Philip Campose

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| name = Philip Campose

| honorific_suffix = PVSM, AVSM**, VSM

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| serviceyears = 1974 – 31 July 2015

| rank = 22px Lieutenant General

| servicenumber = IC-30702N

| unit = Mechanised Infantry Regiment
9 Gorkha Rifles

| commands = Western Command{{cite web|title=Lieutenant General Philip Campose Takes Over as Army Commander Western Command|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=96930|website=Press Information Bureau|publisher=Government of India: Ministry of Defence|accessdate=23 May 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111757/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=96930|archivedate=4 March 2016}}
XII Corps

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| awards = 20px Param Vishisht Seva Medal
20px Ati Vishist Seva Medal
20px Vishisht Seva Medal

| alma_mater = St. Xavier's School, Delhi
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Lieutenant General Philip Campose, PVSM, AVSM & Bar, VSM was the Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and assumed office on 1 August 2014 succeeding General Dalbir Singh. He retired on 31 July 2015 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Man Mohan Singh Rai.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/vice-chief-of-army-retires/|title=Vice Chief of Army Lt Gen Philip Campose retires|website=The Indian Express|date=August 2015 |accessdate=23 May 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808170028/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/vice-chief-of-army-retires/|archivedate=8 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=124041|title=Lt Gen Philip Campose, Vice Chief of the Army Staff Superannuates on 31 Jul 15|website=Press Information Bureau|publisher=Ministry of Defence, Government of India|accessdate=23 May 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611180512/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=124041|archivedate=11 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-vice-chief-lt-gen-philip-campose-retires-1202673|title=Army Vice Chief Lt Gen Philip Campose Retires|website=NDTV|publisher=Press Trust of India|accessdate=23 May 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624032358/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/army-vice-chief-lt-gen-philip-campose-retires-1202673|archivedate=24 June 2016}}

Early life and education

Campose is an alumnus of St. Xavier's School, Delhi; National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He also completed various command courses from Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; National Defence College, New Delhi; the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and a tactical course in Russia. He holds a master's degree in philosophy in Defence Management and Security Studies and in Strategic Studies from Indore and Madras Universities respectively.

Career

Campose was commissioned into 9 Gorkha Rifles in 1974 and was later transferred to the Mechanised Infantry Regiment in 1982. He has vast operational and command experience including commander of a mechanized infantry battalion; commander of an infantry division near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir; Brigade Major of an Armoured Brigade; Colonel of General Staff of a counter insurgency division in north-east India; Deputy Director General of Strategy at the Directorate of Perspective Planning; Chief Staff Officer (Land Vector) at the headquarters of Strategic Forces Command and Commander of XII Corps (Jodhpur). He has also served as an instructor at National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and at the tactical wing of Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACCS). He was deputed to United Nations peace keeping missions in former Yugoslavia and northern Iraq. In 2013, on being promoted to the rank to Army Commander, he was appointed as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command, prior to his appointment as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) of Indian Army. He succeeded Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh as the Vice Chief of Army Staff, who was promoted to the rank of full general and appointed as the Chief of the Army Staff. He was also the colonel commandant of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment.{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lt-gen-campose-takes-charge-as-western-command-army-commander/|title=Lt Gen Campose takes charge as Western Command Army Commander|date=2013-07-03|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023181814/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lt-gen-campose-takes-charge-as-western-command-army-commander/|archivedate=2017-10-23}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lt-Gen-Campose-takes-over-as-new-army-commander-western-command/articleshow/20860143.cms|title=Lt Gen Campose takes over as new army commander, western command - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714100829/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lt-Gen-Campose-takes-over-as-new-army-commander-western-command/articleshow/20860143.cms|archivedate=2014-07-14}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Lt-Gen-Campose-is-new-GOC-of-12-Corps/articleshow/8739612.cms|title=Lt-Gen Campose is new GOC of 12 Corps - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203141615/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Lt-Gen-Campose-is-new-GOC-of-12-Corps/articleshow/8739612.cms|archivedate=2017-02-03}}

During his career of more than four decades, he was awarded the Param Vishist Seva Medal (January 2015), Ati Vishisht Seva Medal** (January 2014 and January 2013) and Vishisht Seva Medal (January 2011) for his distinguished service to the country.{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=117559|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023181815/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=117559|archivedate=2017-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69354|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605134230/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69354|archivedate=2011-06-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91831|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131112300/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91831|archivedate=2013-01-31}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=102732|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-23|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008132514/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=102732|archivedate=2015-10-08}}