Lieutenant General P C Thimayya PVSM, VSM, ADC
Born	(1960-04-04) 4 April 1960 (age 64)[1]
Allegiance	India
Service / branch	Indian Army
Years of service	June 1981 – April 2020
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	IC-39438M
Unit	Mechanised Infantry Regiment
Commands	Army Training Command X Corps 5 Mech
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

Lieutenant General Pattacheruvanda Chengappa Thimayya, PVSM, VSM, ADC is a former General Officer in the Indian Army. He was the 21st General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Army Training Command. He assumed office on 1 November 2018 from Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane.^[2][3]

Thimayya was born in Chettalli, Virajpet, Karnataka to a Kodava family, and is the son of Pattacheruvanda Ponnappa Changappa and Gauru Changappa, Thimmaiah. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Bhubaneswar; National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.^[2][4] He was a sword of honour winner at the Indian Military Academy.^[5]

Thimayya was commissioned into Mechanised Infantry Regiment in 1981. He has served on both the Western and Eastern fronts. He has commanded a mechanised infantry brigade; a strike RAPID division and X Corps (Bhatinda) (5 July 2017 – 20 July 2018). His staff appointments include Commandant of Army War College, Mhow; and Integrated Army HQ at MoD. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 5 January 2017. He has also served as a military observer on the UN mission in Angola and as a Defence Attache to Bangladesh. He was the chief of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment.^{[6][7][4][8][9]}

Thimayya retired from the Army on 29 April 2020 after 39 years of service.^[10]

Thimayya is married to Neena Thimmaiah and they have two sons. Akshay Thimmaiah is studying Mass Communication and Arjun Thimmaiah is serving in the Indian Navy.^[4]

Insignia	Rank	Component	Date of rank
	Second Lieutenant	Indian Army	13 June 1981[11]
	Lieutenant	Indian Army	13 June 1983[12]
	Captain	Indian Army	13 June 1986
	Major	Indian Army	13 June 1992[13]
	Lieutenant-Colonel	Indian Army	16 December 2004[14]
	Colonel	Indian Army	1 October 2005[15]
	Brigadier	Indian Army	13 March 2009 (seniority from 4 June 2008)[16]
	Major General	Indian Army	27 March 2015 (seniority from 5 October 2011)[17]
	Lieutenant-General	Indian Army	31 January 2017 (substantive, seniority from 1 July 2016)[18]