Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha

Air Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha, AVSM, VM is Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Central Air Command of the Indian Air Force and assumed the office on 1 January 2016 from Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill.

Early life and education
Sinha is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He has also taken the Operational Electronic Warfare course in France and the Executive course on Security Studies in United States.

Career
Sinha was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 15 June 1980. He has clocked over 3700 hours of flying and has experience on many different types of fighters. He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including the Commanding Officer of a MiG-21 Squadron; Commandant of Electronic Warfare Range; Team Leader of AWACS Project Team in Israel; Air Officer Commanding of a front line Su-30 MKI Base; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans); Principal Director Plans, Principal Director C4ISR; Principal Director Acquisitions; Deputy Director of Operations (Electronic Warfare); Chief Flying Instructor of Basic Flying Training School; Air Force Examiner in Aircrew Examining Board and the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (30 April 2014 - 31 December 2015). He is a Category A Flying Instructor, Instrument Rating Instructor and Examiner. He is also the Commodore Commandant of No. 7 Squadron

Awards and medals
During 37 years of his career, Bhadauria has been awarded several medals: two Presidential medals, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (January 2011) and the Vayu Sena Medal.

Personal life
He is married to Alpana Sinha and they have a son. His brother B B P Sinha was also an Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force.