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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>#REDIRECT [[Chief of Integrated Defence Staff]]<br />
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The '''Vice Chief of Defence Staff''' (VCDS) is the deputy to the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff of India]] and is the second most senior officer of the Chiefs of Staff Committee however they are not the second highest ranking officer of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] as the position holder is usually a three star officer. Air Marshal [[Balabhadra Radha Krishna]] is the current Vice Chief of Defence Staff.<ref name="toi-280221"/><br />
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== About ==<br />
{{See also|Jointness and integration in the Indian military}}<br />
The [[Chief of Integrated Defence Staff]] (CIDS) was reconstituted as the Vice Chief of Defence Staff to work in the [[Department of Military Affairs]] headed by the CDS.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Misra|first=Prof (Dr) SN|date=4 January 2020|title=The challenges before Chief of Defence Staff|url=http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/the-challenges-before-chief-of-defence-staff/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Indian Defence Review|language=en-US|quote=The CIDS will henceforth be rechristened as Vice Chief of Defence Staff and work under the nearly created department of military affairs headed by the CDS.}}</ref><br />
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== Appointees ==<br />
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| military_rank = [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]<br />
| officeholder = [[R. Hari Kumar]]<br />{{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}<br />
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| term_start = 4 January 2020<br />
| term_end = 28 February 2021<br />
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2020|01|04|2021|02|28}}<br />
| defence_branch = {{navy|India}}<br />
| ref = <ref>{{cite tweet|user=HQ_IDS_India|number=1201512924583358464|title=V Adm R Hari Kumar, AVSM, VSM assumed the Appt of CISC on 02 Dec 19.|date=2019-12-01}}</ref><br />
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| image = Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, AVSM, VSM.jpg<br />
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| officeholder = [[Atul Kumar Jain]]<br />{{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}<br />
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| ref = <ref name="toi-280221">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/vice-admiral-ab-singh-to-take-over-as-foc-in-c-of-enc/article33952380.ece|title= Vice Admiral A.B. Singh to take over as FOC-in-C of ENC |publisher=The Hindu|date=28 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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| image = Air Marshal BR Krishna took over as the AOC-in-C Western air command (cropped).jpg<br />
| military_rank = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]<br />
| officeholder = [[Balabhadra Radha Krishna]]<br />{{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|AVSM|SC}}<br />
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| ref = <ref name="ANI">{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/ANI/status/1441289031552143362|title= AM BR Krishna takes over}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Military of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Ministry of Defence (India)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian military appointments]]<br />
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