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| motto = {{lang-sa|Yuddham Pragya|italic=yes}}<br />
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| mottoeng = ''To War with Wisdom''<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|1905||}} (as the ''Army Staff College'', [[Deolali]])<br />
| type = [[National security|Defence Service]] Training Institute<br />
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| city = [[Wellington Cantonment]], [[Nilgiris district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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'''The Defence Services Staff College''' ('''DSSC''') is a [[Defense (military)|defence service]] training institution of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Government of India]].<br />
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It trains officers of all three services of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] – ([[Indian Army|Indian Military Service]], [[Indian Navy|Indian Naval Service]], [[Indian Air Force|Indian Airforce Service]]), selected officers from the [[Paramilitary forces of India|Paramilitary forces]] and the [[Civil Services of India|Civil Services]] and officers from friendly foreign countries for command and staff appointments.<br />
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==History==<br />
One of the oldest military institutions in [[India]], it was founded in 1905 as the '''Army Staff college''' in [[Deolali]] (near [[Nashik]]). In 1907, it moved to its permanent location at [[Quetta]] (now [[Pakistan]]). After the [[partition of India|partition of India and Pakistan]] in 1947, the Indian elements of the Staff College, Quetta led by the senior-most Indian Army instructor [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] S. D. Verma moved to India. Verma was promoted [[Brigadier (India)|brigadier]] and appointed as the first commandant and chose [[Wellington Cantonment]] in [[The Nilgiris District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] as the location of the Staff College in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dssc.gov.in/dssc-history.html|title=DSSC History| publisher=DSSC }}</ref><br />
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The first staff course started in April 1948, months after the move. The first course had 46 officers from the Indian Army and 2 each from the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force. Two officers from this course – [[Major]] [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]] and [[Squadron Leader]] [[Hrushikesh Moolgavkar]] went on to head their services as the Chiefs. The air wing was established in 1949 and the Naval Wing in 1950 and the college was rechristened ''Defence Services Staff College''. The college threw open its gates to officers from friendly foreign countries from the fifth course and to [[Civil Services of India|civil servants]] from the sixth course.<ref name="PIB">{{cite web |title=DEFENCE SERVICES STAFF COLLEGE TURNS GOLDEN |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1998-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1998-04-16_153.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=16 April 1998}}</ref><br />
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DSSC has been affiliated to [[Madras University]] for the award of [[M.Sc.]] degree in 'Defence and Strategic Studies' and recognized as a research centre for [[MPhil]] and [[PhD]] degrees since 1990.<ref name="TIMELINE">{{cite web | url=http://www.dssc.gov.in/history/DSSC,%20Wellington%20-%20TIMELINE.pdf | title=DSSC, Wellington – TIMELINE | publisher=DSSC | access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Crest and motto==<br />
[[File:Stamp of India - 1998 - Colnect 161855 - Defence Services Staff College.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|1998 postage stamp on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the college]]<br />
The Staff College when at Quetta adopted the crest of [[Staff College, Camberley]], which was the 'Wise Owl' with the [[Latin]] motto {{lang|la|Tam Marte Quam Minerva|italic=yes}}. In 1964, Owl perched on crossed swords and the motto in [[Sanskrit]] {{lang|sa|Yuddham Pragya|italic=yes}} was adopted.<ref name="PIB" /><br />
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==Commandant==<br />
{{Main|Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College}}<br />
The commandant of the Defence Services Staff College is the head of the institution. The commandant is an army officer of the rank of [[lieutenant general]].<ref name="Organization">{{cite web |title=Organization |url=http://www.dssc.gov.in/dssc-org.html |website=www.dssc.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Organisation==<br />
The commandant of the college is assisted by the chief instructors (CI) of the army, naval and air wings, all [[Two-star rank|two-star]] appointments. The CIs are drawn from the respective services. The Incharge of the administrative wing (also a two-star appointment), and the brigadier general staff (BGS) also report into the commandant.<ref name="Organization"/><br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
===Chiefs of Army Staff===<br />
* [[Field Marshal (India)|Field Marshal]] [[Sam Manekshaw]]<br />
* [[General (India)|General]] [[P. P. Kumaramangalam]]<br />
* General Tapishwar Narain Raina<br />
* General [[Om Prakash Malhotra]]<br />
* General [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya]]<br />
* General [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]<br />
* General [[Krishnaswamy Sundarji]]<br />
* General [[Vishwa Nath Sharma]]<br />
* General [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]<br />
* General [[Bipin Chandra Joshi]]<br />
* General [[Ved Prakash Malik]]<br />
* General [[Sundararajan Padmanabhan]]<br />
* General [[Nirmal Chander Vij]]<br />
* General [[J. J. Singh]]<br />
* General [[Deepak Kapoor]]<br />
* General [[V. K. Singh]]<br />
* General [[Bikram Singh (general)|Bikram Singh]]<br />
* General [[Bipin Rawat]]<br />
* General [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]]<br />
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===Chiefs of Naval Staff===<br />
* [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[Ronald Lynsdale Pereira]]<br />
* Admiral [[Oscar Stanley Dawson]]<br />
* Admiral [[Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni]]<br />
* Admiral [[Vishnu Bhagwat]]<br />
* Admiral [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]]<br />
* Admiral [[Madhvendra Singh]]<br />
* Admiral [[Arun Prakash]]<br />
* Admiral [[Sureesh Mehta]]<br />
* Admiral [[Robin K. Dhowan]]<br />
* Admiral [[Sunil Lanba]]<br />
* Admiral [[Karambir Singh]]<br />
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===Chiefs of Air Staff===<br />
* [[Air chief marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] Hrushikesh Moolgavkar<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Idris Hasan Latif]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Lakshman Madhav Katre]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Surinder Mehra]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[S. K. Kaul]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Satish Sareen]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Anil Yashwant Tipnis]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Shashindra Pal Tyagi]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Pradeep Vasant Naik]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Arup Raha]]<br />
* Air Chief Marshal [[Birender Singh Dhanoa]]<br />
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===Foreign alumni===<br />
* [[:de:Hans-Christoph Ammon|Hans-Christoph Ammon]], Head of German special forces <br />
* [[Muhammadu Buhari]], President and former military Head of State, Nigeria<br />
* [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], former Nigerian President <br />
* [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Fijian honours system|MSD]], [[Venerable Order of St John|OStJ]], [[Prime Minister of Fiji|3rd Prime Minister of Fiji]]<br />
* [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Gotabhaya Rajapaksa]], [[Rana Wickrama Padakkama|RWP]], [[Rana Sura Padakkama|RSP]], [[Gajaba Infantry Regiment|GR]] – former [[President of Sri Lanka]]<br />
* [[Major General]] [[Matheus Alueendo]] 7th Commander of the [[Namibian Army]]<br />
* [[Admiral]] [[Basil Gunasekara]], former commander of the [[Sri Lanka Navy]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Pakistan Command and Staff College]]<br />
* [[Indian National Defence University]]<br />
* [[Military academies in India|Military Academies in India]]<br />
* [[Sainik school]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{url|http://www.dssc.gov.in/|DSSC homepage}}<br />
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