
Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as the Chief of
Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) on 1 July
2026. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Service Staff College and
National Defence College, Air Marshal Singh was commissioned into the fighter
stream of the Indian Air Force on 13 June 1987. He is a Category ‘A’ Qualified
Flying Instructor with over 4,500 hours of flying experience. He has commanded
a fighter squadron, a radar station, a premier fighter Base and was Air Officer
Commanding, Jammu & Kashmir.
Prior to his present appointment,
he was the AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command. His varied staff appointments
include operational staff at a Command HQ, Air Commodore (Personnel Officers-1)
at Air Headquarters, Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, financial
(planning) at HQ IDS, Air Commodore (aerospace safety), Assistant Chief of Air
Staff Ops (Offensive), Assistant Chief of Air Staff Ops (Strategy) at Air
Headquarters, Senior Air Staff Officer, Eastern Air Command, Deputy Chief of
the Air Staff and AOC-in-C, Training Command.