New Delhi, July 31 -- Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja, who is presently serving as the Director General Medical Services (Air), has been appointed as the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) with effect from August 31, 2026.

He will assume the appointment upon the retirement of the incumbent DGAFMS Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, PVSM, AVSM, VSM.

An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja was commissioned in December 1986.

He obtained his MD in Medicine in 1997 and DM in Gastroenterology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 2005, where he was awarded the Best DM Student Award. An outstanding military professional, he secured an 'A' grading i...