Sanjay Mahindru

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Vice Admiral

Sanjay Mahindru

AVSM, NM
Pic of VADM Sanjay Mahindru, DCNS.jpg
Mahindru as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Navy
Years of service1985 - present
RankBritish Royal Navy (sleeves) OF-8.svg 13-Indian Navy-VADM.svg Vice Admiral
Commands held
AwardsAti Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Nao Sena Medal ribbon.svg Nao Sena Medal

Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru, AVSM, NM is a serving flag officer in the Indian Navy. Currently, he is the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. He assumed charge on 31 Mar 2022. Prior to this, he served as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA), having been appointed on 17 October 2016. He earlier served as Flag Officer Submarines from 2015 to 2016.

Career[edit]

Mahindru joined and graduated from the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 1 January 1985. He specialised in navigation and qualified as a submariner. He attended the Joint Services Command and Staff College at United Kingdom. He has served in the Directorate of Submarine Operations and Directorate of Nuclear Submarine Acquisition.[1]

He commanded the Shishumar-class submarine INS Shalki (S46), the cadet training ship INS Krishna (F46) and the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers INS Rajput (D51). He also commanded the submarine base INS Satavahana, the Navy’s submarine training establishment where he set up the School for Advanced Underwater Warfare.[2][3]

Mahindru attended the Higher Naval Command Course at the College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai. He later served as the Naval Assistant to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command and to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command. As a Commodore, he headed the Arihant Project, India’s first Nuclear Submarine.[4]

Flag rank[edit]

Mahindru was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in September 2015 and was appointed Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM), the single-point class authority of submarines in India.[1] After a year-long stint as FOSM, he took over as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA).[4][5][6] As FOMA, he initiated a number of initiatives to improve lives of naval veterans.[7] For his tenure as FOMA, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2018.[8]

Mahindru subsequently served as the Chief Staff Officer at Headquarters Strategic Forces Command. In 2019, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Forces Command.[9]

On 31 March 2022, he moved to Naval HQ having been appointed Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff succeeding Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh who superannuated.[9]

Awards and decorations[edit]

Mahindru was awarded the Nau Sena Medal (Gallantry) in 2002 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2018.

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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Nau Sena Medal Samanya Seva Medal Operation Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal


References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru Takes Over as Flag Officer Submarines". Government of India. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kerala News : Naval training to undergo sea change". The Hindu. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2019.[dead link]
  3. ↑ "News - Sunday Island". www.island.lk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru takes over as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area". Indian Navy. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Maharashtra Naval Area gets a new commanding Flag Officer". www.afternoondc.in. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Sharma, Suman. "Change Of Command In Indian Navy's Both Fleets : Rear Admiral B Dasgupta Gets East, Rear Admiral RB Pandit Gets West". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Combined Armed Forces Veterans Day celeberated [sic] on 14 JAN 2017 in Mumbai . | All India Exservicemen Joint Action Front (Sanjha Morcha)". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "390 Republic Day Gallantry and Other Defence Decorations Announced". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "VICE ADMIRAL SANJAY MAHINDRU, AVSM, NM ASSUMED CHARGE AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF". www.pib.gov.in.
Military offices
Preceded by
Ravneet Singh 		Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
2022 - present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Satish Namdeo Ghormade 		Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area
2017 - 2018 		Succeeded by
Puneet Kumar Bahl
Preceded by
SV Bhokare 		Flag Officer Submarines
2015-2016 		Succeeded by
Vennam Srinivas
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