S. K. Kaul

Swaroop Krishna Kaul

Born	(1935-12-20) December 20, 1935 Lucknow, United Provinces of British India, British India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Air Chief Marshal

Swaroop Krishna Kaul or S. K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) (born 20 December 1935)^[1]^[2] was the Chief of Air Staff (India) between 1993 and 1995.^[3] He was commissioned in the Indian Air Force on 17 July 1954 and subsequently he rose to the rank of Air Chief Marshal.^[1]

Personal life

Swaroop Krishna Kaul, son of K. K. Kaul, was born in Lucknow, Utar Pradesh, into a Kashmiri Pandit family. He did his schooling from Beseant college in Varanasi & his graduation from Government college Allahabad in 1951.^[3]

Career

He joined the National Defence Academy in 1951^[4] and was commissioned in the IAF on 17 July 1954^[3] During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, as wing commander, Kaul led several missions into the Pakistani held areas of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to photograph strategically vital areas.^[5] In November 1994, he was also appointed as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff committee. Pandit Kaul retired from the Air Force in December 1995.^[4] He had over 3700 hours of accident free flying record to his credit.^[6]

Awards

During the 42 years of his service, he was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra in 1971^[2] for a show of conspicuous gallantry during the 1971 war and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 1992.^[4]

References

1 2 B. Chakravorty (1995). Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners. Allied Publishers. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-81-7023-516-3. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
1 2 India, The War decorated. "ACM Swaroop Krishna Kaul, MVC, AVSM, ADC (retd)". Retrieved 24 Jun 2012.
1 2 3 Bharat Rakshak, Chief of Air Staffs. "Indian Air Force: Swaroop Krishna Kaul". Retrieved 24 Jun 2012.
1 2 3 hindustantimes.com, online (17 Mar 2006). "Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul".
↑ online, indiavision.com. "Experienced soldier wing commander Swaroop Krishna Kaul". Retrieved 24 Jun 2012.
↑ "on Indian Air Force Govt Website". 24 Jun 2012.

External links

"Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Kishna Kaul", by B.N. Sharga, Kashmir Sentinel, March 2003 (retrieved 11 September 2006).

Military offices
Preceded by Nirmal Chandra Suri	Chief of the Air Staff (India) 1993–1995	Succeeded by Satish Sareen

Chief of the Air Staff (India)

Commander, Indian Group (1919–1920)	Tom Webb-Bowen

Air Officer Commanding RAF, India (1920–1938)	Tom Webb-Bowen Philip Game Sir Edward Leonard Ellington Sir Geoffrey Salmond Sir John Miles Steel Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté

Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Air Forces in India (1938–1947)	Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté Sir John Frederick Andrews Higgins Sir Patrick Playfair Sir Richard Peirse Sir Guy Garrod Meredith Thomas Sir Roderick Carr Sir Hugh Walmsley

Air Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force (1947–1948)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst**

Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force (1948–1950)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst**

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 I. H. 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 (designate)

(**Seconded from the Royal Air Force)

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