The Authorities has determined to nominate Lieutenant Normal Anil Chauhan (retired) as the following Chief of Defence Workers (CDS), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated on Wednesday.
The publish of CDS has been mendacity vacant since Normal Bipin Rawat’s dying in a helicopter crash on December 8 final 12 months.
The MoD, in a launch, stated Lt Normal Chauhan shall additionally operate 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.
In a profession spanning over almost 40 years, Lt Gen Chauhan had held a number of command, employees and instrumental appointments and had in depth expertise in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu & Kashmir and Northeast India.
Lt Gen Anil 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 Indian Navy Academy, Dehradun.
Within the rank of Maj Normal, the officer had commanded an Infantry Division within the vital Baramula sector within the Northern Command. Later as Lt Normal, he commanded a corps within the Northeast and subsequently went to grow to be the Normal Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Jap Command from September 2019 and held the cost till his retirement from the service in Could 2021.