Lt Gen Satish Nambiar, PVSM, AVSM, VrC (Retd) was the first Force Commander and Head of Mission of UNPROFOR, the United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia during 1992-93. He was a part of the Indian Army Training team in Iraq 1977-79. During 1983-1987, he served as the Military Adviser at the High Commission of India, London.He was also the Director General of Military Operations. Nominated by the Secretary General of the United Nations to serve on a 16-member high level panel to study global security threats and recommend measures for effective collective action, Gen Nambiar was honoured with Padma Bhushan for his contribution to National Security Affairs in 2009.