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Vice Admiral Muralidharan takes over as Director General of Coast Guard
New Delhi, January 7, 2012
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Vice-Admiral M P Muralidharan has taken over as the 19th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.
The Admiral is an alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA) and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on January 1, 1975.
A Navigation and Direction Specialist, he is also a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Willington.
In an illustrious carrier of over three and half decades, the Admiral has had several significant operational and staff appointments.
His operational appointments include command of Indian Naval Ships Chatak, Sharda and Ranvijay, Fleet Operations Officer of Western Fleet and Principal Director of Naval Operations at Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Navy).
His staff appointments include Director of Indian Naval Tactical Evaluation Group, Naval Assistant to FOC-in-C (West) and to the Chief of the Naval Staff, Naval Attache at Moscow, Flag Officer Sea Training, Chief of Staff of Western Naval Command, Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Area.
He was also the first Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala. He was Chief of Personnel at the IHQ MoD (N), prior taking over his latest assignment.
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