Harish Bisht
| Vice Admiral Harish Chandra Singh Bisht PVSM, AVSM, ADC | |
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 Indian Coast Guard |
| Years of service | 1 July 1979 - October 31 2017 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
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Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command Director General, Indian Coast Guard Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command Flag Officer Sea Training at Kochi Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, Visakhapatnam[1] Asst Chief of Personnel (HRD) at IHQ, MoD (N) Commanding Officer, INS Kora Commanding Officer, INS Tabar |
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Vice Admiral Harish Chandra Singh Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC is a former vice admiral of the Indian Navy. He is an alumnus of the Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital, National Defence Academy Khadakvasla, Pune and the Naval Academy, Kochi and served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command till his retirement on 31 October 2017. [3][4]
Education
Vice Admiral H. C. S. Bisht has done his schooling from Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital and is a graduate of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich (UK), 1992 batch. He also attended the Naval Higher Command Course at the College of Naval Warfare, Karanja, Mumbai in 2001 and completed the 47th NDC course at New Delhi in 2007.
He is also an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, one of the most prestigious military institutions of India.
Career
Vice Admiral H. C. S. Bisht was commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer on 1 July 1979. He has done a number of important afloat, training and staff appointments.
Notable appointments include Executive Officer of the ASW Corvette Ajay, Cdr Work Up in the Indian Naval Work Up Team at Kochi and Fleet Gunnery Officer of the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam.
He commissioned the Missile Corvette INS Kora as the Commanding Officer and has also commanded the Stealth Frigate, INS Tabar.
His important Training/ Staff appointments include Training Commander INS Dronacharya at Kochi, Deputy Director Naval Plans and Naval Assistant to the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff at IHQ, MoD (N) in the rank of Commander and thereafter as Director Naval Intelligence in the rank of Captain at IHQ, MoD (N). He has also been the DA at the High Commission of India, Singapore.
He was promoted to Flag rank on 28 January 2008 and took over the appointment of Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects at IHQ, MoD (N). His further Flag rank appointments include Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Sea Training at Kochi, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, at Visakhapatnam and Assistant Chief of Personnel (HRD) at IHQ, MoD (N).
He was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on 1 September 2012 and took over the appointment of the Controller Personnel Services (CPS) at IHQ, MoD (N). On 1 February 2015, he was appointed the Director General of Indian Coast Guard (DGICG).[5] On 27 February 2016, he was appointed the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.[3][6]
He was awarded PVSM for his service in 2017.[7]
Vice Admiral Bisht retired from service on October 31, 2017. [8]
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Personal life
Mr. and Mrs. Bisht have two daughters.
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References
- ↑ "Appointments". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/flag-officer-commanding-chief-eastern-naval-command
- 1 2 "Rajendra Singh takes charge as Indian Coast Guard chief - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ↑ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ↑ "Vice-Admiral Bisht to be new Coast Guard DG - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ↑ "Rajendra Singh new Coast Guard chief". The Hindu. 2016-02-27. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ↑ "SpokespersonNavy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "Eastern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Karambir Singh takes over as FOC-in-C".
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| Preceded by Satish Soni |
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command 2016 - 31 October 2017 |
Succeeded by Karambir Singh |