Air Marshal (Dr) Rajeev Sachdeva, in his last appointment, served as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff and also officiated as Additional Secretary (Air) at DMA, under CDS MoD. He was the Chairman of SCAPCC and Member Secretary of Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Raksha Mantri. Co-authored the DAP-2020 and promulgated the first 'Negative Import List'. Chairman of the Integrated Space Cell of Armed Forces and the Technical Evaluation Team for BMD by DRDO; Co-Chair DIATF with US for development of niche capabilities; Steered the projects for NFS & DCN. Cat 'A' Qualified Flying Instructor was an Air Force Examiner with over 7200 hours on various Transport and Trainer aircraft. He Commanded an Operational flying Squadron and also one of the largest Air Force Base at Chandigarh.