Vice Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...

P Murugesan is a former Flag Officer of the

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. He served as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) from March 2015 to May 2016.

Education

Career

Murugesan was the Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command and Chief of Personnel at

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. Commissioned into the

on 01 Jan 1979, the

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is a specialist in Navigation and Direction and an alumnus of the Naval Command College, Newport, USA. His Command tenures include Commands of Indian Naval Ships

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and Agray, the last two of which he had the honor of Commissioning into the Indian Navy. His key staff appointments before flag rank include, Principal Director of Naval Operations, Naval Attache to Washington, USA, and Directing Staff at DSSC, Wellington and College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai. As a Flag Officer, he has held the appointments of Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development), Flag Officer Commanding

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and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence).

Awards

Vice Admiral P Murugesan has been awarded with the

Ati Vishist Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime ...

and the

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM, ) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize ex ...

in 2011 and 2008 respectively.

References

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