Armed Forces Medical Services

The current Director General Armed Forces Medical Services is Surg Vice Adm Arti Sarin, who assumed the position on 1 October 2024.

[1][2] In March 1947 the Armed Forces Medical Services and Research Integration Committee headed by Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy was appointed by the Government of India to consider the integration of the three armed forces medical services.

The DGAFMS was made directly responsible to the Ministry of Defence for overall medical policy matters in so far as they relate to the Armed Forces.

[5] The Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (AFMC) is the premier training institution of the AFMS established in May 1948.

Other select hospitals such as AH (R&R), CH (AF) Bengaluru and INHS Ashwini Mumbai also impart post graduate training to the AMC officers.