List of National Defence Academy alumni

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The Indian National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three armed forces (the Army, the Navy and the Air Force) train together before beginning pre-commission training at their respective service academies (Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), and Air Force Academy (AFA) for army, navy, and air force cadets respectively). Established in 1954 and located in vicinity of Khadakwasla Dam, near Pune, it is the world's first tri-service academy. [1] [2]

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NDA is not the only officer training academy in India. Besides NDA, which is tri-service academy, the Indian Army's IMA, [3] Officers Training Academy (OTA), [4] [5] Army Cadet College (ACC), the Indian Navy's INA, [6] and the Air Force's AFA are the other officer training academies of India. Besides cadets from NDA, these academies accept cadets separately from several streams. Apart from these, the Indian Army has three establishments for technical stream which include College of Military Engineering (CME), [7] Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), [8] and Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME). [9] Although cadets are imparted technical training at these three academies, they are commissioned through OTA, Gaya. [10] Excluding all these establishments, which are meant for combat arms, the Indian Army has other commissioning academies for support services such as the Medical Corps, [11] and the Judge Advocate General's Department for example. [12]

Similarly, the Aeronautical Engineers (Electronics) and Aeronautical Engineers (Mechanical) are trained at the Air Force Technical College at Jalahalli, Bengaluru; the Meteorological branch officer cadets get their training at Air Force Administrative College, Coimbatore.

NDA alumni have led and participated in every major conflict in which the Indian Armed Forces have been called into action since the academy was founded. [1] Alumni include three Param Vir Chakra recipients and twelve Ashoka Chakra recipients. [13] [14] The NDA has produced 36 service chiefs of staff, including the incumbent chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force. [15]

Chiefs of staff

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General Vijay Kumar Singh
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Admiral Arun Prakash
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Admiral Robin Kumar Dhowan
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Admiral Sunil Lanba
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Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik
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Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne
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Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha

As of September 2023, the academy has produced fourteen Chiefs of the Army Staff (COAS), twelve Chiefs of the Naval Staff (CNS) and ten Chiefs of the Air Staff (CAS). All incumbent service chiefs (Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar and Chief of the Air Staff ACM Vivek Ram Chaudhari) are NDA alumni. [15]

Chief of the Army Staff

No.NameAwardsCourse numberNotes [15]
1 Sunith Francis Rodrigues PVSM, [lower-alpha 1] VSM [lower-alpha 2] 126th Governor of Punjab [16] [17]
2 Bipin Chandra Joshi PVSM, AVSM, [lower-alpha 3] ADC [lower-alpha 4] 5 [18] [19]
3 Shankar Roy Chowdhury PVSM, ADC 10Former Rajya Sabha member [20] [21] [22]
4 Ved Prakash Malik PVSM, AVSM 14 [23] [24]
5 Sundararajan Padmanabhan PVSM, AVSM, VSM 15 [25]
6 Nirmal Chander Vij PVSM, UYSM, [lower-alpha 5] AVSM 21Former National Disaster Management Authority vice-chair; Vivekananda International Foundation director [26] [27] [28] [29]
7 Joginder Jaswant Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC 2514th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh [30]
8 Deepak Kapoor PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC 30 [31]
9 Vijay Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, [lower-alpha 6] ADC 36 Union Minister of State for External Affairs; Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs; Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation; Former Minister for Development of North Eastern Region; Member of Indian Parliament for Ghaziabad [32] [33] [34] [35]
10 Bikram Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, LoM 40 [36] [37]
11 Dalbir Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, LoM 44 [38] [39]
12 Bipin Rawat PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC 53former CDS
13 Manoj Mukund Naravane PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC 56former COAS [40]
14 Manoj Pande PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC 61 Incumbent

Chief of the Naval Staff

No.NameAwardsCourse numberNotes [15]
1 Laxmi Narayan Ramdas PVSM, AVSM, VrC, [lower-alpha 7] VSM, ADC 12004 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding [41]
2 Vijai Singh Shekhawat PVSM, AVSM, VrC, ADC 7Former Vice Chairman of Outward Bound India; [42] Vivekananda International Foundation advisory board member [43]
3 Vishnu Bhagwat PVSM, AVSM, ADC 14 [44]
4 Sushil Kumar PVSM, AVSM, UYSM, YSM, NM, [lower-alpha 8] VSM, ADC 16 [45]
5 Madhvendra Singh PVSM, AVSM, ADC 20 [28]
6 Arun Prakash PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM, ADC 26 [46]
7 Sureesh Mehta PVSM, AVSM, ADC 29Former High Commissioner to New Zealand [47] [48]
8 Nirmal Kumar Verma PVSM, AVSM 3524th High Commissioner to Canada [49] [50]
9 Robin Kumar Dhowan PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC 45 [51]
10 Sunil Lanba PVSM, AVSM, ADC 51 [52]
11 Karambir Singh PVSM, AVSM, ADC 56former CNS [53] [54] [55]
12 Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC 61 Incumbent

