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Happy New Year Since 1909 to all Sainiks and Readers PresidentBIRTH ANNIVERSARY calls CELEBRATIONS upon young doctors ... 4 (Initially published as FAUJI AKHBAR) Vol. 64 q No 1 11-25 Pausha, 1938 (Saka) 1-15 January 2017 The journal of India’s Armed Forces published every fortnight in thirteen languages including Hindi & English on behalf of Ministry of Defence. It is not necessarily an organ for the expression of the Government’s defence policy. The published items represent the views of respective writers and correspondents. Editor-in-Chief Hasibur Rahman General Bipin Rawat Senior Editor Editor Air Chief Marshal BS takes over ... 6 Ruby T Sharma Ehsan Khusro Dhanoa takes over ... 8 Coordination Business Manager Sekhar Babu Madduri Dharam Pal Goswami Our Correspondents DELHI: Wg Cdr Anupam Banerjee; Dhananjay Mohanty; Capt DK Sharma; Manoj Tuli; Nampibou Marinmai; Wg Cdr Rochelle D’Silva; Col Rohan Anand; Ved Pal; Photo Editor: K Ramesh; ALLAHABAD: Gp Capt BB Pande; BENGALURU: Shivaram Pailoor; CHANDIGARH: Pradip Dasgupta; CHENNAI: T Shanmugam; GANDHINAGAR: Wg Cdr Abhishek Matiman; GUWAHATI: Lt Col Suneet Newton; IMPHAL: Lt Col Ajay Kumar Sharma; JAMMU: Lt Col Manish Mehta; JODHPUR: Lt Col Manish Ojha; KOCHI: Cdr Sridhar E Warrier ; KOHIMA: Col 10 Minister of State for Defence visits ... Chiranjeet Konwer; KOLKATA: Wg Cdr SS Birdi; Dipannita Dhar; LUCKNOW: 11 Raksha Rajya Mantri inaugurates COAS Visits Ms Gargi Malik Sinha; MUMBAI: Cdr Rahul Sinha; Narendra Vispute; NAGPUR: DRDO Mahila Kalyan Manch ... Command HQs 14 Wg Cdr Samir S Gangakhedkar; PALAM: Gp Capt SK Mehta; PUNE: Mahesh 12 MoS Defence inaugurates Iyengar; SECUNDERABAD: B Satheesh Kumar; SHILLONG: Gp Capt Amit Married Accommodation... Mahajan; SRINAGAR: Col Rajesh Kalia; TEZPUR: Lt Col Sombith Ghosh; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Suresh Shreedharan; UDHAMPUR: Col NN Joshi; 16 Training of Gentleman ... VISAKHAPATNAM: Cdr CG Raju. 18 14 Women among 110 Flight ... 20 National Level Pollution ... Published by: Nitin D Wakankar 22 Helicopter Pilots Graduate at INS ... Addl DG (Media & Communication) 24 Passing out Parade at Sainik School... Directorate of Public Relations, South Block, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi-110011 26 Awadh Polo Cup 2016 28 Indo-Russian Bilateral Naval... 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For all correspondence subscribers must quote their subscription number For more details visit our website: http://sainiksamachar.nic.in On front cover: The Union Minister for Defence, Mr Manohar Parrikar along with the Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba and the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha paying homage to the Martyrs of 1971 War, at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate, to mark the ‘Vijay Diwas’ in New Delhi on December 16, 2016. President calls upon young doctors to Play a Pivotal Role in Nation Building The President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee presenting the ‘Best The President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee addressing the Outgoing Student in Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)’ award to gathering Kumari Archana Chauhan he President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee presided Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Tover the Convocation Ceremony of Army College Governor of Telangana, Mr ESL Narasimhan; of Dental Sciences in Secunderabad. Degrees were Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, Mr Mohammad conferred upon 38 graduating students and 9 post Mahmood Ali; Lieutenant General Rakesh Sharma graduates from 6 specialities of Dental Surgery. The Adjutant General, ADC; Lieutenant General RK Anand, President presented the ‘Best Outgoing Student in General Officer Commanding (GOC), Dakshin Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)’ award to Kumari Bharath Area; Major General Sharabh Pachory, GOC, Archana Chauhan and the ‘Best Outgoing Student in Telangana and Andhra Sub Area; Dr B Karunakar Master of Dental Surgery (MDS)’ award to Dr Sagar Reddy, Vice chancellor of Kaloji Narayana Rao Health Dahiya. In addition, he also presented awards to the University; Dr Dibyendu Mazumder, President of Dental students who secured first, second and third place in Council of India; Dr KV Ramana Reddy, Principal of The Honourable President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee with the Graduates Graduates and Post Graduates of Dental and Post Graduates of Dental Surgery Surgery taking oath 4 Sainik Samachar January 1-15, 2017 The President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee presenting the ‘Best Outgoing Student in Master of Dental Surgery (MDS)’ award to Dr Sagar Dahiya Army College of Dental Sciences and a host of civil and and social responsibility. The President also added that military dignitaries graced the