Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja takes over as DGAFMS

Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja assumed office as the 47th Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) on September 01, 2026. Commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in December 1986 and an alumnus of AFMC Pune, he is a physician and gastroenterologist. Throughout his nearly four-decade career, he has held various clinical, academic, operational, and administrative roles, including Commandant of AFMC Pune and DGMS (Air). Prior to assuming the appointment, he laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in New Delhi.