The Centre on Tuesday appointed Lt Basic Anil Chauhan (retired) as the following Chief of Defence Employees (CDS), greater than 9 months after Basic Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash.
Lt Basic Chauhan, who was serving because the Navy Advisor to the Nationwide Safety Council Secretariat following his retirement as Japanese Command Chief in Could of 2021, will even perform as Secretary to the Authorities of India, Division of Navy Affairs, with impact from the date of his assumption of cost and till additional orders, the defence ministry introduced. He’s mentioned to be near Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval.
To allow his appointment because the second CDS, the Ministry of Defence issued a notification in June to permit retired three-star officers from the Military, Air Pressure, and Navy to grow to be eligible for crucial army submit if they don’t seem to be older than 62. The service guidelines of the Military, Air Pressure, and Navy have been amended to insert the identical clause for making retired chiefs and their seconds-in-command within the armed forces eligible to grow to be the CDS.
In a profession spanning over almost 40 years, the extremely embellished Lt. Gen. Chauhan had held a number of command, workers, and instrumental appointments and had in depth expertise in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir and North-East India.
Born on Could 18, 1961, Chauhan was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Military in 1981. He’s an alumnus of the Nationwide Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and the Indian Navy Academy, Dehradun. Within the rank of Maj Basic, the officer had commanded an Infantry Division within the vital Baramula sector within the Northern Command, the MoD mentioned. Later, as Lt Basic, he commanded a corps within the North East and subsequently went to grow to be the Basic Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Japanese Command in September 2019 and held the cost till his retirement from the service in Could 2021, the ministry said.
Along with these command appointments, the officer additionally tenanted necessary workers appointments, together with the cost of Director Basic of Navy Operations. Earlier, the officer had additionally served as a United Nations mission to Angola. The officer superannuated from the Indian Military on Could 31, 2021. Lt. Basic Chauhan (Retired) was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal, and Vishisht Seva Medal for his distinguished and illustrious service within the Military.