="incumbent">{{cite web|title=Surgeon Vice Admiral Rajat Datta takes over as Director General Armed Forces Medical Services|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1685414|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 January 2021|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Army Medical Corps (India)]]

==References==
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{{Military of India}}

[[Category:Indian military appointments]]
[[Category:Military medical organizations]]

Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India) - Revision history

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