# List of Rimcollians

The following is a list of some of the prominent alumni of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, India. All students who graduate from this school are called Rimcollians.

## Chief of Army Staff

* General K.S. Thimayya
* General G.G. Bewoor
* General Vishwa Nath Sharma
* General Sundararajan Padmanabhan
* General Gul Hasan, Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army

## Chief of Air Staff

* Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri
* Air Marshal Asghar Khan, PAF
* Air Marshal Nur Khan, PAF
* Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa

## Vice Chief of Army Staff

* Lt General S. K. Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, ADC & Administrative Member, Armed Forces Tribunal
* Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty PVSM,AVSM,SM,VSM is a General Officer in the Indian Army.

## Vice Chief of Air Staff

* Air Marshal Vinod Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC, ADC, Ex-VCAS & Ex-AOC-in-C Western Air Command

## GOC-in-C & GOC

* Lt. General Premindra Singh Bhagat, PVSM, VC, GOC-in-C Central Command
* Lt. General K.P. Candeth, GOC-in-C Western Command, Famous as the liberator of Goa
* Lt. General Joginder Singh Dhillon, Padma Bhushan, GOC-in-C Central Command
* Lt. General Chandi Prasad Mohanty, AVSM, SM, VSM.
* Lt. General Bikram Singh, GOC XV Corps killed in the 1963 Poonch Indian Air Force helicopter crash
* Lt.General Khwaja Wasiuddin.HPK.SPK Commander II Corps. Pakistan Army.
* Lieutenant General Nav Kumar Khanduri AVSM, VSM

## AOC-in-C & AOC

* Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, AOC-in-C Western Air Command and Southern Air Command

## Adjutant General

* Major General Hira Lal Atal
* Lt. General M.M. Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Ex - Governor of Mizoram, Ex- Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, & Ex- Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands (additional charge).
* Major General Karam Singh, PVSM, SM, Dy Adjutant General

## Engineer-in-Chief

* Lt General Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Pakistan Army)

## Commandant IMA

* Lt Gen M.A. Zaki
* Lt Gen Manvendra Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Ex- GOC 5 Mtn Div & Ex-GOC Delhi Area)

## Indian National Army

* Maj General Jaganath Rao Bhonsle
* Burhan-ud-Din
* Maj General Shah Nawaz Khan

## Gallantry awards
### Victoria Cross

* Lt Gen Premindra Singh Bhagat, PVSM, VC

### Distinguished Service Order

* Gen Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, DSO
* Maj Gen Thakur Mahadeo Singh, DSO
* Brig Vidya Dhar Jayal, DSO

### Param Vir Chakra

* Major Somnath Sharma

### Vir Chakra

* Lt Gen M.A. Zaki

## Civilian awards
### Padma Vibhushan

* General K.S. Thimayya

### Padma Bhushan

* Joginder Singh Dhillon
* K.P. Candeth
* Gopal Gurunath Bewoor

### Padma Shri

* Lt General M.A. Zaki
* Lt General K.P. Candeth

## Sports

* Ritwik Bhattacharya, a world top 50 Squash player

## Ministers

* Maj General Shah Nawaz Khan, Minister of Railways, Central Government
* Maj General J.K. Bhonsle, Minister of Rehabilitation, Central Government
* Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Foreign Minister, Pakistan
* Naseerullah Babar, Interior Minister, Pakistan

## Diplomats and Civil servants

* Shaharyar Khan, Foreign Secretary, Head of Pakistan's Diplomatic Corps
* Ashwani Kumar, Former Director CBI, Governor of Nagaland (21 March 2013 – 27 June 2014)
* Rajiv Ratan, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Telangana State
* Lt Gen MM Lakhera, Lt Governor Puducherry and Governor of Mizoram, PVSM, AVSM, VSM

## Authors and Academics

* Maj Gen Ashok Mehta, Author & Commentator
* Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee, Author & Commentator