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DETAILS OF PRESIDENTS : DURAND FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT SOCIETY
Durand Football Tournament Society was registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 on 20 December 1958.
Since after Registration, senior most Chiefs of Staff among the Army, Navy and Air Force played the role of President of the Society. Thereafter, on institution of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff in 2020, the CDS has been playing the role of President, DFTS. The details of Presidents of Durand Football Tournament Society are as under :-
| Serial No. | Name of Officer | Period |
|---|---|---|
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1. |
Shri HM Patel, ICS (Retd) |
1950 to 1958 |
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2. |
Air Marshal S Mukherjee, OBE |
1958-1960 |
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3. |
General KS Thimayya, DSO |
1960-1961 |
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4. |
Vice Admiral RD Katari |
1961-1962 |
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5. |
General PN Thapar |
1962-1963 |
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6. |
General JN Chaudhuri |
1964-1966 |
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7. |
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, DFC |
1967-1968 |
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7. |
Admiral AK Chatterji |
1969 |
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8. |
Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, MC |
1970-1973 |
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9. |
General GG Bewoor, PVSM |
1973-1974 |
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10.. |
Air Chief Marshal OP Mehra, PVSM |
1974-1975 |
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11. |
General TN Raina, MVC |
1975-1977 |
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12. |
Air Chief Marshal H MoolGaokar, PVSM, MVC |
1978 |
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13. |
Admiral JalCursetji, PVSM |
1979-1980 |
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14. |
General OP Malhotra, PVSM |
1981 |
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15. |
Admiral KV Krishna Rao, PVSM |
1982 |
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16. |
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VM |
1983 |
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17. |
Admiral OS Dawson, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
1984 |
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18. |
General AS Vaidya, PVSM, MVC**, AVSM, ADC |
1985 |
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19. |
Admiral RH Tahiliani, PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, ADC |
1986 |
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20. |
Air Chief Marshal DA La Fontaine, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
1987 |
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21. |
Admiral JG Nadkarni, PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, ADC |
1988-89 |
22. |
Air Chief Marshal SK Mehra, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
1990 |
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23. |
General SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC |
1991-92 |
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24. |
Admiral L Ramdas, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC |
1993 |
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25. |
General BC Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
1994 |
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26. |
Air Chief Marshal SK Kaul, PVSM, MVC, ADC |
1995 |
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27. |
Admiral VS Shekhawat, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, ADC |
1996 |
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28. |
General Shankar Roy Chowdhury, PVSM, ADC |
1996 |
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29. |
Air Chief Marshal SK Sareen, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
1997-98 |
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30. |
General VP Malik, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
1999 |
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31. |
Admiral Sushil Kumar, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, NM, ADC |
2000 |
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32. |
General S Padmanabhan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC |
2001 |
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33. |
Admiral Madhvendra Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
2002-2003 |
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34. |
Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, PVSM, AVSM, & VM |
2004 |
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35. |
General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, ADC |
2005 |
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36. |
Admiral Arun Prakash, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC |
2005 |
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37. |
Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
2006 |
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38. |
General JJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC |
2007 |
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39. |
Admiral Suresh Mehta, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
2007-08 |
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40. |
General Deepak Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC |
2009 |
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41. |
Air Chief Marshal PV Naik, PVSM, VSM, ADC |
2010-11 |
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42. |
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
2012 |
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43. |
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
2013 |
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44. |
General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM,VSM, ADC |
2014 |
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45. |
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
2015-2016 |
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46. |
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC |
2017-2018 |
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47. |
General Bipin Rawat, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of Defence Staff & COSC |
2019-2021 |
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48. |
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC |
2021-22 |
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49. |
General Anil Chauhan,PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM Chief of Defence Staff & COSC |
2023 to till date |