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	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

	Lt Gen Nambiar was born in Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) on 30 August 1936, to Kunhananthan Nambiar and Chenicheri Devikutty.{{fact\|date=December ~~2022~~}} He was educated mostly in [[Pune\|Poona]] (present-day Pune) and [[Mumbai\|Bombay]], and is an alumnus of [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai\|St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].{{fact\|date=December ~~2022~~}} He was an Under Officer with the [[National Cadet Corps (India)\|National Cadet Corps]], and joined the 20th regular course of the [[Indian Military Academy]].{{fact\|date=December ~~2022~~}}		Lt Gen Nambiar was born in Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) on 30 August 1936, to Kunhananthan Nambiar and Chenicheri Devikutty.{{fact\|date=December 2018}} He was educated mostly in [[Pune\|Poona]] (present-day Pune) and [[Mumbai\|Bombay]], and is an alumnus of [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai\|St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].{{fact\|date=December 2018}} He was an Under Officer with the [[National Cadet Corps (India)\|National Cadet Corps]], and joined the 20th regular course of the [[Indian Military Academy]].{{fact\|date=December 2018}}

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==

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	Lt Gen Nambiar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 August 1936, to Kunhananthan Nambiar and Chenicheri Devikutty.{{fact\|date=December ~~2018~~}} He was educated mostly in [[Pune\|Poona]] (present-day Pune) and [[Mumbai\|Bombay]], and is an alumnus of [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai\|St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].{{fact\|date=December ~~2018~~}} He was an Under Officer with the [[National Cadet Corps (India)\|National Cadet Corps]], and joined the 20th regular course of the [[Indian Military Academy]].{{fact\|date=December ~~2018~~}}		Lt Gen Nambiar was born in Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) on 30 August 1936, to Kunhananthan Nambiar and Chenicheri Devikutty.{{fact\|date=December 2022}} He was educated mostly in [[Pune\|Poona]] (present-day Pune) and [[Mumbai\|Bombay]], and is an alumnus of [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai\|St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].{{fact\|date=December 2022}} He was an Under Officer with the [[National Cadet Corps (India)\|National Cadet Corps]], and joined the 20th regular course of the [[Indian Military Academy]].{{fact\|date=December 2022}}

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	\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Sainya Seva Medal]]		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Sainya Seva Medal]]
	\|[[~~Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals~~\|High Altitude Service Medal]]		\|[[High Altitude Medal\|High Altitude Service Medal]]
	\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Videsh Seva Medal]]		\|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals\|Videsh Seva Medal]]
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Satish Nambiar VrC
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|08|30}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| birth_name = Chenicheri Satish Nambiar
| allegiance = [[India]]
| branch = [[Indian Army]]
| serviceyears = 1956-1994
| rank = [[Lieutenant General]]
| servicenumber = IC-10018
| unit = [[Maratha Light Infantry]]
| commands =
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]] [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]] [[Yugoslav Wars]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] [[PVSM]] [[AVSM]] [[Vir Chakra]]
| spouse = Indira
| relations = Brother - [[Vijay Nambiar]] Daughter — Rekha Son — Rajesh
| laterwork = Distinguished Fellow of [[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|IDSA]]
| signature =
| website = 
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[[Lieutenant General]] '''Chenicheri Satish Nambiar''' {{postnominals|list=[[Vir Chakra|VrC]]}} is a retired Indian general. He was the first Force Commander and Head of Mission of [[UNPROFOR]], the [[United Nations Protection Force]] in the former [[Yugoslavia]] during 1992-93. He is the elder brother of former [[UN]] [[Under-Secretary-General]] [[Vijay Nambiar]].

== Early life ==

Lt Gen Nambiar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 August 1936, to Kunhananthan Nambiar and Chenicheri Devikutty.{{fact|date=December 2018}} He was educated mostly in [[Pune|Poona]] (present-day Pune) and [[Mumbai|Bombay]], and is an alumnus of [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College, Bombay]].{{fact|date=December 2018}} He was an Under Officer with the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]], and joined the 20th regular course of the [[Indian Military Academy]].{{fact|date=December 2018}}

== Military career ==

During 1977-1979, Nambiar was a part of the Indian Army Training team in [[Iraq]]. During 1983-1987, he worked as a Military Adviser at the [[High Commission of India, London]].<ref name="r2apac">{{cite web |url=http://r2pasiapacific.org/index.html?page=189296 |title=Nambiar, Satish |access-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=The University of Queensland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001647/http://r2pasiapacific.org/index.html?page=189296 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He also worked as the Director General of Military Operations in India. He was the first Force Commander and Head of Mission of the [[United Nations]] forces in Yugoslavia. He retired as the Deputy [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/news/dh/hlpanel/satish-nambiar-bio.pdf |title=Biographical Data: Satish Nambiar |access-date=28 June 2014 |publisher=United Nations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001023748/http://www.un.org/News/dh/hlpanel/satish-nambiar-bio.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== After retirement ==

After his retirement, Nambiar worked as a researcher and author on topics related to war, defence strategy and international relations. He served on the United Nations High Level Panel on "Threats, Challenges and Change", which provided basis for the UN Secretary General's report to the [[2005 World Summit]]. Since 2011, he is a distinguished fellow of the [[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]], New Delhi.<ref name="r2apac"/>

== Awards ==

* [[Vir Chakra]], for [[Operation Cactus-Lilly]] (1971)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://twdi.in/node/4230 |title=Vir Chakra Awardee: Lt Col Satish Nambiar, AVSM, VrC |publisher=The War Decorated Trust |access-date=28 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225209/http://twdi.in/node/4230 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Padma Bhushan]], 2009<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | archive-date=15 October 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Military Decorations===

{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align: center;"
|colspan="4"|[[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]
[[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:Vir Chakra ribbon bar.svg|105px]] [[File:India General Service Medal 1947.svg|105px]]
|-
|[[File:IND Samar Seva Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Poorvi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Raksha Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
|[[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
| colspan="1"| [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
| colspan="2"| [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
| colspan= "3" style="text-align:center;"| [[Vir Chakra]]
| colspan="1"| [[General_Service_Medal_1947|General Service Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Samar Seva Medal]]
|[[Poorvi Star]]
|[[Paschimi Star]]
|Raksha Medal
|-
|[[Sangram Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|High Altitude Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Videsh Seva Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|-
|}

== Bibliography ==

* {{cite book |author1=Satish Nambiar |author2=Chandar S. Sundaram |author3=Rana Chhina |title=For the Honour of India: A History of Indian Peacekeeping |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdaJZwEACAAJ |year=2009 |publisher=Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India |isbn=978-81-902097-8-6 }}
* {{cite book |author=UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change |title=A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility : Report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wBHTXf8xj4C |year=2004 |publisher=United Nations Publications |isbn=978-92-1-100958-3}}

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3555035.stm Satish Nambiar on BBC Hardtalk]

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