Air Marshal Anil Chopra PVSM AVSM VM VSM (Ret’d)          Director General

A QFI, test pilot, and a pioneer of Mirage-2000 fleet, who has commanded a Mirage Squadron and the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He was the team leader of MiG-21 Upgrade (Bison) project in Russia for four years. He commanded operational airbases in both Western and Eastern sectors.  He was AOC J&K, ACAS (Inspections) and retired as Air Officer-in-charge Personnel (AOP). He was a member of the Armed Forces Tribunal, and member of the Executive Council of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for two years. An avid writer and author, he has published over 500 articles on strategy, defence and Aerospace, and authored three books.  Air Marshal runs a website “Air Power Asia” that is primarily focused on educating on air power and strategic issues.      

He took over as Director General of Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) on 12 February 2021.

 

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