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	== Naval career ==		== Naval career ==
	Bahl was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 1 July 1984. He trained as a [[Naval aviator]] and is a [[maritime reconnaissance]] pilot, having flown six different types of aircraft. He also qualified as a ship's diver.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Desk \|first1=News \|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM is Flag Officer commanding Maharashtra Naval Area \|url=https://hwnews.in/news/national-news/rear-admiral-puneet-kumar-bahl-vsm-flag-officer-commanding-maharashtra-naval-area/34070 \|website=HW English \|date=12 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> As a pilot, he served at the [[naval air station]]s [[INS Garuda]] and [[INS Rajali]]. He also served on the [[Indian Air Force]] [[List of Indian Air Force stations\|station]] [[Yelahanka Air Force Station\|AFS Yelahanka]] and with the CGAS 700 squadron of the [[Indian Coast Guard]]. He also participated in flying operations in Operation Tasha and [[Operation Vijay (1999)\|Operation Vijay]].<ref name="FOGA/FONA" />		Bahl was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 1 July 1984. He trained as a [[Naval aviator]] and is a [[maritime reconnaissance]] pilot, having flown six different types of aircraft. He also qualified as a ship's diver.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Desk \|first1=News \|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM is Flag Officer commanding Maharashtra Naval Area \|url=https://hwnews.in/news/national-news/rear-admiral-puneet-kumar-bahl-vsm-flag-officer-commanding-maharashtra-naval-area/34070 \|website=HW English \|date=12 February 2018}}</ref> As a pilot, he served at the [[naval air station]]s [[INS Garuda]] and [[INS Rajali]]. He also served on the [[Indian Air Force]] [[List of Indian Air Force stations\|station]] [[Yelahanka Air Force Station\|AFS Yelahanka]] and with the CGAS 700 squadron of the [[Indian Coast Guard]]. He also participated in flying operations in Operation Tasha and [[Operation Vijay (1999)\|Operation Vijay]].<ref name="FOGA/FONA" />

	Bahl has commanded the [[Brahmaputra-class frigate\|Brahmaputra-class]] [[guided missile frigate]] {{INS\|Betwa\|F39}} and the [[Sukanya-class patrol vessel]] {{ship\|INS\|Sujata\|P56}} and served on board the [[aircraft carrier]] {{INS\|Vikrant\|1961\|6}}, the guided missile frigate {{ship\|INS\|Godavari\|F20}} and INS Porbandar.<ref name="DG Seabird">{{cite web \|title=Director General Project Seabird {{!}} Indian Navy \|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/director-general-project-seabird-0 \|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref> He has served as [[Directing staff]] at DSSC Wellington and subsequently as the Joint Director Naval Air Staff (Aviation Plans) at Naval headquarters.		Bahl has commanded the [[Brahmaputra-class frigate\|Brahmaputra-class]] [[guided missile frigate]] {{INS\|Betwa\|F39}} and the [[Sukanya-class patrol vessel]] {{ship\|INS\|Sujata\|P56}} and served on board the [[aircraft carrier]] {{INS\|Vikrant\|1961\|6}}, the guided missile frigate {{ship\|INS\|Godavari\|F20}} and INS Porbandar.<ref name="DG Seabird">{{cite web \|title=Director General Project Seabird {{!}} Indian Navy \|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/director-general-project-seabird-0 \|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref> He has served as [[Directing staff]] at DSSC Wellington and subsequently as the Joint Director Naval Air Staff (Aviation Plans) at Naval headquarters.
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	===Flag rank===		===Flag rank===
	[[File:Rear Admiral Puneet K Bahl and the Commanding Officer of the visiting Omani naval ship.JPG\|thumb\|right\|RAdm Bahl as FOGA/FONA with the CO of a visiting [[Royal Navy of Oman]] ship.]]		[[File:Rear Admiral Puneet K Bahl and the Commanding Officer of the visiting Omani naval ship.JPG\|thumb\|right\|RAdm Bahl as FOGA/FONA with the CO of a visiting [[Royal Navy of Oman]] ship.]]
	In January 2015, Bahl was promoted to the rank of [[Rear admiral (India)\|rear admiral]] and appointed Assistant Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, WSOI (ACIDS WSOI) at the [[Integrated Defence Staff]] (IDS) headquarters. After a short stint as ACIDS, in October that year, he took over as the Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area (FOGA) and dual-hatted as the Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA).<ref name="FOGA/FONA">{{cite web \|agency=Press Trust of India \|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Bahl is new Flag Officer Goa Area \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rear-admiral-puneet-bahl-is-new-flag-officer-goa-area-115100600880_1.html \|website=Business Standard India \|date=6 October ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=h21 \|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/feb16-17/h21.htm \|website=sainiksamachar.nic.in}}</ref> He served as FOGA&FONA for two-and-a-half years, after which he moved to Mumbai as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA), succeeding Rear Admiral [[Sanjay Mahindru]] in February 2018.<ref name="FOMA">{{cite web \|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area {{!}} Indian Navy \|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-puneet-kumar-bahl-vsm-assumes-charge-flag-officer-commanding-maharashtra-naval \|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref><ref name="FOMA twitter">{{cite tweet\|number=963072260163563525\|user=indiannavy\|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl VSM assumes charge as Flag officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA)\|date=2018-02-12\|language=en}}</ref>		In January 2015, Bahl was promoted to the rank of [[Rear admiral (India)\|rear admiral]] and appointed Assistant Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, WSOI (ACIDS WSOI) at the [[Integrated Defence Staff]] (IDS) headquarters. After a short stint as ACIDS, in October that year, he took over as the Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area (FOGA) and dual-hatted as the Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA).<ref name="FOGA/FONA">{{cite web \|agency=Press Trust of India \|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Bahl is new Flag Officer Goa Area \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rear-admiral-puneet-bahl-is-new-flag-officer-goa-area-115100600880_1.html \|website=Business Standard India \|date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=h21 \|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/feb16-17/h21.htm \|website=sainiksamachar.nic.in}}</ref> He served as FOGA&FONA for two-and-a-half years, after which he moved to Mumbai as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA), succeeding Rear Admiral [[Sanjay Mahindru]] in February 2018.<ref name="FOMA">{{cite web \|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area {{!}} Indian Navy \|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-puneet-kumar-bahl-vsm-assumes-charge-flag-officer-commanding-maharashtra-naval \|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref><ref name="FOMA twitter">{{cite tweet\|number=963072260163563525\|user=indiannavy\|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl VSM assumes charge as Flag officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA)\|date=2018-02-12\|language=en}}</ref>


