General Bipin Rawat is the first and present Defense Chief or Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of India, he assumed the post of Chief of Defense on 1 January 2020. Prior to this, he was the head of the Indian Army. Rawat served as the Chief of Army Staff from 31 December 2016 to 31 December 2019. He was born in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, a Rajput caste (Parasai / Parasara Rawat, which is a branch of the Chauhan Rajputs of Uttarakhand in Garhwal).
General Rawat's mother is from Parmar dynasty. Rawat is in the backward class in Rajasthan, while in Uttarakhand, Rawat Samachan is the surname or title of Rajputs. In Uttarakhand, some Scheduled Tribes also apply Rawat surname. ) Happened. His ancestors came from Mayapur / Haridwar and settled in Parsai village of Garhwal, called Parsara Rawat. Rawat is a miltri title which was given to various Rajputs by the rulers of Garhwal. His father Lieutenant General Laxman Singh Rawat, who retired from the Army as the rank of Lieutenant General. Rawat started his career in 1978 with the fifth battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifle.
Rawat studied at Cambrian Hall School in Dehradun, St. Edward's School in Shimla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, where he was awarded the 'Sword of Honor'. He is also a graduate of the Defense Services Staff College, Wellington and Higher Command courses at Fort Leavenworth, USA. He has also done MPhil in Defense Studies, Diploma in Management and Diploma in Computer Studies from Madras University. In 2011, he was awarded the Doctorate of Philosophy by Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut for research on military-media strategic studies.
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