occasion. health is an important indicator of country’s progress. In his Ceremonial Address, the President Only a healthy population possess a greater capacity congratulated the graduating students and reminded to access education, knowledge and employment them that their foremost duty in their new role as Doctors, opportunities, he said. is to live up to the good faith and trust reposed in them. The ceremony was conducted with military dignity He urged them to use their knowledge and technical and élan. Parents of graduating students were present in expertise for the welfare of the common man. On the large numbers and revelled in the achievement of their occasion, he also called upon the young doctors of the wards. nation to build in their minds a strong sense of patriotism - B Satheesh Kumar Graduates of Dental Surgery in a jubilant mood after the 11th Convocation Ceremony January 1-15, 2017 Sainik Samachar 5 General Bipin Rawat takes over as the 27th Chief of the Army Staff eneral Dalbir Singh, the Chief Gof Army Staff, after an illustrious career spanning over four decades, handed over the baton to General Bipin Rawat in a ceremony held at South Block on December 31, 2016. General Bipin Rawat took over as the 27th Chief of the Army Staff. The General Officer was tenanting the appointment of the Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army from September 1, 2016. General Bipin Rawat was commissioned in the Fifth Battalion of the Eleven Gorkha Rifles in An alumni of Defence Services has been awarded for gallantry and December 1978, from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, where he was Staff College, Wellington, the distinguished service with the UYSM, awarded the ‘Sword of Honour’. The Higher Command & National AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, COAS General Officer has vast experience Defence College Courses, the Commendation on two occasions in high altitude warfare and General Officer, during the span and the Army Commander’s counter insurgency operations. He of over 38 years service in uniform, Commendation. The General commanded an Infantry battalion, along the Line of Actual Control in the Eastern Sector; a Rashtriya Rifles Sector and an Infantry Division in the Kashmir Valley, a Corps in the Eastern theatre and the Southern Command. He has tenanted instructional appointments at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun and at Army War College, Mhow. General Bipin Rawat has held important staff appointments at Directorate General of Military Operations and Military Secretary’s Branch at Army HQ. He has also been Major General General Staff (MGGS) at HQ Eastern Command. The General Officer commanded a Multinational Brigade, in a Chapter VII mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Whilst serving with the United Nations, he was twice awarded the Force Commander’s Commendation. 6 Sainik Samachar January 1-15, 2017 Gen Dalbir Singh handing over the baton to Gen Bipin Rawat in the office of COAS on December 31, 2016. Officer also attended the Command Academically inclined, he has Studies. General Bipin Rawat has and General Staff College (CGSC) authored numerous articles on also completed his research on course at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ‘National Security’ and ‘Leadership’, military media strategic studies USA. which have been published in and was awarded Doctorate of various journals and publications. Philosophy (Ph.D) from Chaudhary He was awarded M. Phil in Defence Charan Singh University, Meerut in Studies from Madras University. 2011. He has a Diploma in Management – Col Rohan Anand pix: Fulchand Kitadikar, Vijay Kumar and another Diploma in Computer and Gurudutt Mehra January 1-15, 2017 Sainik Samachar 7 Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa takes over as the 25th Chief of the Air Staff ir Chief Marshal Birender Singh ADhanoa, PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC took over as the 25th Chief of the Air Staff at a ceremony held at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) on December 31, 2016. In his address to the IAF, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa said “I feel honoured and privileged to have been entrusted with the responsibility to lead one of the finest Air Forces in the world. I will certainly be inspired by the exceptional achievements and the leadership of so many of my illustrious predecessors. IAF is on a trajectory of Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS modernisation and is transforming Dhanoa after taking over the Command Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, outgoing into a strategic aerospace power of Indian Air Force at his office at Air Chief of the Air Staff paying homage at with full-spectrum capability. Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate Accretion through new acquisitions, replacement of obsolete equipment his pride at the way India's image career as a field commander.