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{{Short description|Retired Indian Navy officer, former Commandant of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Commander-in-Chief of Southern Command and Eastern Command}}{{lead too short|date=October 2015}}

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Soni was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1976. The Flag Officer's sea commands include the ocean going [[Pondicherry-class minesweeper]] INS Kakinada(M 70), the guided missile corvette {{INS|Kirpan|P44|6}}, the [[guided-missile frigate]] {{INS|Talwar|F40|6}} and the [[guided missile destroyer]] Delhi. He has had the honour of having commissioned two warships, ''Kakinada'' and ''Talwar'', in [[Russia]], as the [[Commanding Officer]]. His staff appointments include Deputy Director of Personnel, Joint Director of Naval Plans and Naval Assistant to Chief of the Naval Staff at Integrated Headquarters-[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] (Navy).<ref name="INS Astradharini Joins The Indian Navy by VAdm SS">{{cite web|title=INS Astradharini Joins The Indian Navy|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=128467|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] (PIB), Government of India |accessdate=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Indian Naval Ships Enter Freemantle (Perth), Australia">{{cite web|title=Indian Naval Ships Enter Fremantle (Perth), Australia|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=122292|website=PIB|accessdate=6 October 2015 |date=4 June 2015}}</ref>

On his elevation to Flag rank, assumed responsibilities as the Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development) at Integrated Headquarters-[[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] (Navy). Subsequently, the Flag Officer commanded the [[Eastern Naval Command|Eastern Fleet]] of the Indian Navy, and thereafter took over as Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command. Vice Admiral Satish then followeded it by being appointed as Commandant, [[National Defence Academy]] at Khadakvasla, Pune from 22 November 2009 to 31 December 2010.<ref name="NDA Commandants">{{cite web|title=Commandants Gallery|url=http://nda.nic.in/comdt_gallery.html|website=National Defence Academy |publisher=MoD|accessdate=6 October 2015}}</ref> He served as Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Southern Naval Command from 2012 to 2014.<ref name="IndianStrategic" /> In his previous assignment, the Vice Admiral served as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff at Integrated Headquarters [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] (Navy) at New Delhi.<ref name="IndianStrategic">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Soni is C-in-C, Southern Command|url=http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories1528_Vice_Admiral_Soni.htm|website=Indian Strategic|accessdate=6 October 2015|archivedate=May 2012 |date=May 2014}}</ref><ref name="Satish Soni takes over as ENC chief">{{cite web|title=Satish Soni takes over as ENC chief|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/satish-soni-takes-over-as-enc-chief/article6120496.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |format=pdf-286 Kb |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/News_120531_VAdm-S.Soni-as-cinc-0.pdf |title=VICE ADMIRAL SATISH SONI ASSUMES DUTIES OF FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING IN CHIEF, SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND |access-date=7 October 2015 |website=indiannavy.nic.in |date=31 May 2012}}</ref>

He served as Commander in Chief Eastern Command<ref name="Vice Admiral Satish Soni takes over as FOC-in-C East" /> before his retirement in 2016.<ref name="Retire">{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-hcs-bisht-taking-over-flag-officer-commanding-chief-eastern-naval-command | title=Vice Admiral HCS Bisht taking over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command | publisher=Indian Navy | accessdate=March 1, 2016}}</ref>

Soni is a keen sportsman and represented the Indian Navy in [[Squash (sport)|squash]] and [[golf]] in his younger days.<ref name="Vice Admiral Satish Soni takes over as FOC-in-C East">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Satish Soni takes over as FOC-in-C East|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/news-events/vice-admiral-satish-soni-takes-over-foc-c-east|website=Indian Navy|accessdate=6 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name="FOC in C East">{{cite web|title=FOC in C East: VICE ADMIRAL SATISH SONI, PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/foc-c-east|website=Indian Navy (indiannavy.nic.in)|accessdate=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Three Immediate Support Vessels Commisioned at Visakhapatnam by VAdm SS">{{cite web|title=Three Immediate Support Vessels {{sic|Commisioned|nolink=y}} at Visakhapatnam|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=117627|website=PIB|accessdate=6 October 2015 |date=24 March 2015}}</ref>

==Awards and Decorations==

|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|Videsh Seva Medal]]

{{s-ttl | title = Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, [[Southern Naval Command]] | years = 2012-2014}}