Rashtriya Indian Military College - Alumni

Alumni

Main article: List of Rimcollians See also: Category:Rashtriya Indian Military College alumni

Alumni of the RIMC are known as "Rimcollians". Rimcollians have held high positions in the Armed Forces, many becoming the Chiefs of Staff in the Indian and Pakistani Armed Forces. The cadets enrolled at RIMC are known as "Rimcos" to distinguish them from the alumni. A rare distinction of the RIMC is that some of its alumni have also headed the Armed Forces of Pakistan, a feat made possible by Rimcollians of the pre-partition Subcontinent era.

Some of the high-ranking officers produced by the RIMC are General K.S.Thimayya, Padma Bhushan, General GG Bewoor, General Vishwa Nath Sharma, Maj General M. Anwar Khan (Pakistan Army Engineers), Lt. General Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Indian army, Air Marshal Asghar Khan (Pakistan Air Force), Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri, Air Marshal D.C.Kumaria,Air Marshal Nur Khan (Pakistan Air Force), Maj Gen K Zorawar Singh, Maj Gen M R Rajwade, Maj Gen Karam Singh, PVSM, SM (Indian Amry, Dogra Regt, Ex - Dy Adjutant General), General S. Padmanabhan, Chief Of Army Staff, Lt Gen H M Khanna, (Indian Army - GOC-in-C Command), Lt Gen N S Brar, (Indian Army - Artillery,GOC Corps; Administrative Member Armed Forces Tribunal), Lt Gen SK Singh, (Indian Army - Infantry, VCOAS), Lt Gen Gautam Dutt, (Indian Army - Engineers, Engineer-in-Chief) . Gallantry awards have been awarded to Rimcollians including the Victoria Cross to Lt Gen PS Bhagat, Distinguished Service Order to Gen KS Thimayya and the Param Vir Chakra to Major Som Nath Sharma.

Royals are highly inspired by the college and most royals from Indian Princely States join the college. The Colonel Sawai Maharaj Sahib Shri Deshpal Singh Ju Deo of Ajaigarh cousin of H.H. Sawai Maharaja Punya Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur of Ajaigarh is passed out from the same and was classmate of Padma Bhushan, General GG Bewoor, General Nayazi (Pakistan), General Bahadur.

Cadets namely Piyush Sunil Deshmukh(Equestrian), Jaikant Mishra(Mountaineering), Praveen Kumar(Mountaineering) have earned the "Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card" for achievements in their fields respectively during their tenure at the school itself. The school has an alumni network called the Rimcollian Old Boys Association (ROBA). The alumni also have mailing groups on the internet through which they interact.