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Ravi Kumar Dhingra
Rear admiral (India), Rear Admiral Ravi Kumar Dhingra, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM (born 25 July 1970) is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area. A submariner, he earlier served as the Commodore Commanding Submarines (West). Naval career Dhingra graduated from the National Defence Academy (India), National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January 1992. He joined the submarine arm in 1994 and is a specialist in Navigation and Direction. After his specialisation, he served as the Navigating Officer of the Vela-class submarine and the Sindhughosh-class submarine . Dhingra attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington Cantonment, Wellington. He has a Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies and an Master of Philosophy, M.Phil in Strategic Studies from the University of Mumbai. In his staff appointments, Dhingra has served as Staff Officer (Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rear Admiral (India)
Rear admiral is a Two-star rank, two-star flag officer rank in the Indian Navy. It is the third-highest active rank in the Indian Navy. Rear admiral ranks above the one-star rank of Commodore (India), commodore and below the three-star rank of Vice Admiral (India), vice admiral. The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is Major General (India), major general and in the Indian Air Force is Air Vice Marshal (India), air vice marshal. History Admiral (India), Admiral Ram Dass Katari was the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of Rear admiral. In 1954, while serving as the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Deputy Commander-in-Chief, in the absence of Rear Admiral Mark Pizey, he officiated as the Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Commander-in-Chief in the rank of rear admiral. On 12 March 1956, Katari was promoted to the acting rank of Rear Admiral. On 2 October 1956, he was confirmed as a substantive rear admiral and became the first Indian officer to be appointed the Fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
