New Delhi: IAF Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa will take over as the chairman, Chief of Staff Committee on Wednesday.
Dhanoa will take over from Admiral Sunil Lanba, who is retiring on May 31.
Chairman, COSC is the senior most defence officer in the country and looks after tri-services matters of the armed forces.
Lanba has had a long tenure of around 30 months as he had taken over as the Chairman, COSC on January 1, 2017.
At the moment when the government is laying a lot of stress on increasing relations among services, the office of the Chairman, COSC has become important.
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