R. K. S. Bhadauria

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Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
File:Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC took over as the Chief of the Air Staff on 30 September 2019.jpg
23rd Chief of the Air Staff
In office
30 September 2019 – 30 September 2021
President Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Birender Singh Dhanoa
Succeeded by Vivek Ram Chaudhari
43rd Vice Chief of the Air Staff
In office
1 May 2019 – 30 September 2019
Preceded by Anil Khosla
Succeeded by Harjit Singh Arora
Personal details
Born (1959-09-15) 15 September 1959 (age 64)
Korath, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Spouse(s) Asha Bhadauria
Military service
Nickname(s) Chotu[1]
Allegiance  India
Service/branch  Indian Air Force
Years of service 15 June 1980 - 30 September 2021
Rank 25px Air Chief Marshal
Unit No. 23 Squadron
Commands Chief of the Air Staff
Vice Chief of the Air Staff
Training Command
Southern Air Command
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
Service number 16026[2]
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vayusena Medal ribbon.svg Vayu Sena Medal

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC (born 15 September 1959), is a retired Indian Air Force officer, who served as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, having assumed office on 30 September 2019 after superannuation of Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa.[3][4] He superannuated on 30 September 2021 and is succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.[5]

Early life and education

Bhadauria is from Korath, a village of tahsil Bah District Agra. He is born in a Rajput family.[6][7] His father, Suraj Pal Singh Bhadauria, too served in the Indian Air Force as a Junior Commissioned Officer and retired with the rank of Master Warrant Officer.[8] Bhadauria is an alumnus of Defence Services Command and Staff College Bangladesh, National Defence Academy, Pune and holds a Masters in Defence studies from Command and Staff College.[9][10]

Career

Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 15 June 1980 with the Sword of Honour. He has clocked over 4,250 hours of flying and has experience on 26 different types of fighter jets and transport aircraft. He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including Commander of a Jaguar Squadron at a front line base in South-Western sector; Commanding Officer of Flight Test Squadron at Aircraft and System Testing Establishment; Chief Test Pilot and Project Director of National Flight Test Centre on the Tejas LCA project; Air Attache in Moscow; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Projects); Commandant of the National Defence Academy; Senior Air Staff Officer at Central Air Command and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (1 January 2016 - 28 February 2017). He is also an experimental Test Pilot, a Category A qualified Flying Instructor and a Pilot Attack Instructor.[11][12][13]

Bhadauria served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Southern Air Command from 1 March 2017, succeeding Air Marshal Sunderraman Neelakantan, to 1 August 2018.[11][9][14][15]

He also served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command from 1 August 2018 after retirement of Air Marshal S R K Nair, and held the office till his elevation to the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.[16][17]

He took office of Vice Chief of the Air Staff on 1 May 2019 after superannuation of Air Marshal Anil Khosla.[18][19]

On 19 September 2019 he was appointed as the Chief of Air Staff.[20] He superannuated on 30 September 2021.[21]

Personal life

He is married to Asha Bhadauria and they have two children namely Sonali Singh and Sourabh Bhadauria.[9] His Father is Mr. Suraj Pal Singh Bhadauria, who is also from IAF, and a VSM holder. Hs mother's name is Mrs. Vidhya Vati.

Awards and decorations

During 41 years of his career, Bhadauria has been awarded several medals: the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (January 2013), the Vayu Sena Medal (January 2002).[11][2] and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (January 2018).[22] He was appointed as the honorary air force ADC to the President of India on 1 January 2019.[4] He was inducted into Mirpur Hall of Fame at Defence Services Command and Staff College, Bangladesh.[10]

Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vayu Sena Medal Samanya Seva Medal Siachen Glacier Medal Operation Parakram Medal
Operation Vijay Medal Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal Videsh Seva Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

Dates of rank

Insignia Rank Component Date of rank
64x64px Pilot Officer Indian Air Force 15 June 1980[23]
64x64px Flying Officer Indian Air Force 15 June 1981[24]
64x64px Flight Lieutenant Indian Air Force 15 June 1985[25]
64x64px Squadron Leader Indian Air Force 15 June 1991[26]
64x64px Wing Commander Indian Air Force 5 May 1997[27]
64x64px Group Captain Indian Air Force 1 May 2003[28]
64x64px Air Commodore Indian Air Force 1 January 2008[29]
64x64px Air Vice Marshal Indian Air Force 29 April 2011 (seniority from 1 January)[30]
64x64px Air Marshal Indian Air Force 1 August 2014[31]
64x64px Air Chief Marshal
(CAS)		 Indian Air Force 30 September 2019

Gallery

IAF Chief ACM RKS Bhaduria undertaking sortie on Tejas from SQ 45 during SQ 18 commissioning ceremony.
IAF Chief ACM RKS Bhaduria undertaking sortie on Tejas from SQ 45 during SQ 18 commissioning ceremony. 
ACM RKS Bhaduria with SQ45 CO Samrat Dhankar during SQ 18 commissioning ceremony
ACM RKS Bhaduria with SQ45 CO Samrat Dhankar during SQ 18 commissioning ceremony 
IAF Chief RKS Bhaduria handing over ceremonial key to SQ 18 CO Manish Tolani
IAF Chief RKS Bhaduria handing over ceremonial key to SQ 18 CO Manish Tolani 

References

Notes

Citations

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Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Air Staff
30 September 2019 - 30 September 2021		 Succeeded by
Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Preceded by Vice Chief of Air Staff
1 May 2019 - 30 September 2019		 Succeeded by
Harjit Singh Arora
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command
1 August 2018 - 30 April 2019		 Succeeded by
Surendra Kumar Ghotia
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command
1 March 2017 - 31 July 2018		 Succeeded by
Balakrishnan Suresh
Preceded by Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
1 January 2016 - 28 February 2017		 Succeeded by
Raghunath Nambiar
Preceded by Commandant of the National Defence Academy
1 August 2014 - 30 January 2015		 Succeeded by
G Ashok Kumar
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