Chief of the Air Staff

No.NameAwardsCourse numberNotes [15]
1 Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, [lower-alpha 9] ADC 1 [56]
2 Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, [lower-alpha 10] ADC 5 Maha Vir Chakra recipient [57]
3 Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC 12 [58]
4 Anil Yashwant Tipnis PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC 15 [59]
5 Pradeep Vasant Naik PVSM, VSM, ADC 33 [60]
6 Norman Anil Kumar Browne PVSM, VM, ADC 39Ambassador to Norway [61] [62]
7 Arup Raha PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC 44 [63] [15]
8 Birender Singh Dhanoa PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC 52 [64]
9 Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC 56Former CAS [65]
10 Vivek Ram Chaudhari PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC 61 Incumbent

Wartime award recipients

As of September 2023, 3 Param Vir Chakras, 32 Maha Vir Chakras and 163 Vir Chakras have been awarded to NDA officers. [66]

Param Vir Chakra

Three officers from NDA have posthumously received the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime gallantry award. All three were from the Army. [13]

No.NameCourse numberUnitYear [67]
1 Gurbachan Singh Salaria 9 3/1 Gorkha Rifles 1961 [68]
2 Arun Khetarpal 38 17 Poona Horse 1971 [69]
3 Manoj Kumar Pandey 90 1/11 Gorkha Rifles 1999 [70]

Maha Vir Chakra

32 NDA officers have received the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second-highest wartime gallantry award: two from the Air Force, one from the Navy and the remainder from the Army. Ten received the award posthumously. Air Force squadron leader Padmanabha Gautam is the only NDA officer to receive the award twice, in 1965 and 1971 (posthumously). [71]

No.NameCourse numberUnitYear [72]
1Raj Mohan Vohra1 Armoured Corps 1971 [73]
2Hanut Singh1 Armoured Corps 1971 [74]
3 Kulwant Singh Pannu 1 Infantry 1971 [75]
4Narinder Singh Sandhu2 Infantry 1971 [76]
5 Padmanabha Gautam 3 Indian Air Force 1965, 1971 [lower-alpha 11] [71]
6Sushil Kumar Mathur3 Artillery 1965 [77] [78]
7Sukhjit Singh4 Armoured Corps 1971 [79]
8Shamsher Singh5 Infantry 1971 [80]
9Raj Kumar Singh5 Infantry 1971 [81]
10H. C. Pathak5 Infantry 1971 [82]
11 Swaroop Krishna Kaul 5 Indian Air Force 1971 [83] [84]
12Ved Prakash Ghai5 Infantry 1971 [lower-alpha 11] [85]
13Surinder Kapoor7 Infantry 1971 [86]
14Ved Prakash Airy8 Infantry 1972 [87]
15Bhaskar Roy9 Armoured Corps 1965 [88]
16Daljit Singh Narang9 Armoured Corps 1972 [lower-alpha 11]
17 Santosh Kumar Gupta 10 Indian Navy 1971 [89]
18 Vijay Rattan Choudhry 13 Corps of Engineers 1971
19Vijay Kumar Berry14 Infantry 1971 [90]
20Manjit Singh19 Infantry 1987 [91]
21Bhagwan Dutt Dogra20 Infantry 1962 [92]
22Amarjit Singh Bal22 Armoured Corps 1971 [93]
23Gautam Mubayi23 Infantry 1965 [lower-alpha 11] [94]
24Pradip Kumar Gour25 Infantry 1971 [95]
25Basdev Singh Mankotia28 Infantry 1971 [96]
26S. K. Gupta30 Infantry 1971 [lower-alpha 11] [72]
27Inder Bal Singh Bawa30 Infantry 1971 [lower-alpha 11] [97]
28Devinder Singh Ahlawat31 Infantry 1971 [lower-alpha 11] [98]
29Vivek Gupta80 2 Rajputana 1999 [lower-alpha 11] [99]
30 Anuj Nayyar 90 17 Jat 1999 [lower-alpha 11]
31Gurjinder Singh Suri90 12 Bihar 2001 [lower-alpha 11] [100]
32 Bikkumalla Santosh Babu 105 16 Bihar 2021 [101]
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Vir Chakra

163 NDA alumni have been awarded the Vir Chakra, India's third-highest wartime award. Of these, 96 are from the Army, 13 from the Navy and 54 from the Air Force. Notable recipients include Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas, Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat. [102] & Lt Gen Yogesh Kumar Joshi.

