With General Anil Chauhan’s appointment as the new CDS, another glass ceiling was broken. An officer who had hung his uniform as Lt General is back donning the olive green, but this time as a four-star officer a first among equals to the three service chiefs.
Lt General Anil Chauhan will be India s next Chief of Defence Staff. He will also function as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs. Lt Gen Anil Chauhan was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army in 1981. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.