Coast Guard ship C-449 commissioned

onboard Indian Naval ships including

Vindhyagiri, Rana, Krishna and Mysore in various capacities. He has tenanted varied and challenging appointments in Naval Dockyards at Mumbai and

Visakhapatnam and at the Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering

Establishment (WESEE), Headquarters,

Advanced Tactical Vessel Programme

(HQ ATVP) and Naval Headquarters in New Delhi.

As Flag Officer, the Admiral has served as Assistant Chief of Materiel (IT & Systems) in Naval Headquarters, Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam; Chief Staff Officer (Technical), HQ ENC; Director General Naval Projects at Vishakhapatnam, Programme Director, HQ ATVP; and as Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition in Naval Headquarters.

Permanent Commissions to Women Officers

Meanwhile, according to official sources, a woman fighter pilot of the IAF (Flt. Lt. Shivangi Singh) presently flying MiG-21s, is to shortly join No.17 Squadron equipped with the Rafale omnirole fighter.

The strength of women officers serving the Indian Air Force as on 1

September 2020 is 1875. Of these, 10 women officers are Fighter Pilots and

18 women officers are Navigators. After approval of Ministry of Defence, the IAF commenced a scheme for “Induction of

Women SSC officers in Fighter Stream of Flying Branch” in 2016, under which

10 women fighter pilots have been commissioned, till date.

Training of Indian astronauts