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{{Short description|Indian air officer}} | |||
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'''[[Air Marshal]] Sreedhara Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair''' (born 7 July 1958), [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]], [[Mentioned in dispatches|Mention in Dispatches]] is a retired officer of [[Indian Air Force]] who was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), [[Training Command (India)|Training Command]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] from 1 September 2015 to 31 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-training-chief-srk-nair-retires/articleshow/65213737.cms|title=IAF training chief SRK Nair retires|date=31 July | '''[[Air Marshal]] Sreedhara Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair''' (born 7 July 1958), [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]], [[Mentioned in dispatches|Mention in Dispatches]] is a retired officer of [[Indian Air Force]] who was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), [[Training Command (India)|Training Command]] of the [[Indian Air Force]] from 1 September 2015 to 31 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/iaf-training-chief-srk-nair-retires/articleshow/65213737.cms|title=IAF training chief SRK Nair retires|date=31 July 2022}}</ref> He succeeded [[Air marshal|Air Marshal]] Ramesh Rai.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/s-r-k-nair-takes-over-as-air-officer-commanding-in-chief-in-bengaluru-training-command/articleshow/48760670.cms|title=S R K Nair takes over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief in Bengaluru training command|date=2015-09-01|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_command.php?pg_id=30&page_type=command&comm_id=6#|title=TRAINING COMMAND|website=indianairforce.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/IAF-chief-stresses-quality-training-of-staff/article16715302.ece|title=IAF chief stresses quality training of staff|author=Staff Reporter|date=2016-11-28|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/new-chiefs-take-charge-at-iaf-southern-eastern-commands-1856344.html|title=New chiefs take charge at IAF’s Southern, Eastern Commands|work=www.oneindia.com|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/training-command-bids-adieu-to-air-officer-commandinginchief-ramesh-rai/article7485575.ece|title=Training Command bids adieu to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Ramesh Rai|date=2015-07-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-13|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | ||
== Early life and education == | == Early life and education == | ||
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== Career == | == Career == | ||
Nair was commissioned into the transport stream of the Indian Air Force in June 1980. He has clocked over 7200 hours of flying and has experience on many different types of aircraft's including [[De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter|Otter]], [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|Avro]], [[An-32]], [[Dornier 228|Dornier]] and [[Ilyushin Il-76|IL-76]]. He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including Chief Operations Officer of a Transport Base; Commanding Officer of a strategic Air lift Squadron; Director Operations (Transport) at Air Headquarters; Air Officer Commanding of AFS Chandigarh; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Personnel Airmen and Civilians); Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Transport & Helicopter) and Senior Air Staff Officer of Training Command. He has also been extensively involved in many military operations including [[Operation Pawan]], [[Operation Cactus]], [[Operation Parakram|Operations Parakram]] and [[Operation Safed Sagar]]. As the Flight Commander, he was directly involved in initiating night operations to Leh and Thoise on the IL-76 aircraft. He has led multiple airborne exercises with foreign countries including [https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sabinet/accordc/1999/00001999/00000001/art00006 Exercise Blue Crane] in South Africa in 1999, [http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/18765/cope-thunder-begins-in-alaska.html Exercise Cooperative Cope Thunder in USA in 2003] and [http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/09/indra-07-maiden-military-exercise-in.html Russia in Exercise INDRA 2007].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=30988|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> He captained a flight to the [https://www.onmanorama.com/news/nation/2020/06/20/indian-air-force-aviator-flight-to-north-pole-usa.html North Pole in an Indian Air Force (IAF) IL-76 aircraft on 20 Jun 2003], making it the [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=c79aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT249&lpg=PT249&dq=First+indian+aircraft+to+fly+over+the+north+pole+LIMCA&source=bl&ots=rRHKR_ITe_&sig=ACfU3U1oMj0_BlKHwS4RW_C41rsjVr46Fw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYkLLPx87qAhWWV30KHStIBr4Q6AEwI3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=First%20indian%20aircraft%20to%20fly%20over%20the%20north%20pole%20LIMCA&f=false first Indian aircraft to fly over the true North pole.] He played a pivotal role in [http://www.sps-aviation.com/story/?id=1297 operationalising Daulet Beg Oldi], the highest air strip in the world , for An-32 and C-130 aircraft. He was involved in numerous disaster relief operations during the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], Super cyclone in Orissa, [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami]], Mumbai Floods, [[Cyclone Katrina]], China Earthquake and was the Air Force co-ordinator for [[Operation Rahat]]. He is a qualified Flying Instructor, has been an Air Force Examiner and is the Commodore Commandant of 44 Squadron (Mighty Jets).