Lt. Gen. N.S. Raja Subramani to take over as CDS; Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan appointed Navy Chief
Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd). Photo credit: PIB The Union government on Saturday (May 9, 2026) announced two major appointments, naming Lieutenant General N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd.) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. According to the Ministry of Defence,…