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Director General Project Seabird
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The Director General of Project Seabird (DG Seabird) is a senior appointment in the

Vice Admiral. The DG heads the Seabird Project with a charter to oversee the largest defence infrastructure project progressing at the Karwar Naval Base
.

Background

In the early 1980s, then

1991 economic crisis, development was delayed.[1]

Project Seabird

In 1999, following

Anjadip Island is one of the two islands to which the breakwaters are linked for reinforcement. A second channel will be added to the base to allow warships to simultaneously enter and exit the port .[3]

List of Directors General

Director General Project Seabird[4]
S.No. Name Assumed office Left office Notes
1 Rear Admiral S. K. Chand, AVSM 19 March 1986 18 April 1990 [4]
1 Vice Admiral S. K. Chand, AVSM 18 April 1990 24 August 1991 [4]
2 Rear Admiral P. S. Das, UYSM 24 August 1991 1 October 1992 Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[4]
3
Rear Admiral V. K. Malhotra, VSM
 1 October 1992 31 October 1994 Later Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area
4 Rear Admiral M. Raman 31 October 1994 9 November 1995 [4]
5 Rear Admiral O. P. Bansal 9 November 1995 15 November 1996 Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[4]
6 Rear Admiral S. V. Gopalachari, AVSM, VSM 15 November 1996 13 October 1997 Later Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[5]
7 Rear Admiral Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM 13 October 1997 22 April 1998 Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command and Chief of Integrated Defence Staff.[6][4]
7 Vice Admiral Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM 22 April 1998 9 March 1999 [6]
8 Rear Admiral S. R. Sampath Gopal, AVSM, NM 9 March 1999 30 April 2003 Earlier Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet.[7][6]
9 Rear Admiral K. Mohanrao 1 May 2003 31 December 2005 [8][9]
10 Commodore P. C. Agrawal 1 January 2006 26 March 2006 [4]
12 Rear Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin, AVSM, VSM 26 March 2006 31 October 2006 Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.[10]
12 Vice Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin, AVSM, VSM 1 November 2006 18 January 2007
13 Rear Admiral B. R. Rao, NM, VSM Later Chief Hydrographer to Government of India.[11]
14
Rear Admiral
A. R. Radhakrishnan 		[4][12]
15
Rear Admiral C. S. Murthy, NM
 [13]
16 Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, AVSM Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[14][15]
17 Vice Admiral Murlidhar Sadashiv Pawar, AVSM, VSM Later Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[16]
18 Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM Later Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[17]
19 Vice Admiral Srikant, AVSM Earlier Commandant of the National Defence College.[18]
20 Vice Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, AVSM, VSM 1 January 2021 24 December 2021 Later Commandant of Indian Naval Academy.[19]
21 Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, VSM 24 December 2021 1 October 2023 Current Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[20]
22 Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, NM 28 August 2024 Present Current DG Project Seabird.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Unnithan, Sandeep (20 December 2004). "Power Base". India today. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ "INS Kadamba - Naval Base at Karward". India Defence. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. ^ Unnithan, Sandeep (20 December 2004). "Power Base". India today. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "VICE ADMIRAL TARUN SOBTI, VSM ASSUMED CHARGE AS DIRECTOR GENERAL, PROJECT SEABIRD" (Press release). PIN. 2021-12-24.
  5. ^ "Coast Guard gets new D-G". The Times of India. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM". www.vifindia.org. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  7. ^ "`Seabird' on course". Frontline. 1 January 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Seabird set to become operational". tribuneindia. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Karwar naval base getting ready to float". The Times of India. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  10. ^ "WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND ACCORDS FAREWELL TO VICE ADMIRAL SANJEEV BHASIN, AVSM VSM ON HIS SUPERANNUATION AND RELINQUISHING COMMAND OF WNC" (PDF). wikimedia.org. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Mangalore: Vice Admiral B R Rao Makes His District Proud". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Paradigm Roadmap for a Future Ready Naval Force". www.spsnavalforces.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  13. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  14. ^ "Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC Chief of the Naval staff". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  15. ^ "YAI - YAI Council". www.yai.org.in. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS)". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh AVSM, NM assumes charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  18. ^ "National Defence College". ndc.nic.in. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  19. ^ "COMMANDANT,VICE ADMIRAL PUNEET K BAHL , AVSM, VSM". 2021-12-27.
  20. ^ "Rear Adm Tarun Sobti takes over as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet". pib.gov.in. 23 February 2021.
  21. ISSN 0013-0389
    . Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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