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/air-marshal-srk-nair-conferred-pvsm/|title=Air Marshal SRK Nair conferred PVSM|date=2017-01-26|work=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=138506|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> | Nair was commissioned into the transport stream of the Indian Air Force in June 1980. He has clocked over 7200 hours of flying and has experience on many different types of aircraft's including [[De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter|Otter]], [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|Avro]], [[An-32]], [[Dornier 228|Dornier]] and [[Ilyushin Il-76|IL-76]]. He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including Chief Operations Officer of a Transport Base; Commanding Officer of a strategic Air lift Squadron; Director Operations (Transport) at Air Headquarters; Air Officer Commanding of AFS Chandigarh; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Personnel Airmen and Civilians); Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Transport & Helicopter) and Senior Air Staff Officer of Training Command. He has also been extensively involved in many military operations including [[Operation Pawan]], [[Operation Cactus]], [[Operation Parakram|Operations Parakram]] and [[Operation Safed Sagar]]. As the Flight Commander, he was directly involved in initiating night operations to Leh and Thoise on the IL-76 aircraft. He has led multiple airborne exercises with foreign countries including [https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sabinet/accordc/1999/00001999/00000001/art00006 Exercise Blue Crane] in South Africa in 1999, [http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/18765/cope-thunder-begins-in-alaska.html Exercise Cooperative Cope Thunder in USA in 2003] and [http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/09/indra-07-maiden-military-exercise-in.html Russia in Exercise INDRA 2007].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=30988|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> He captained a flight to the [https://www.onmanorama.com/news/nation/2020/06/20/indian-air-force-aviator-flight-to-north-pole-usa.html North Pole in an Indian Air Force (IAF) IL-76 aircraft on 20 Jun 2003], making it the [https://books.google.co.in/books?id=c79aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT249&lpg=PT249&dq=First+indian+aircraft+to+fly+over+the+north+pole+LIMCA&source=bl&ots=rRHKR_ITe_&sig=ACfU3U1oMj0_BlKHwS4RW_C41rsjVr46Fw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYkLLPx87qAhWWV30KHStIBr4Q6AEwI3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=First%20indian%20aircraft%20to%20fly%20over%20the%20north%20pole%20LIMCA&f=false first Indian aircraft to fly over the true North pole.] He played a pivotal role in [http://www.sps-aviation.com/story/?id=1297 operationalising Daulet Beg Oldi], the highest air strip in the world , for An-32 and C-130 aircraft. He was involved in numerous disaster relief operations during the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], Super cyclone in Orissa, [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami]], Mumbai Floods, [[Cyclone Katrina]], China Earthquake and was the Air Force co-ordinator for [[Operation Rahat]]. He is a qualified Flying Instructor, has been an Air Force Examiner and is the Commodore Commandant of 44 Squadron (Mighty Jets).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/air-marshal-srk-nair-conferred-pvsm/|title=Air Marshal SRK Nair conferred PVSM|date=2017-01-26|work=Jammu Kashmir Latest News {{!}} Tourism {{!}} Breaking News J&K|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=138506|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-13}}</ref> | ||
He | He joined the Armed Forces Tribunal as the Technical Member at the Kochi Bench on 15 September 2020. | ||
== Awards and medals == | == Awards and medals == | ||
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== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
He is married to Geethanjali Nair and their daughter Karthika Nair ( | He is married to Geethanjali Nair and their daughter Karthika Nair (Director & Head of Operations, Praesedia Biotherapeutics Pvt. Ltd.) is married to Manu Balachandran, Associate Editor, Forbes India.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| before = Ramesh Rai | | before = Ramesh Rai | ||
| after = [[Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria]] | | after = [[Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria]] | ||
}}{{Succession box | |||
| title = Senior Air Staff Officer - [[Southern Air Command (India)|Southern Air Command]] | |||
| years = 1 May 2014 - 31 August 2015 | |||
| before = [[Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar]] | |||
| after = [[Raghunath Nambiar]] | |||
}}{{Succession box | |||
| title = [[Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Air Staff]] | |||
| years = 1 March 2014 - 30 April 2014 | |||
| before = [[Subramanyam Sukumar]] | |||
| after = [[Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha]] | |||
}}{{s-end | }}{{s-end | ||
}} | }} | ||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] | ||
[[Category:1958 births]] | [[Category:1958 births]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Vayu Sena Medal]] | |||