Lt General Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal Bharti take over as deputy chiefs
NEW DELHI: Army's director-general of military operations Lt General Rajiv Ghai and IAF's director-general of air operations Air Marshal A K Bharti, both of whom conducted media briefings of
Operation Sindoor
, have been promoted as deputy chiefs of their services.
While the IAF has only one Deputy Chief of Air Staff, who is tasked with modernisation of the service, Lt Gen Ghai is the new deputy chief of Army Staff (Strategy), a post that was created in 2020 to synergise military operations, military intelligence, operational logistics, perspective planning and information warfare. The Army has two other DCOAS posts - one handling capability development and sustenance, and the other, in charge of information systems and coordination.
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