Awards AppointmentsTuesday, 12 May 2026·https://testbook.com/current-affairs/12-may-2026-daily-current-affairs
India appoints Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as next CDS and Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as Navy Chief
The Government of India on May 9, 2026 named Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as CDS and Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as Navy Chief.
Key highlights
Direct fact
On May 9, 2026, the Government of India appointed Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as the next Chief of Defence Staff and Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as the new Chief of the Naval Staff, with both officers set to take charge after May 31, 2026.
Key specifics
- Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani will succeed Gen Anil Chauhan, who retires on May 31, 2026.
- The new CDS will also serve as Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs.
- Subramani was commissioned into the 8th Battalion of the Garhwal Rifles in December 1985.
- Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1987 as a communication and electronic warfare specialist.
- CDS was instituted in 2019; General Bipin Rawat was the first CDS of India.
Exam lens
Appointment-based question, CDS 2019, DMA under Ministry of Defence, succession after May 31, 2026; TNPSC may ask the names of the new CDS and Navy Chief.