Raghunath Nambiar

Early life and education Raghunath Nambiar's father, Padmanabhan Nambiar, was a Squadron Leader with the Indian Air Force. Nambiar is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy.

He also served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 March 2019 following the retirement of Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar and served till his superannuation on 31 October 2019. Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh succeeded him.

Awards and decorations During his career, Nambiar has been awarded with numerous awards and decorations including two Vayu Sena Medals, one for Gallantry during the Kargil Operations and for flight testing the HAL Tejas (2002), the Ati Vishist Seva Medal in (2015), Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019, and commendations from the Chief of Air Staff (1991) and C-in-C of Strategic Force Command (2005).

Param Vishisht Seva MedalAti Vishisht Seva MedalVayu Sena Medal

Personal life Air Marshal Nambiar is married to Luxmi Nambiar.