Director General of the Indian Coast Guard
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Deputy | Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ADG ICG) |
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The Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (DG ICG) is the head of the Indian Coast Guard. The DG ICG has their office in the Coast Guard Headquarters (CGHQ) in New Delhi. Appointed by the Government of India, the DG ICG reports to the Minister of Defence. The Director General is assisted by four Deputy Directors General, each holding the rank of inspector-general, and other senior officers heading various staff divisions. The Additional Director General of the ICG serves as the second-in-command to the Director General.
The post of Director General of the Indian Coast Guard is held by a
Rakesh Pal is the current Director General of the Indian Coast Guard who assumed the office after Virender Singh Pathania retired. The Flag officer is the fourth direct entry Coast Guard officer who took over the helm of the ICG on 19 July 2023 as the 25th Director General.
History
The
Three direct entry Coast Guard officers have gone on to head the service. While two previous Directors General have come from the Coast Guard stream –Rameshwar Singh and P. Paleri – they have all initially been commissioned into the Indian Navy before later being permanently deputed to the Coast Guard service.[7]
Additional responsibilities
Apart from heading the Coast Guard, the DGICG is also:[8]
- Chairman, National Maritime Search and Rescue Board (NMSARB)
- Chairman, National Oil-spill Disaster Contingency Plan Committee (NOSDCP)
- Chairman, Offshore Security Co-ordination Committee (OSCC), of which the Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group is a member.
- Indian Governor to Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP)
Insignia
The badges of rank have a crossed sword and baton over three eight-pointed stars and the
List of Directors General
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | 19 August 1978 | 31 March 1980 | 1 year, 225 days | ||
2 | 1 April 1980 | 31 March 1982 | 1 year, 364 days | ||
3 | 1 April 1982 | 31 March 1984 | 1 year, 365 days | ||
4 | 19 June 1984 | 14 February 1985 | 240 days | ||
5 | 15 February 1985 | 30 June 1987 | 2 years, 135 days | ||
6 | 10 July 1987 | 27 June 1990 | 2 years, 352 days | ||
7 | 28 June 1990 | 31 August 1992 | 2 years, 64 days | ||
8 | 5 October 1992 | 3 January 1995 | 2 years, 90 days | ||
9 | 4 January 1995 | 17 November 1996 | 1 year, 318 days | ||
10 | 18 November 1996 | 4 March 1999 | 2 years, 106 days | ||
11 | 5 March 1999 | 6 March 2001 | 2 years, 1 day | ||
12 | 7 March 2001 | 29 September 2001 | 206 days | ||
13 | 30 September 2001 | 12 January 2003 | 1 year, 104 days | ||
14 | 13 January 2003 | 19 August 2004 | 1 year, 219 days | ||
15 | 20 August 2004 | 24 February 2006 | 1 year, 188 days | ||
16 | 28 February 2006 | 31 August 2006 | 184 days | ||
17 | 31 August 2006 | 30 November 2008 | 2 years, 91 days | ||
18 | 1 December 2008 | 29 October 2011 | 2 years, 332 days | ||
19 | 1 November 2011 | 28 February 2013 | 1 year, 119 days | ||
20 | 1 March 2013 | 31 January 2015 | 1 year, 336 days | ||
21 | 1 February 2015 | 28 February 2016 | 27 days | ||
22 | Rajendra Singh PTM, TM (born 1959) | 1 March 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 121 days | |
23 | Krishnaswamy Natarajan PVSM, PTM, TM (born 1961) | 1 July 2019 | 31 December 2021 | 2 years, 183 days | |
24 | Virender Singh Pathania PVSM, PTM, TM (born 1963) | 31 December 2021 | 31 January 2023 | 1 year, 31 days | |
25 | Rakesh Pal AVSM, PTM, TM (born 1965) | 19 July 2023 | Incumbent | 265 days |
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ FOC-in-C: Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, GOC-in-C: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, AOC-in-C: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
- ^ In the Indian Armed Forces, three-star ranks fall into three categories, namely: HAG Scale, HAG+ Scale, and Commanders (GOC-in-C /FOC-in-C /AOC-in-C) Scale. HAG Scale stands at the bottom, whereas the Commanders Scale is the highest.[3]
References
- ^ "DG Rakesh Pal appointed as 25th Director General of Indian Coast Guard". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "CG Organisation: Indian Coast Guard". Indian Coast Guard. Government of India. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Indian Coast Guard Explained in Detail". Naval Journey. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Indian Coast Guard gets new director-general: All about it". India Today. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "COAST GUARD TO BE FORMED IN AUGUST" (PDF). pibarchive.nic.in. 29 June 1978.
- ^ "VICE ADMIRAL SWARAJ PARKASH TAKES OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL COAST GUARD" (PDF). pibarchive.nic.in. 31 March 1980.
- ^ Singh 2018, p. 285.
Bibliography
- "Director General: Indian Coast Guard". Indian Coast Guard. Government of India. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-935501-66-4
- Reddy, Krishna (2007), Tmh General Knowledge Manual, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, ISBN 978-0-07-061999-9
- Singh, Anup (2018), Blue Waters Ahoy!, The Indian Navy 2001-2010, HarperCollins Publishers India, ISBN 9789353025526