Peacetime award recipients

As of September 2023, 12 Ashok Chakras, [14] 45 Kirti Chakras, [103] and 152 Shaurya Chakras, [104] have been awarded to NDA officers. [66]

Ashoka Chakra

Twelve NDA officers have received the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award. Of them, one is from the Air Force and the remainder are from the Army. Eleven officers received the award posthumously. [66] Wing commander Rakesh Sharma of the Air Force is the only living NDA Air Force officer to receive the award. [105] [106]

No.NameCourse numberUnitNotes
1 Pollur Mutthuswamy Raman 10 3 Sikh Li CI Ops Naga Hill-03 Jun 1956
2 Rakesh Sharma 35 Indian Air Force Only Indian national to go into space; Hero of the Soviet Union [105] [106] [107]
3 Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair 38 16 Maratha Light Infantry 1994; [lower-alpha 11] Kirti Chakra (1983) [108] [109]
4 Sudhir Kumar Walia 72 9 Para (SF) 2000; [lower-alpha 11] Sena Medal recipient [110] [111]
5 Arjun Singh Jasrotia 73 9 Para (SF) 1996; [lower-alpha 11] Sena Medal recipient [110] [112]
6 Rajiv Kumar Joon 78 22 Grenadiers 1995; [lower-alpha 11] Shaurya Chakra recipient [113] [114]
7 Rakesh Singh 79 22 Grenadiers 1993 [lower-alpha 11] [115] [108]
8 Puneet Nath Datt 87 1/11 Gorkha Rifles 1997 [lower-alpha 11] [116]
9 Mohit Sharma 95 1 Para (SF) 2010; [lower-alpha 11] Sena Medal recipient [117] [118]
10 Dinesh Raghu Raman 95 Rashtriya Rifles 2008; [lower-alpha 11] COAS commendation [119] [120]
11 Sandeep Unnikrishnan 94 7 Bihar
51 SAG (NSG) 		2009, [lower-alpha 11] Operation Black Tornado [121] [122] [123] [124]
12 Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan 101 2 Para (SF) 2007 [lower-alpha 11] [125]
[lower-alpha 12] [lower-alpha 13]

Kirti Chakra

Forty five NDA alumni have received the Kirti Chakra, India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award. Notable recipients include Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair, who is also an Ashok Chakra recipient [109] Lieutenant colonel Nectar Sanjenbam who is also a Shaurya Chakra recipient. Archived 12 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine

Shaurya Chakra

A total of 152 NDA alumni have received the Shaurya Chakra, India's third-highest peacetime gallantry award. Notable recipients include Major Rajiv Kumar Joon, who is also an Ashok Chakra recipient. [126]

Others

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Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
No.NameMilitary awardsCourse numberNotes
1 Arogyaswami Paulraj AVSM, VSM 25Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA; 2010 Padma Bhushan recipient; 2011 IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal; 2014 Marconi Prize; 2018 United States Patent and Trademark Office, National Inventors Hall of Fame; 2023 IET Faraday Medal; Project lead for APSOH sonar developed for the Indian Navy 1977–83, APSOH was the most advanced sonar system in the world in its class. Later in the US, developed MIMO wireless, the core technology behind 4G/5G mobile and WiFi networks. MIMO triggered massive R&D investments worldwide and is now used universally [127] [128]
2 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM 77Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting; Member of Parliament from Jaipur, Rajasthan; Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award recipient; Padma Shri recipient; Arjuna Award recipient; Silver medal in men's double trap at the 2004 Summer Olympics; 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the Commonwealth Games; [lower-alpha 14] 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Asian Games [lower-alpha 15] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135]
3 Ian Cardozo AVSM, SM 12First NDA cadet to receive both gold and silver medals; [136] First war-disabled officer of the Indian Army to command a battalion and a brigade

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ PVSM—Param Vishisht Seva Medal
  2. ↑ VSM—Vishisht Seva Medal
  3. ↑ AVSM—Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
  4. ↑ ADC—Aide-de-camp
  5. ↑ UYSM—Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
  6. ↑ YSM—Yudh Seva Medal
  7. ↑ VrC—Vir Chakra
  8. ↑ NM—Nao Sena Medal
  9. ↑ VM—Vayusena Medal
  10. ↑ MVC—Maha Vir Chakra
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Posthumous
  12. 1 2 List arranged by course number, then by rank.
  13. 1 2 Rank is that held by the officer on the date of the award or action.
  14. ↑ Two gold medals: one in double trap individual and double trap pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. One gold and one silver medal in double trap individual and double trap pairs, respectively, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
  15. ↑ One silver and one bronze medal in double trap teams and double trap, respectively, at the 2006 Asian Games.

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