Vivek Ram Chaudhari

Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Air Marshal; Vivek Ram Chaudhari; PVSM, AVSM, VM
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Air Force
Years of service	29 December 1982 - Present
Rank	Air Marshal
Service number	16978[1]
Commands held	Western Air Command
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ; Vayu Sena Medal

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, AVSM, VM is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 August 2020 following superannuation of Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh.[2][3]

Early life and education

Chaudhari is an alumnus of National Defence Academy. He is also a graduate of Defence Services Staff College.[4]

Career

Chaudhari was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot on 29 December 1982. He is a qualified flight instructor, and Instrument Rating Instructor and examiner. He has a flying experience of over 3800 hours on various fighter aircraft including MiG-21, MiG-23MF, MiG-29 and Su-30MKI.[5]

He has held various field positions including commanding a Mig-29 Squadron, commanding a forward base, and later commanding Air Force Station Pune. He has served as an instructor at DSSC Wellington as well as DSCSC at Zambia. He and has held the position of chief operations officer at Air Force Station Srinagar. His other appointments include Deputy Commandant at Dundigal Air Force Academy, and Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Air Defence).[4]

He served as Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Personnel Officers) and later as Deputy Chief of Air Staff at air headquarters, VayuSena Bhawan in New Delhi. He also served as Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command from October 2019 to July 2020.[6][7]

Honours and decorations

During his career, Chaudhari has been awarded the Vayu Sena Medal in 2004, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015 and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2021 for his service.[7][1][8]

Param Vishisht Seva Medal	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal	Vayu Sena Medal

Personal life

He is married to Neeta Chaudhari. They have two sons.[4]

References

"President Confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 2015-04-26.
"Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM Assumes Command of Western Air Command". 2020-08-01.
@DefencePROPalam (2020-08-01). "Air Marshal VR Chaudhari has taken over as the Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Air Command" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM takes over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff". 2018-10-02.
"Air Marshal V R Chaudhari to take over as chief of IAF's Western Air Command". 2020-07-25.
@proshillong (2019-10-03). "Air Mshl VR Chaudhari AVSM VM took over as Senior Air Staff Officer at EAC, #Shillong on 03 Oct 19. He is a Cat-A QFI,with over 3800 hrs of flying exp on various fighter aircraft. Prior to this assignment,he was the DCAS at Air HQ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM takes over as Senior Air Staff Officer of Head Quarters Eastern Air Command". 2019-10-04.
"President Shri Ram Nath Kovind approves 455 Gallantry & other defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel on Republic Day". PIB. 25 January 2021.

Military offices
Preceded by Balakrishnan Suresh	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command 1 August 2020 - Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Sandeep Singh	Senior Air Staff Officer - Eastern Air Command 1 October 2019 - 31 July 2020	Succeeded by Gurcharan Singh Bedi
Preceded by Raghunath Nambiar	Deputy Chief of Air Staff 1 October 2018 - 30 September 2019	Succeeded by Sandeep Singh

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[avsm-1] "President Confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 2015-04-26.

[2] "Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM Assumes Command of Western Air Command". 2020-08-01.

[3] @DefencePROPalam (2020-08-01). "Air Marshal VR Chaudhari has taken over as the Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Air Command" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[dcas-pib-4] "Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM takes over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff". 2018-10-02.

[5] "Air Marshal V R Chaudhari to take over as chief of IAF's Western Air Command". 2020-07-25.

[6] @proshillong (2019-10-03). "Air Mshl VR Chaudhari AVSM VM took over as Senior Air Staff Officer at EAC, #Shillong on 03 Oct 19. He is a Cat-A QFI,with over 3800 hrs of flying exp on various fighter aircraft. Prior to this assignment,he was the DCAS at Air HQ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[saso-spsaviation-7] "Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM takes over as Senior Air Staff Officer of Head Quarters Eastern Air Command". 2019-10-04.

[8] "President Shri Ram Nath Kovind approves 455 Gallantry & other defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel on Republic Day". PIB. 25 January 2021.