Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, a former vice chief of the Indian Air Force, is set to take charge as the military adviser to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) on April 24, a government official aware of the top appointment .

• Singh retired as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff on January 31, 2023 after a military career spanning almost four decades.
• An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the IAF as a fighter pilot in December 1983.
• He has flown several aircraft, and has nearly 4,900 hours of operational and test flying experience on Su-30 MKI, MiG-29, MiG-21, AN-32, Avro, Jaguar and Mirage 2000.
• He also played a key role in the induction, production and weaponisation of the Su-30 MKI aircraft in India.