Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College

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Defence Services Staff College

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| incumbent = Lieutenant General
Virendra Vats
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| first = Brigadier S D Verma

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The Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College is the head and overall in-charge of the Defence Services Staff College. The Commandant of the Academy is a Three-star rank officer from the Indian Army. He is supported by the chief instructors of the Army, Navy and Air wings, Major General in charge of Administration (MG IC Adm) (all two-star rank appointments), Brigadier General Staff (one-star appointment) and a staff officer (SO to Comdt) (an officer of the rank of major).{{cite web |title=Organization |url=http://www.dssc.gov.in/dssc-org.html |website=dssc.gov.in}}

The Commandant is responsible to the Chiefs of Staff Committee through the Chairman of the Joint Training Committee.

Lieutenant General Virendra Vats, AVSM, SM, VSM is the present Commandant of the DSSC. He assumed office on 1 February 2022 from Lieutenant General MJS Kahlon.{{cite web|title= Commandant |url=http://www.dssc.gov.in/cmdt_msg.html}}