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Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee
Flag of the Integrated Defence Staff
Incumbent Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM since 3 April 2023
Indian Armed Forces
Type	Vice chief of defence
Status	Executive-in-charge of the Integrated Defence Staff.
Abbreviation	CISC
Member of	Chiefs of Staff Committee Integrated Defence Staff Vice Chiefs Committee
Reports to	Chief of Defence Staff
Seat	South Hutments, Kashmir House, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi
Appointer	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Ministry of Defence
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	1 October 2001; 23 years ago (2001-10-01)
First holder	Lieutenant General Pankaj Joshi PVSM, AVSM
Deputy	Deputy Chiefs of the Integrated Defence Staff (DCIDS)
Website	Official website

The Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is the statutory office that heads the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), the principal inter-service syndicate of the Indian Armed Forces. Customarily held by a three-star officer nominated from either of India’s three armed services, the CISC is the second-highest authority responsible for inter-service jointness, subordinate only to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).

By function, the CISC is the executive-in-charge of the IDS, and thus, maintains oversight over inter-service coordination on crucial disciplines related to military functioning, specifically, intelligence, doctrine, joint planning, budgetary allocations and training. In addition, the CISC serves as a non-voting member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee - of which the CDS is its Chairman; thus by definition, the CISC reports to the CDS, who is the final authority on military jointness.

Domestically, the CISC ranks 23rd-overall in the Indian order of precedence and is the status-equivalent to the Vice Chiefs of Staff of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force; internationally, it is identical to Canada's Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Spain's Chief of the Joint Defence Staff.

Organisation

The CISC is a Three-star rank officer from the three Services in rotation. The CISC reports to the Chief of Defence Staff in New Delhi. He is assisted by the following five Principal Staff Officers (all three-star appointments) who head the various branches within the IDS.

• Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning and Force Development) - DCIDS (PP&FD)
• Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation and Training) - DCIDS (DOT)
• Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) - DCIDS (Ops)
• Director General Defence Intelligence Agency & Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence) - DGDIA & DCIDS (Int)
• Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical Branch) - DCIDS (Med)

Appointees

No.	Portrait	Appointee	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Service branch	Ref.
1		Lieutenant General Pankaj Joshi PVSM, AVSM	1 October 2001	30 September 2003	1 year, 364 days	Indian Army
2		Vice Admiral Raman Puri PVSM, AVSM, VSM	20 October 2003	28 February 2006	2 years, 131 days	Indian Navy
3		Lieutenant General H. S. Lidder UYSM, YSM, VSM	2 March 2006	30 September 2008	2 years, 212 days	Indian Army
4		Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul AVSM, VM, VSM	1 October 2008	30 December 2010	2 years, 90 days	Indian Air Force
5		Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM	31 December 2010	3 July 2011	184 days	Indian Navy
6		Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha AVSM, NM	4 July 2011	30 August 2011	57 days	Indian Navy
7		Vice Admiral S. P. S. Cheema AVSM, NM	31 August 2011	1 November 2012	1 year, 62 days	Indian Navy
8		Lieutenant General N. C. Marwah PVSM, AVSM	2 November 2012	30 June 2013	240 days	Indian Army
9		Lieutenant General Anil Chait PVSM, AVSM, VSM	1 July 2013	30 June 2014	364 days	Indian Army
10		Air Marshal P. P. Reddy VM	1 July 2014	30 October 2016	2 years, 121 days	Indian Air Force
11		Lieutenant General Satish Dua UYSM, SM, VSM	31 October 2016	31 October 2018	2 years, 0 days	Indian Army
12		Lieutenant General P. S. Rajeshwar PVSM, AVSM, VSM	1 November 2018	30 November 2019	1 year, 29 days	Indian Army
13		Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar AVSM, VSM	2 December 2019	28 February 2021	1 year, 88 days	Indian Navy
14		Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM	28 February 2021	30 September 2021	214 days	Indian Navy
15		Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna AVSM, SC	30 September 2021	31 March 2023	214 days	Indian Air Force
16		Lieutenant General Johnson P Mathew PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM	03 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 285 days	Indian Army

See also

Inter-service offices

• Chiefs of Staff Committee
• Chief of Defence Staff

Other offices of the Indian Armed Forces

• Chief of the Army Staff
• Chief of the Naval Staff
• Chief of the Air Staff

References

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2. "OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS" (PDF). cgda.nic.in. 7 July 2017.
3. ^ "Pankaj Joshi is new CIDS". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 September 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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21. "Lt Gen Naresh Chandra Marwah takes Over as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC)". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
22. "Lieutenant General Anil Chait Takes over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
23. "Air Marshal PP Reddy Takes Over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
24. IANS (1 July 2014). "Air Marshal Reddy is new Chief of Integrated Defence Staff". Business Standard India. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
25. "Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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27. @HQ_IDS_India (1 December 2019). "V Adm R Hari Kumar, AVSM, VSM assumed the Appt of CISC on 02 Dec 19" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
28. "Vice Admiral A.B. Singh to take over as FOC-in-C of ENC". The Hindu. 28 February 2021.
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30. "Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff To The Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee (CISC)". HQ IDS. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

External links

• Official Website - CISC

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