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Havildar or havaldar (Hindustani: हविलदार or हवलदार , حوالدار ) is a rank in the Indian and Pakistani armies, equivalent to sergeant. It is not used in cavalry units, where the equivalent is daffadar. Like a British sergeant, a havildar wears three rank chevrons. [1]
There is no such academic rank as a "Senior Professor", as is often used by some senior faculty members to indirectly state that they are in a higher pay grade (HAG scale). "Professor" is the highest academic rank in India, and is comparable to similar ranks used in United States and European universities.
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
This could be at the time of retirement, or when still in service. Honorary commissioned officers may wear the appropriate rank insignia, but they do not become members of the officers' mess. They do, however, receive the pay and pension of their honorary rank. The honorary ranks in the various forces are: Indian Army: Honorary Lieutenant
RFO (Range Forest Officer) is a uniformed police officer responsible for forest conservation. Their role is equivalent to that of Tahsildar or circle officers in the administrative domain and they hold the equivalent police rank of Inspector of police with three stars but no stripes. Forest Rangers are state forest officers who serve in the ...
The cadres usually start from a designation lower in rank than Indian Administrative Service (IAS) (one of the All India Services). However, promoted RAS officers gradually can take posts equivalent to IAS officers. Usually it takes 25–30 years of service for promotion in IAS.
Subedar (Hindi: सूबेदार, Urdu: بوبیدار) is a military rank in the militaries of South Asia roughly equivalent to that of a warrant officer. Historically classed in the British Indian Army as a Viceroy's commissioned officer, the rank was retained in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army after independence.
Insignia of an Indian Police officer holding the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector. In the police forces of India and Nepal, [1] an Assistant of sub-inspector (ASI) [2] is a non-gazetted police officer ranking above a police head constable and below a Sub-inspector. The rank insignia for an ASI is one star, with a red and blue striped ribbon at ...