Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
Flag of Integrated Defence Staff
Incumbent
Lt General JP Mathew
since 1 May 2023
Integrated Defence Staff
AbbreviationCISC
Member ofChiefs of Staff Committee
Reports toChief of Defence Staff
Formation1 October 2001
First holderLieutenant general Pankaj Joshi
WebsiteOfficial website

The Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is the head of the Integrated Defence Staff which acts as the point organisation for jointmanship in the Ministry of Defence. In November 2019, government sources disclosed the post of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff would be converted to that of Vice Chief of Defence Staff some in the future.[1]

Organisation

The CISC is a Three-star rank officer from the three Services in rotation. The CISC reports to the Chief of Defence Staff in New Delhi. He is assisted by the following five Principal Staff Officers (all three-star appointments) who head the various branches within the IDS.

List of chiefs

No. Photo Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Service branch Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Lieutenant general
Pankaj Joshi
PVSM, AVSM 		1 October 2001 (2001-10-01) 30 September 2003 (2003-09-30) 1 year, 364 days  Indian Army [7]
2 Vice admiral
Raman Puri
PVSM, AVSM, VSM 		20 October 2003 (2003-10-20) 28 February 2006 (2006-02-28) 2 years, 131 days  Indian Navy [8]
3 Lieutenant general
H. S. Lidder
UYSM, YSM, VSM 		2 March 2006 (2006-03-02) 30 September 2008 (2008-09-30) 2 years, 212 days  Indian Army [9][10]
[11]
4 Air Marshal
Suresh Chandra Mukul
AVSM, VM, VSM 		1 October 2008 (2008-10-01) 30 December 2010 (2010-12-30) 2 years, 90 days  Indian Air Force [12][13]
5 Vice admiral
Devendra Kumar Joshi
AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM 		31 December 2010 (2010-12-31) 3 July 2011 (2011-07-03) 184 days  Indian Navy [14]
6 Vice admiral
Shekhar Sinha
AVSM, NM 		4 July 2011 (2011-07-04) 30 August 2011 (2011-08-30) 57 days  Indian Navy [15]
7 Vice admiral
S. P. S. Cheema
AVSM, NM 		31 August 2011 (2011-08-31) 1 November 2012 (2012-11-01) 1 year, 62 days  Indian Navy [16]
8 Lieutenant general
N. C. Marwah
PVSM, AVSM 		2 November 2012 (2012-11-02) 30 June 2013 (2013-06-30) 240 days  Indian Army [17]
9 Lieutenant general
Anil Chait
PVSM, AVSM, VSM 		1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 30 June 2014 (2014-06-30) 364 days  Indian Army [18]
10 Air marshal
P P Reddy
VM 		1 July 2014 (2014-07-01) 30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) 2 years, 121 days  Indian Air Force [19][20]
11 Lieutenant general
Satish Dua
UYSM, SM, VSM 		31 October 2016 (2016-10-31) 31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) 2 years, 0 days  Indian Army [21]
12 Lieutenant general
P. S. Rajeshwar
PVSM, VSM 		1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) 30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 1 year, 29 days  Indian Army [22]
13 Vice admiral
R. Hari Kumar
AVSM, VSM 		2 December 2019 (2019-12-02) 28 February 2021 (2021-02-28) 1 year, 88 days  Indian Navy [23]
14 Vice admiral
Atul Kumar Jain
PVSM, AVSM, VSM 		28 February 2021 30 September 2021 214 days  Indian Navy [24]
15 Air Marshal
Balabhadra Radha Krishna
AVSM, SC 		30 September 2021 31 March 2023 1 year, 182 days  Indian Air Force [25]
16 Lieutenant general
JP Mathew
UYSM, AVSM, VSM 		01 May 2023 Incumbent 344 days  Indian Army [26]

See also

References

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  18. ^ "Lieutenant General Anil Chait Takes over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Air Marshal PP Reddy Takes Over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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  21. ^ "Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  22. ^ "Lt Gen P S Rajeshwar assumes charge as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, COSC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  23. ^ @HQ_IDS_India (2 December 2019). "V Adm R Hari Kumar, AVSM, VSM assumed the Appt of CISC on 02 Dec 19" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Vice Admiral A.B. Singh to take over as FOC-in-C of ENC". The Hindu. 28 February 2021.
  25. ^ PIB Delhi (1 October 2021). "Air Marshal BR Krishna assumes charge of CISC". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff To The Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee (CISC)". HQ IDS. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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