	In 2019, he was appointed Chief Staff Officer (Training) of the [[Southern Naval Command]] in Kochi.<ref name="CSO (Trg)">{{cite web \|title=Airborne Tacticians for Navy and Coast Guard \|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1578066 \|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=13 Navy, 3 Coast Guard officers graduate as Observers at Passing Out Parade at INS Garuda \|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/13-navy-3-coast-guard-officers-graduate-as-observers-at-passing-out-parade-at-ins-garuda-2218252.html \|website=Zee News \|language=en \|date=10 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He subsequently served as the Chief Instructor (Navy) at the [[Defence Services Staff College]] (DSSC), [[Wellington Cantonment\|Wellington]]. On 1 January 2021, he was promoted to the rank of [[Vice admiral (India)\|vice admiral]] and appointed Director General Project Seabird.		In 2019, he was appointed Chief Staff Officer (Training) of the [[Southern Naval Command]] in Kochi.<ref name="CSO (Trg)">{{cite web \|title=Airborne Tacticians for Navy and Coast Guard \|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1578066 \|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=13 Navy, 3 Coast Guard officers graduate as Observers at Passing Out Parade at INS Garuda \|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/13-navy-3-coast-guard-officers-graduate-as-observers-at-passing-out-parade-at-ins-garuda-2218252.html \|website=Zee News \|language=en \|date=10 July 2019}}</ref> He subsequently served as the Chief Instructor (Navy) at the [[Defence Services Staff College]] (DSSC), [[Wellington Cantonment\|Wellington]]. On 1 January 2021, he was promoted to the rank of [[Vice admiral (India)\|vice admiral]] and appointed Director General Project Seabird.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	{{s-bef\| before = [[Sanjay Mahindru]]}}		{{s-bef\| before = [[Sanjay Mahindru]]}}
	{{s-ttl\| title = Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area \| years = ~~2018–2022~~}}		{{s-ttl\| title = Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area \| years = 2018–2019}}
	{{s-aft\|after= [[Rajesh Pendharkar]]}}		{{s-aft\|after= [[Rajesh Pendharkar]]}}
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	{{s-ttl\| title = Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation \| years = ~~2015–2022~~}}		{{s-ttl\| title = Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation \| years = 2015–2018}}
	{{s-aft\|after= [[Philipose George Pynumootil]]}}		{{s-aft\|after= [[Philipose George Pynumootil]]}}
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[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Puneet Kumar Bahl''', [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] is a serving officer in the [[Indian Navy]]. He currently serves as the [[Commandant of Indian Naval Academy|Commandant]] of the [[Indian Naval Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ina.gov.in/?q=node/1406|title=COMMANDANT,VICE ADMIRAL PUNEET K BAHL , AVSM, VSM|date=2021-12-27}}</ref> He previously served as the Director General [[Project Seabird]], Flag Officer Maharashtra Area (FOMA) in Mumbai and as the Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area (FOGA) and Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) in Goa.

