Bipin Rawat an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy
He was commissioned into the Indian Army's Fifth Battalion and Eleventh Gorkha Rifles in December 1978
Bipin Rawant was appointed as the first Chief of Army Staff in December 2016
In his more than 38 years of duty, he held various positions in the military
He was also a member of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force
Bipin Rawat was also involved in the planning of the Surgical Strike in 2016
He wrote many articles on national security and leadership