Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar | |
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| 48th Vice Chief of the Air Staff | |
| Assumed office 3 October 2024 | |
| Chief of Air Staff | Amar Preet Singh |
| Preceded by | Amar Preet Singh |
| Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Air Command | |
| In office 1 October 2022 – 30 September 2024 | |
| Chief of Air Staff | Vivek Ram Chaudhari |
| Preceded by | Dilip Kumar Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Surat Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Children | Ankush Dharkar |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Air Force |
| Years of service | 14 June 1985 - Present [1] |
| Rank |  Air Marshal |
| Unit | No. 31 Squadron |
| Commands | |
| Service Number | 17841[1] |
| Awards | |
Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar, PVSM, AVSM is a serving air officer of the Indian Air Force. He is currently serving as the 48th Vice Chief of the Air Staff.[2] He previously served as the Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command,[3] prior to that he was the Senior Air Staff Officer of the South Western Air Command, Gandhinagar.[4] He also served as the first Director General of the newly formed Defence Space Agency at Bengaluru.[5]
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- ^ "S P Dharkar new chief of IAF Eastern Air Command". The Economic Times. 2022-10-01. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "SP Dharkar new chief of IAF Eastern Air Command". India Today. 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "Defence Space Agency will be based at Bengaluru". www.asianage.com. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2024-09-27.