Air Marshal (Dr) Rajeev Sachdeva (Retd)

Commissioned on 11 Dec 1981, was alumnus of Flying Instructors’ School, College
of Defence Management and National Defence College. Cat ‘A’ Qualified Flying
Instructor was also an Air Force Examiner with over 7200 hours on various Transport and Trainer aircraft.

Important Appointments held includes, Command of An-32 Squadron, AOC (Base
Commander) of Chandigarh Airbase, Chief Instructor at Fixed Wing Training Faculty,
Centre Director (Aviation) at NTRO (an intelligence agency) and Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Southern Air Command.

In Joint-Services institution he served at Intelligence, Training, Operations,
Policy Planning & Force Structuring. He was also the Commandant of College of
Defence Management, which received the President’s Colours last month. He raised the Defence Cyber Agency, Defence Space Agency and the Armed Forces Special Ops Division.

Holds a Doctorate, M Phil, Masters in Management and B.Com (Hons), Certified
‘A’ Project Manager by International Project Management Association, a Distinguished
Fellow at USI, Centre of Air Power Studies, Centre for Land Warfare Studies & at the
academic council of i2p2M (an International Project Management training institute).

He is also certified as a Management Instructor by All India Management Association.
He has published papers for various journals, including chapters in books published
by NDC, CAPS, USI and Strive India. Lectured in Military, Civil and Academic Institutions.

Doctorate was in Business Management from Osmania University and the research topic was on Decision Making in Aviation.

Recipient of Presidential medal, Ati Vishist Seva Medal and Commendation by the
Chief of the Air Staff.