India Appoints New Defence, Navy Chiefs, To Assume Office By Month-End

The Centre has appointed Lieutenant General N S Raja Subramani as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff, succeeding General Anil Chauhan.

Chauhan will complete his tenure on May 30.

Lieutenant General N S Raja Subramani will also function as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs, with effect from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders.
He began his journey in uniform at the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in December 1985. He went on to attend the Joint Services Command Staff College, Bracknell (UK), following which he returned to India and was appointed Brigade Major of a mountain brigade.(UPDATED ON 9TH MAY 2026)