Nirmal Chandra Suri

Air Chief Marshal
Nirmal Chandra Suri
PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
15th Chief of Air Staff
	In office; 31 July 1991 – 31 July 1993
President	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Surinder Mehra
Succeeded by	S.K.Kaul
Personal details
Born	26 July 1933 (age 91)
Alma mater	St Xavier's School, Calcutta; Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun; Allahabad University ; Intercultural University Netherlands
Awards	Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM); Param Vishist Seva Medal (PVSM); Vayu Sena Medal (VM);
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Air Force
Years of service	1952-1993
Rank	Air Chief Marshal;
Commands	Chief of the Air Staff (India) (1991–1993); Central Air Command; No.20 Squadron ; No.7 Squadron
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC (born 26 July 1933) was the 15th Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, from 31 July 1991 to 31 July 1993.^[1]^[2] He is an alumnus of the famous Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun. He was a part of the First course of the Joint Services Wing,^[3] the present-day National Defence Academy, Pune. He was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot on15 March 1952.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Suri was selected to lead the detachment from No.20 Hawker Hunter Squadron and he flew several sorties during the war. In 1969, he was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for his contributions and devotion to service.

During the 1971 War, Suri took over the Number 7 Hunter Squadron and he flew several sorties during this war as well. He was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal or AVSM in 1982.

He became the Chief of Air Staff on 1 August 1991 and was instrumental in various initiatives – including the induction of women officers in the IAF first as ground duty officers and later as pilots. He has always been a passionate flyer and he is not known to have passed on any opportunity to fly. Air Chief Marshal N. C. Suri retired from service on 31 July 1993 and was succeeded by S. K. Kaul.

References

^ "NIRMAL CHANDRA SURI PVSM AVSM VM ADC CAS". Indian Air Force official website.
^ "Nirmal Chandra Suri".
^ Page 50, Where Gallantry is Tradition: Saga of Rashtriya Indian Military College, By Bikram Singh, Sidharth Mishra, Contributor Rashtriya Indian Military College, Published 1997, Allied Publishers, ISBN 81-7023-649-5

Military offices
Preceded by Surinder Kumar Mehra	Chief of the Air Staff (India) 1991–1993	Succeeded by S.K. Kaul

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[1] "NIRMAL CHANDRA SURI PVSM AVSM VM ADC CAS". Indian Air Force official website.

[2] "Nirmal Chandra Suri".

[3] Page 50, Where Gallantry is Tradition: Saga of Rashtriya Indian Military College, By Bikram Singh, Sidharth Mishra, Contributor Rashtriya Indian Military College, Published 1997, Allied Publishers, ISBN 81-7023-649-5

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Air Marshal Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force (1947–1948)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst**
Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force (1948–1950)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst**
Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force (1950–1955)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Gerald Gibbs** Subroto Mukerjee
Chief of the Air Staff (1955–present)	Subroto Mukerjee Aspy Engineer Arjan Singh Pratap Chandra Lal Om Prakash Mehra Hrushikesh Moolgavkar Idris Hasan Latif Dilbagh Singh Lakshman Madhav Katre Denis La Fontaine Surinder Mehra Nirmal Chandra Suri Swaroop Kaul Satish Kumar Sareen Anil Tipnis Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy Shashindra Pal Tyagi Fali Homi Major Pradeep Vasant Naik Norman Anil Kumar Browne Arup Raha Birender Singh Dhanoa Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria Vivek Ram Chaudhari (incumbent)
(**Seconded from the Royal Air Force)