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Three senior officers took charge in India's defence establishment on 1 August 2026: Vice Admiral AN Pramod as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Smt Alka Nangia Arora as Controller General of Defence Accounts, and Air Marshal Tejpal Singh as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
Vice Admiral Pramod succeeds Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti and Air Marshal Singh succeeds Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti — both predecessors superannuated on 31 July 2026 after 38-39 years of service.
Smt Arora, a 1991-batch IDAS officer, becomes CGDA — the civilian head of the Defence Accounts Department and Principal Accounting Officer for the Ministry of Defence.
Senior Naval Headquarters appointment assisting the Chief of Naval Staff
Civilian head of the Defence Accounts Department; Principal Accounting Officer for the Ministry of Defence; cadre-controlling authority of IDAS
Senior Air Headquarters appointment assisting the Chief of the Air Staff
An organised Group 'A' Central Civil Service; its cadre is controlled by the CGDA, who also serves as the Ministry of Defence's Principal Accounting Officer
General Studies > Appointments; GS Paper 3 > Defence Organisations
Routine — defence appointments are a recurring current-affairs category
Controller General of Defence Accounts — the civilian officer heading the Defence Accounts Department and serving as the Ministry of Defence's Principal Accounting Officer