While the IAF Chief’s appointment is along expected lines of seniority, the new Army Chief will supercede two seniors — Eastern Army commander Lt.C.New Delhi: The government named Lt.Meanwhile, the new chiefs of the IB and the R&AW will have a two-year tenure.Lt. Gen.Earlier in the day, the government appointed Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain as the new chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) custom special bolts Company and Anil Dhasmana as the new head of the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency.Mr Dhasmana who will take over the reins of the R&AW succeeds Rajinder Khanna who completes his tenure this year-end.Commissioned into the IAF’s fighter stream in 1978, Air Marshal Dhanoa has served in various squadrons and in the intelligence directorate of Air Headquarters. Mr Dhasmana, a 1981-batch officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been with the R&AW for the last 23 years during which he has served on important desks, including Pakistan.News agency PTI quoted official sources saying that Lt.S. Sinha. S.Meanwhile, while a theory is doing the rounds that the government may also establish the post of a five-star general in the form of chief of defence staff (CDS), and Gen. Gen.He was advisor to the previous NDA government’s interlocutor on Kashmir K. Bakshi, an Armoured corps officer, had not held critical field postings, while Lt.

A recipient of President’s police medal, the 1980-batch officer has served in various departments, including the sensitive Kashmir desk, of the IB. Vaidya was made the 13th Army Chief overlooking the seniority of Lt. Pant when talks were held with separatist leaders like Shabbir Shah. Bipin Rawat as the new Army Chief and Air Marshal B. In 1983, General A.This will be the second time that the seniority principle has not been followed in the Army.S.M. Gen. Praveen Bakshi and Southern Army commander Lt. Hariz had no experience in operational areas in terms of counter-insurgency or seeing action along the LoC. Gen. P. Army Chief General Dalbir Singh and IAF Chief Arup Raha will both retire on December 31. Mr Jain, who is serving as the special director in the IB, will take over on January 1 after incumbent Dineshwar Sharma completes his two-year tenure on December 31. Gen.Sources told this newspaper that there was a danger of toppling the balance in the Army, which would affect the line of succession. Bakshi may be named as the country’s first CDS, no details were available. Rawat, from the Gorkha Regiment, was found best suited to deal with emerging challenges, including a reorganised and restructured military force in the north, continuing terrorism and غير مجاز مي باشد war from the west, and the situation in the northeast. Hariz. Gen.K. Dhanoa as the new Chief of the IAF, ending weeks of intense speculation in a late evening announcement on Saturday.