Senior Naval appointments announced
Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan PVSM AVSM VSM, Chief of
Personnel has been appointed as Vice Chief of Naval
Staff with effect from 31 Oct 05. He will take over
from Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad PVSM AVSM VSM who
will retire on that day.
Vice Admiral Sureeesh Mehta PVSM AVSM, presently
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff will take over as Flag
Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command from
Vice Admiral O P Bansal PVSM AVSM VSM, when he retires
from service on 30 Sep 05. Vice Admiral JS Bedi UYSM
AVSM, VSM, the Controller of Warship Production and
Acquisition will be the new Deputy Chief of Naval
Staff.
Consequent to the retirement of Vice Admiral P Jaitly
PVSM AVSM VSM, on 31 Aug 05, Vice Admiral DSP Verma
AVSM VSM, will take over as the Chief of Material.
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(Release ID :11492)