Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur, an alumnus of Cambrian Hall and St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun, is going to be promoted to the rank of Air Marshal on Monday.
Air Vice-Marshal RD Mathur had topped the ICSE batch of 1976 from SJA and joined the National Defence Academy in 1978. Having topped the BSc course at NDA, he was later commissioned into the Fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in June 1982.
The officer has over 5,000 hours of flying experience in a variety of operational and training roles.
Air Vice-Marshal RD Mathur had earlier been Assistant Chief of Air Staff in charge of the IAF's Air Warfare Strategy cell besides its space, cyber, Air Traffic Services and Media &Public Relations Directorates.
He has served as Air Defence Commander at HQ Eastern Air Command and commanded a frontline Air Force Station and a Fighter aircraft squadron.
Air Vice-Marshal RD Mathur has undergone post-graduate courses at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College,New Delhi, and holds MSc and M Phil degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University For his meritorious service, he has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2003 and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2014 by the President of India.