New Delhi, June 2: Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General N S Raja Subramani called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at 'Kartavya Bhavan' on Tuesday.

In a post on X the Raksha Mantri Office (RMO), "Newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General N S Raja Subramani called on Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh at 'Kartavya Bhavan'."

Earlier, on Monday, CDS General NS Raja Subramani, along with his wife Mahalakshmi Subramani, called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The Government appointed General NS Raja Subramani as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on May 9. He took charge on May 31 as the third CDS. He will also function as the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs.

He served as Military Adviser at the National Security Council Secretariat, as Vice Chief of the Army Staff and as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command.

He was commissioned into the 8th Battalion of the Garhwal Rifles on December 14, 1985.

A highly decorated officer with over four decades of service, General Subramani was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in December 1985. His distinguished career includes a number of key Command and Staff appointments, including General Officer Commanding, 2 Corps, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command; and the Vice Chief of the Army Staff. Prior to assuming the appointment of CDS, he served as Military Adviser at the National Security Council Secretariat.