Chiefs of Army Staff – from 1947 , till date

S.No.	Name	Tenure
1	General Sir Robert Lockhart	15 Aug 1947 – 31 Dec 1947
2	General Sir Roy Bucher	01 Jan 1948 – 15 Jan 1949
3	Field Marshal KM Cariappa	16 Jan 1949 – 14 Jan 1953
4	General KS Rajendra Sinhji	15 Jan 1953-14 May 1955
5	General S.M.Srinagesh	15 May 1955-7 May 1957
6	LGeneral K.S. Thimayya	8 May 1957-7 May 1961
7	General P.N. Thapar	8 May 1961-19 November 1962
8	General J.N. Choudhuri	20 November 1962-7 June 1966
9	General P.P. Kumaramangalam	8 June 1966-7 June 1969
10	Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw	8 June 1969-15 January 1973
11	General G.G.Bewoor	16 January 1973-31 May 1975
12	General T.N. Raina	1 June 1975-31 May 1978
13	General O.P. Malhotra	1 June 1978-31 May 1981
14	General K.V.Krishna Rao	1 June 1981-31 July 1983
15	General A.S.Vaidya	1 August 1983-31 January 1986
16	General K.Sunderji	1 February 1986-31 May 1988
17	General V.N.Sharma	1 May 1988-30 June 1990
18	General S.F.Rodrigues	1 July 1990-30 June 1993
19	General B.C.Joshi	1 July 1993-19 November 1994
20	General S.Roychowdhury	22 November 1994-30 September 1997
21	General V.P.Malik	1 October 1997-30 September 2000
22	General S. Padmanabhan	1 October 2000- 31December 2002
23	General N.C.Vij	31 December 2002 - 31 January 2005
24	General J J Singh	01 February 2005 - 30 September 2007
25	General Deepak Kapoor	30 September 2007-30 March 2010
26	General V.K. Singh	31 March 2010 - 31 May 2012
27	General Bikram Singh	01 June 2012 - Incumbent