GENERAL BIKRAM SINGH

General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC is the current Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army (CoAS). Previously the head of the Eastern Command, he became the 25th CoAS succeeding General V. K. Singh, who retired on 31 May 2012.He is second Sikh to be CoAS, the first having been General J. J. Singh. He is also the current Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) of the Indian armed forces.

  His colleagues remember him as a bright cadet at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), where he held the appointment of Battalion Cadet Adjutant (BCA).

                                         GENERAL BIKRAM SINGH (the man in turban)

As a young student, the chief had considered becoming a doctor. He was an exceptional student of Zoology and Biology. But the wars of 1962 and 1965 motivated him to join the NDA in 1968.The army chief as a young boy studied at Punjab Public School, Nabha. An avid sportsman, cricket, athletics and hockey were his favourite games in school. Singing and painting were his other talents that also fetched him awards in school.