Group Captain Varun Singh SC was an Indian Air Force group captain and pilot was the sole survivor of the 2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash. He was a member of the staff of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), and was a passenger accompanying the Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces, General Bipin Rawat, who was enroute to make a speech to military students and staff at the DSSC, when the Mil Mi-17V-5 they were onboard crashed.