Bipin Rawat
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General Bipin Rawat बिपिन रावत UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM |
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| Native name | बिपिन रावत |
| Born | Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand |
| Allegiance |
 India
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| Service/branch |
 Indian Army
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| Years of service | 16 December 1978 – present |
| Rank |
 General |
| Unit | 5/11 Gorkha Rifles |
| Commands held |
Chief of Army Staff Vice Chief of Army Staff  Southern ArmyIII Corps MONUSCO 19 Infantry Division (Uri) 5 Sector Rashtriya Rifles (Sopore) 5/11 Gorkha Rifles, Eastern Sector |
| Awards |
 Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal Sena Medal Vishisht Seva Medal
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General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is the 27th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and assumed office on 31 December 2016. He assumed the post after General Dalbir Singh was relinquished from the appointment.
Rawat hails from Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand and was born in a family which is serving army since generations, His father was Lieutenant General Lachu Singh Rawat. He attended Cambrian Hall boarding school, Dehradun; St Edward’s School, Shimla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, where he was awarded the 'Sword of Honour'. He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the Higher Command Course at Fort Leavenworth, USA. He has a MPhil in Defence Studies from Madras University, a Diploma in Management and another in Computer Studies. In 2011, he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy by Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut for his research on military-media strategic studies.
Rawat was commissioned into the 5th Battalion of 11 Gorkha Rifles on 16 December 1978, same unit has his father. He has vast experience in high altitude warfare and 10 years of counter insurgency operations. He has commanded a company at Uri, an infantry battalion in the Eastern sector along the Line of Actual Control at Kibithu, 5 Sector of Rashtriya Rifles (Sopore) as brigade commander, 19 Infantry Division (Uri), III Corps(Dimapur) and GOC-C Southern Command (Pune). He has also held staff assignments which include an instructional tenure at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun; General Staff Officer Grade 2 at the Military Operations Directorate; logistics staff officer of a RAPID in central India; Colonel Military Secretary and Deputy Military Secretary in the Military Secretary’s Branch and Senior Instructor in the Junior Command Wing. He has also commanded MONUSCO (a Multinational Brigade in a Chapter VII mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) where he was twice awarded the Force Commander’s Commendation. During hist career span of 37 years, he has been awarded for gallantry and distinguished service with the UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, COAS Commendation on two occasions and the Army Commander’s Commendation.
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