Vice-Admiral Bisht to assume command of Eastern Naval Command today

February 29, 2016 08:39

Vice-Admiral HCS Bisht will take over as head of the Eastern Naval Command today at a ceremonial parade to be held at the Naval Base in Visakhapatnam.

Bisht will assume charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of ENC and succeed Vice-Admiral Satish Soni, who will be retiring after 40 years of illustrious career in the Navy, an ENC release said.

He served as director general of Indian Coast Guard before being appointed FOC-in-C of the city-based command, which recently hosted the International Fleet Review-2016. IFR, held under the helm of Soni, saw participation of 50 countries and 24 foreign naval ships.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Bisht was commissioned into the Navy on July 1979. A graduate from the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, UK (in 1992), he had also attended the Naval Higher Command Course at the College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai in 2001 and completed the 47th NDC course at New Delhi in 2007.

His important afloat appointments include executive officer of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) Corvette INS Ajay, Commander Work-up in the Indian Naval Work-up Team at Kochi, Fleet Gunnery Officer of the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam, Commissioning Commanding Officer of the missile corvette INS Kora and command of the stealth frigate, INS Tabar.

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