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Air Marshal Ajit Nath
| Service No & Branch | 1666 MED MR-00212 |  | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1916 | Commissioned: 13 Jan 1941 | Course: | |||||||||||||||||
| Service End: | Retired on 22 Apr 1976 Voluntary Retirement Died on 09 Jun 1986 (70 Years age) | Nick Name : | |||||||||||||||||
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 Gp Capt |  Air Mshl | ||||
| Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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| 13 Jan 1941 - 31 Mar 1941 | Flt Lt | ITC | Lahore | Training | |
| 01 Apr 1941 - 31 Aug 1942 | Flt Lt | No.1 Squadron | Medical Officer | ||
| 04 Aug 1942 - 30 Nov 1942 | Flt Lt | No.2 Squadron | Medical Officer To Delhi | ||
| 01 Dec 1942 - 30 Jun 1943 | Flt Lt | RAF Quetta | Quetta | Med officer | |
| 01 Jul 1943 - 30 Jun 1945 | Sqn Ldr | 1 EFTS | Secunderabad | Med officer | |
| 01 Jul 1945 - 31 Dec 1945 | Sqn Ldr | RAF Bangalore | Bangalore | Med officer | |
| 01 Jan 1946 - 01 Dec 1948 | Wg Cdr | Trg Group | Bangalore | Principal Medical Officer | |
| 01 Dec 1948 - 28 Feb 1957 | Wg Cdr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | ||
| 01 Mar 1957 - 31 Aug 1958 | Wg Cdr | IAM, RAF | Farnborough, UK | Deputation | |
| 01 Sep 1958 - 01 Dec 1958 | Wg Cdr | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | ||
| 01 Dec 1958 - 05 Sep 1960 | Wg Cdr | Training Command | Bangalore | Principal Medical Officer | |
| 06 Sep 1960 - 11 Jan 1963 | Gp Capt | Institution of Aviation Medicine | Bangalore | Commandant | |
| 12 Jan 1963 - 09 Jun 1963 | Gp Capt | Operational Command | Delhi | Principal Medical Officer | |
| 10 Jun 1963 - 05 Jan 1966 | Gp Capt | Western Air Command | Delhi | Principal Medical Officer | |
| 06 Jan 1966 - 06 Mar 1969 | Air Cmde | Western Air Command | Delhi | Principal Medical Officer | |
| 07 Mar 1969 - 31 Dec 1974 | AVM | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Director Medical Services (Air) | |
| 01 Jan 1975 - 22 Apr 1976 | Air Marshal | Armed Forces Medical Sciences | Delhi | Director General | |
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Awards and Decorations
Number of Awards: 1
| Param Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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| AVM | Ajit Nath | 1666 MED | Award Date 26 Jan 1970 | Announced 26 Jan 1970 |
| Details : | Air Vice Marshal Ajit Nath joined the Medical Branch of the Indian Air Force in 1941. He saw active service during World War II. He was the first Medical Officer of No. I Squadron of the I.A.F. as also the first Indian Principal Medical Officer of the then Group Headquarters at Bangalore in 1947. He attended Advanced Courses in Aviation Medicine in U.K., France, Italy and Germany. He has contributed largely to the formation of Aero Medical Society and School of Aviation Medicine. He handled creditably problems relating to air evacuation of casualties during the India-Pakistan conflict 1965. He has flown more than 1,250 hours with pilots of varying experience in different types of training and operational Aircraft over various parts of the country to collect valuable medical data. | |||
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| Reference : GoI19700126 | ||||
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