Port Blair, Jan 11: Air Marshal PP Reddy, VM Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) is on a four day visit to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands since 07 Jan 15. During the visit to the Andaman & Nicobar Command where he called on Vice Admiral Pradeep K Chatterjee, PVSM, AVSM, NM Commander-in-Chief, he was also briefed on operational and infrastructure requirements of the Command. The Flag Officer also visited Car Nicobar and Kamorta Islands, and called on the Lt Governor on 09 Jan 15.
Air Marshal PP Reddy, took over as CISC on 01 Jul 14. He was commissioned as a Fighter Pilot in the Indian Air Force in Jun 1977, and is an alumnus of the Rashtriya Indian Military College, National Defence Academy and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.
He is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an Experimental Test Pilot who has flown 3600 hrs on various types of fighters as well as transport aircraft, including Su-30 MKI. He has commanded a MiG-27 Squadron and a Fighter Base in Kashmir Valley. He has worked in the Plans Branch at Air HQ and was instrumental in the implementation of Su-30 MKI, IL-78 Flight Refueller Aircraft and MiG-27 upgrade programs. He has also served as the Chief Test Pilot at Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment, Air Adviser at High Commission of India, London, Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration at South Western Air Command and Senior Air Staff Officer at Training Command. He was the Director General (Inspection & Safety) at Air HQ prior to his present appointment.
