Who is Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia, the new Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Indian Air Force Headquarters?

Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia AVSM VSM assumed the office of Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Indian Air Force (IAF) Headquarters on Monday.

Air Marshal Ghuratia was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engineering stream of the IAF in 1988.

An alumnus of the Defence Service Staff College, Wellington, Air Force Test Pilot School, Bengaluru and Air Force Technical College, Bengaluru, he is an electrical engineer by qualification.

He is also an alumnus of GEC, Jabalpur, BITS Pilani and Madras University and a Doctorate degree holder from Bhopal University.

The Air Officer is a Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society, London, Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India and Fellow of Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

He is Lead Auditor of ISO 45000 (OH & SMS) and an Associate Member of Society of Flight Test Engineers, USA.

Air Marshal Ghuratia has held key command and staff appointments in IAF and UN Mission abroad during his career of 37 years. He was the Senior Maintenance Staff Officer at HQ MC before assuming the appointment of Air Officer-in-charge Maintenance.

For his distinguished service, the Air officer has been awarded 'Vishisht Seva Medal' in 2016 and 'Ati Vishisht Seva Medal' in 2025. While serving in UN Mission Congo, he was commended by the Force Commander, UN.

The Air Marshal, after taking over, laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in honour of the armed forces personnel who have made the supreme sacrifice for the nation.