At a time when submarine fleet of the Indian Navy is undergoing tremendous modernisation, the force has got its first submariner Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. Its better late than never.
New Deputy Chief on the left
Statement by Indian Navy
"Vice Admiral Pradeep K Chatterjee, AVSM, NM, today took over
as the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff at the Integrated Headquarters Ministry of
Defence (Navy).
Commissioned on 01 January 1977,the Flag Officer specialised
as a submariner, and went on to command the Shishumar class (Type 1500)
submarines, INS Shankush and INS Shankul, the latter of which he commissioned.
His ship commands include the training Ship INS Krishna, and Guided Missile
Destroyer, INS Rajput.
Vice Admiral Pradeep K Chatterjee has held various
senior Staff appointments such as Commodore Commanding Submarine (West),
COMCOS(W) at Mumbai; Principle Director Submarine Operation (PDSMO) and
Principal Director Submarine Acquisition (PDSMAQ) at Naval Headquarters, New
Delhi. In the Flag rank he has held the posts of Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM)
at Visakhapatnam, Flag Officer Maharashtra and Gujarat naval Area (FOMAG) at
Mumbai, and Inspector General Nuclear Safety (IGNS) at Naval Headquarters, New
Delhi.
In his long and illustrious career, the Flag Officer has
walked through the portals of the Defence Service Staff College, Wellington,
the College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai and the National Defence College, New
Delhi.
Interestingly Vice Admiral Chatterjee becomes the first ever
submariner to be at the helm of the Operations Branch of the Indian Navy at the
Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy) at New Delhi. This at a time
when the Indian Navy stands at the threshold of integrating a nuclear attack
submarine INS Chakra and inducting a nuclear ballistic missile submarine viz
the indigenously built ‘Arihant’."
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