==Early life and education==
Bahl graduated from the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], [[Pune]]. He later attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]] (DSSC), [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]] where he was awarded the Lengtaine Medal, and the Naval higher command course at the [[College of Naval Warfare]], Mumbai.<ref name="DG Seabird" />

== Naval career ==
Bahl was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 1 July 1984. He trained as a [[Naval aviator]] and is a [[maritime reconnaissance]] pilot, having flown six different types of aircraft. He also qualified as a ship's diver.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Desk |first1=News |title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM is Flag Officer commanding Maharashtra Naval Area |url=https://hwnews.in/news/national-news/rear-admiral-puneet-kumar-bahl-vsm-flag-officer-commanding-maharashtra-naval-area/34070 |website=HW English |date=12 February 2022}}</ref> As a pilot, he served at the [[naval air station]]s [[INS Garuda]] and [[INS Rajali]]. He also served on the [[Indian Air Force]] [[List of Indian Air Force stations|station]] [[Yelahanka Air Force Station|AFS Yelahanka]] and with the CGAS 700 squadron of the [[Indian Coast Guard]]. He also participated in flying operations in Operation Tasha and [[Operation Vijay (1999)|Operation Vijay]].<ref name="FOGA/FONA" />

Bahl has commanded the [[Brahmaputra-class frigate|Brahmaputra-class]] [[guided missile frigate]] {{INS|Betwa|F39}} and the [[Sukanya-class patrol vessel]] {{ship|INS|Sujata|P56}} and served on board the [[aircraft carrier]] {{INS|Vikrant|1961|6}}, the guided missile frigate {{ship|INS|Godavari|F20}} and INS Porbandar.<ref name="DG Seabird">{{cite web |title=Director General Project Seabird {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/director-general-project-seabird-0 |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref> He has served as [[Directing staff]] at DSSC Wellington and subsequently as the Joint Director Naval Air Staff (Aviation Plans) at Naval headquarters.

As a [[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]], he served as the [[Defence Attaché]] (DA) in [[Japan]] and [[Republic of Korea]] at the Embassy of India at Tokyo from 2007 to 2010. As the DA, he coordinated and facilitated a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation between India and Japan.<ref name="FOMA" /> Promoted to the rank of [[Commodore (India)|commodore]], Bahl commanded the premier strategic airbase INS Rajali. He oversaw the induction and operationalisation of the [[Boeing P-8 Poseidon|Boeing P-8I]] for which the base was awarded with the unit citation by the [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)]].<ref name="DG Seabird" />

===Flag rank===
[[File:Rear Admiral Puneet K Bahl and the Commanding Officer of the visiting Omani naval ship.JPG|thumb|right|RAdm Bahl as FOGA/FONA with the CO of a visiting [[Royal Navy of Oman]] ship.]]
In January 2015, Bahl was promoted to the rank of [[Rear admiral (India)|rear admiral]] and appointed Assistant Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, WSOI (ACIDS WSOI) at the [[Integrated Defence Staff]] (IDS) headquarters. After a short stint as ACIDS, in October that year, he took over as the Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area (FOGA) and dual-hatted as the Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA).<ref name="FOGA/FONA">{{cite web |agency=Press Trust of India |title=Rear Admiral Puneet Bahl is new Flag Officer Goa Area |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rear-admiral-puneet-bahl-is-new-flag-officer-goa-area-115100600880_1.html |website=Business Standard India |date=6 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=h21 |url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/feb16-17/h21.htm |website=sainiksamachar.nic.in}}</ref> He served as FOGA&FONA for two-and-a-half years, after which he moved to Mumbai as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA), succeeding Rear Admiral [[Sanjay Mahindru]] in February 2018.<ref name="FOMA">{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl, VSM Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-puneet-kumar-bahl-vsm-assumes-charge-flag-officer-commanding-maharashtra-naval |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref><ref name="FOMA twitter">{{cite tweet|number=963072260163563525|user=indiannavy|title=Rear Admiral Puneet Kumar Bahl VSM assumes charge as Flag officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA)|date=2018-02-12|language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, he was appointed Chief Staff Officer (Training) of the [[Southern Naval Command]] in Kochi.<ref name="CSO (Trg)">{{cite web |title=Airborne Tacticians for Navy and Coast Guard |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1578066 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=13 Navy, 3 Coast Guard officers graduate as Observers at Passing Out Parade at INS Garuda |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/13-navy-3-coast-guard-officers-graduate-as-observers-at-passing-out-parade-at-ins-garuda-2218252.html |website=Zee News |language=en |date=10 July 2022}}</ref> He subsequently served as the Chief Instructor (Navy) at the [[Defence Services Staff College]] (DSSC), [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]]. On 1 January 2021, he was promoted to the rank of [[Vice admiral (India)|vice admiral]] and appointed Director General Project Seabird.

==Personal life==
Bahl is married to Anjali Bahl. The couple have two sons, Dhruv and Robin.<ref name="DG Seabird" />

==Awards and decorations==
In 2005, he was awarded the [[Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces#Commendation Card|Chief of Naval Staff commendation card]]. For distinguished service, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2020.

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==See also==
* [[Project Seabird]]

== References ==
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{{s-bef|before=[[M. A. Hampiholi]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Commandant of Indian Naval Academy|Commandant]], [[Indian Naval Academy]]|years=December 2021–resent}}
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{{s-bef| before = [[Sanjay Mahindru]]}}
{{s-ttl| title = Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area | years = 2018–2022}}
{{s-aft|after= [[Rajesh Pendharkar]]}}
{{s-bef| before = [[Ravneet Singh (vice admiral)|Ravneet Singh]]}}
{{s-ttl| title = Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation | years = 2015–2022}}
{{s-aft|after= [[Philipose George Pynumootil]]}}
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