Neelam Mathews
Aug 31, 2012
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi has taken over from
Admiral Nirmal Verma as the 21st Chief of Naval Staff of Independent
India and the 19th Indian to take command of the Indian Navy.
On his priorities, Joshi said: “To
achieve security related objectives, the man-machine interface is crucial and
the Navy would need to professionally re-audit, train and consolidate its
preparedness to optimize the existing capabilities as well as harness the full
potential of the transformational new capabilities being inducted”.
Joshi is a specialist in Anti-Submarine Warfare. In his service spanning
nearly 38 years, he has served in Sea Commands including guided missile corvette
INS Kuthar, guided missile destroyer INS Ranvir and the aircraft carrier INS
Viraat. He also commanded the Eastern Fleet.
The Admiral has served in the
Integrated Headquarters in all nodal Branches. Before taking over as the
FOC-in-C Western Naval Command, he contributed towards inter-service
integration, first as the Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar
Command, the only tri-service integrated Command.
He was Defense
Advisor in the Indian High Commission at Singapore from 1996 to 1999.
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