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|honorific_prefix= [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]<br />
|name=P Murugesan<br />
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|honorific_suffix= [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]<br />
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|branch={{navy|India}}<br />
|serviceyears= 01 January 1979–present<br />
|rank= [[File:Indian Vice Admiral.gif|20px]] [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]<br />
|commands= Flag Officer Commanding [[Eastern Fleet (India)|Eastern Fleet]]<br/>Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence)<br/>[[INS Ranjit (D53)|INS ''Ranjit'']]<br/>[[INS Gharial (L23)]]<br/>[[INS Agray (P36)]]<br />
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|awards=[[Ati Vishist Seva Medal]] (2011)<br/>[[Vishisht Seva Medal]] (2008)<br />
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[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''P Murugesan''' is a former Flag Officer of the [[Indian Navy]]. He served as the [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] (VCNS) from March 2015 to March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/vice-chief-naval-staff-vcns|title=Flag Officers - At the Helm: Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS)|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715024216/http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/vice-chief-naval-staff-vcns|archive-date=15 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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==Career==<br />
Murugesan was the Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command and Chief of Personnel at [[New Delhi]]. Commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 01 Jan 1979, the [[Flag Officer]] 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 [[INS Ranjit|Ranjit]], [[INS Gharial (L23)]] and Agray, the last two of which he had the honor of Commissioning into the Indian Navy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=724|title=Vice Admiral P Murugesan, AVSM, VSM|access-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416093323/http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=724|archive-date=16 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/vice-admiral-p-murugesan-avsm-vsm-assumes-charge-as-vice-chief-of-naval-staff-vcns/|title= Vice Admiral P Murugesan, AVSM, VSM assumes charge as Vice Chief of Naval Staff}}</ref> As a Flag Officer, he has held the appointments of Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development), Flag Officer Commanding [[Eastern Fleet (India)|Eastern Fleet]] and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence).<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Vice Admiral P Murugesan has been awarded with the [[Ati Vishist Seva Medal]] and the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] in 2011 and 2008 respectively.<br />
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Ribbon.jpg|width=106}}<br />
|<center>[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]</center><br />
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|<center>[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]</center><br />
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]</center><br />
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]</center><br />
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}<br />
|<center>[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]</center><br />
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