Vice Admiral Atul Anand takes over as Director Basic Naval Operations
NEW DELHI: Vice Admiral Atul Anand, AVSM, VSM assumed cost because the Director Basic Naval Operations on Saturday.
He was commissioned on January 1, 1988 into the Govt Department of the Indian Navy. He’s an alumnus of the Nationwide Defence Academy (71st Course, Delta Squadron) the Defence Companies Command and Workers Faculty, Mirpur (Bangladesh) and the Nationwide Defence Faculty, New Delhi. He has additionally attended the distinguished Advance Safety Cooperation Course on the Asia Pacific Centre for Safety Research, Hawaii, USA. His academic {qualifications} embrace an MPhil and MSc in Defence and Strategic Research, Masters in Defence Research and a BSc Diploma.
A recipient of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal, he has held a number of key appointments in his naval profession together with the command of torpedo restoration vessel IN TRV A72, missile boat INS Chatak, corvette INS Khukri and the destroyer INS Mumbai.
He additionally served because the Navigating Officer of IN ships Sharda, Ranvijay and Jyoti, and was the Route Officer of the Sea Harrier squadron INAS 300 and the Govt Officer of the destroyer INS Delhi. His necessary employees appointments embrace Joint Director Workers Necessities, Directing Workers on the Defence Companies Workers Faculty, Wellington, Director Naval Operations, and Director Naval Intelligence (Ops).
He has additionally served because the Principal Director Naval Operations and the Principal Director Technique, Ideas and Transformation at Built-in Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Navy). As a Flag Officer, he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Workers (Overseas Cooperation and Intelligence), Deputy Commandant and Chief Teacher on the Nationwide Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Space and the Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Space.