Air Marshal S Shrinivas Takes Over As Commandant Air Force Academy
Secunderabad, 01 Sep 2023: Air Marshal S Shrinivas took over as Commandant, Air Force Academy, Indian Air Force on 01 September 2023 from Air Marshal B Chandra Sekhar who superannuated from service.
The Air Marshal is a science graduate from National Defence Academy (NDA), commissioned in June 1987 in the fighter stream of the IAF. He is a ‘Category A’ Qualified Flying Instructor with over 4200 hours of flying experience on MiG-21, Iskra, Kiran, PC-7, HPT-32, Microlite, and miscellaneous aircraft. He is also qualified as a 2nd pilot on Chetak/Cheetah helicopter and a categorised Operations Officer on
SAM-III (Pechora).
He has held a number of command appointments in his career that include command of a frontline fighter base, a premier flying training base, the prestigious Flying Instructors School, the Institute of Flight Safety and Basic Flying Training School. His other appointments include Chief Instructor (Flying) at Air Force Academy, Ops Staff at HQ Central Air Command and Directing Staff at College of Air Warfare. He was the AOC Advance HQ WAC (Jaipur) prior to his previous appointment as the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Personnel Officers).
He is an alumnus of National Defence College, College of Defence Management and Defence Services Staff College. His educational qualifications include Master of Philosophy in Defence and Strategic Studies, Master in Management Studies and Master in Defence and Strategic Studies.
In recognition of his distinguished service, the Air Marshal was awarded with Vishist Seva Medal by the Honourable President of India, and Commendation by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
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