Birender Singh Dhanoa

Birender Singh Dhanoa
Official portrait, 2016
56th Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
31 May 2019 – 27 September 2019
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySunil Lanba
Succeeded byBipin Rawat
22nd Chief of the Air Staff
In office
31 December 2016 – 30 September 2019
PresidentPranab Mukherjee
Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded byArup Raha
Succeeded byRakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
40th Vice Chief of the Air Staff
In office
31 May 2015 – 31 December 2016
Preceded byRavi Kant Sharma
Succeeded byShirish Baban Deo
Personal details
Born (1957-09-07) 7 September 1957 (age 67)
Deoghar, Bihar, India[1]
SpouseKamalpreet Kaur Dhanoa
Children1
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Air Force
Years of serviceJune 1978 - 30 September 2019
Rank Air Chief Marshal
UnitNo. 17 Squadron
Commands
Battles/warsKargil War
Balakot Airstrike
Service number15405[2]
Awards

Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC is an Indian air force officer who was the 22nd Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force and served from 31 December 2016 to 30 September 2019.[3][4][5] Dhanoa also served as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.[6][7]

As of July 2021, Dhanoa is serving as a non-executive and independent director at Hero MotoCorp.[8]

  1. ^ "Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa was born in Jharkhand". Times of India. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference avsm-pib was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa to be the next IAF chief". Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa takes over as the 25th Chief of the Air Staff". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ^ @IAF_MCC (30 September 2019). "Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, laid the wreath at National War Memorial. He retires today after 41 years of glorious service to the Nation. He was commissioned in Jun 1978 as a fighter pilot & has led the IAF from front always" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Gen. Rawat takes over as Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  7. ^ @IAF_MCC (27 September 2019). "#Congratulations to the COAS General Bipin Rawat on receiving baton of Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) from outgoing Chairman COSC & CAS, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa at an official ceremony held in New Delhi today. The CAS ACM BS Dhanoa is due to retire on 30 Sep 19" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Hero MotoCorp appoints former Air Chief BS Dhanoa as independent director". Economic Times. 1 October 2020.