Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Vaidya, VSM, took charge as Dean and Deputy Commandant of Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune. An alumnus of AFMC from 1981 batch, he was commissioned in Indian Air Force in 1985. He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019 and prior to his present appointment, he was commanding Air Force Central Medical Establishment (AFCME).