Lieutenant General Vinod G. Khandare, PVSM, AVSM, SM is a former officer of the Indian Army and is currently serving as the Principal Adviser in the Ministry of Defence.

[8] Khandare was commissioned into 14 Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army as a part of the SS-28 course of the Officers Training Academy, Chennai in September 1979.

[1][9] As an officer of the Infantry, he was involved in operational tasks in various sectors of Siachen, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim as well as the North East region.

[10] Khandare was appointed as the Military Advisor to the National Security Council Secretariat of India in October 2018.

[3] The position remained vacant since then till Khandare was appointed in 2018, making him the second Military Advisor in the history of the NSCS.