Vice Admiral Murlidhar Sadashiv Pawar,

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, VSM is a retired officer of the

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. He served as the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. He assumed office from Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar on 30 January 2019 and served till 31 May 2021 till his retirement. He is succeeded by Vice Admiral

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. Prior to this appointment, he served as chief of staff,

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Rear Admiral SN Ghormade, assuming of charge of Flag Officer Maharashtra Area from Rear Admiral MS Pawar

Education

He completed his primary education at

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. Pawar did his undergraduate studies at

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, Khadakvasla, where he was part of the 60th graduating class. At graduation, he was adjudged ‘Best all round Cadet’ during his Naval training and subsequently completed the year long Sub-Lieutenant Technical Course standing first overall. He attended the Staff Course at the

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, UK; where he was awarded the prestigious ‘Herbert Lott Prize’. He also attended College of Naval Warfare,

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and the National Defence College, New Delhi.

Career

Pawar joined the Indian Navy on 1 July 82, specializing in Navigation and Direction. His sea commands include the missile boat INS Nashak, the corvette INS Kuthar and the guided missile frigate

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Flag rank

On promotion to the Flag rank, he was appointed as Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) at

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, which is part of the Southern Naval Command. He then served as the Chief of Staff,

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. He was then appointed as the last Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area where he was responsible for the security of the two important maritime states and commanded the largest fighting formation of the Indian Navy in terms of number of units. The

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and

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Naval Areas were then split into two and he was assigned as the first Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area. On promotion to vice admiral on 1 December 2015, he was appointed as the director general of

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– which was one of the largest defence infrastructure project in India which led to the creation of

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. He then took over as the Chief of Staff at HQ

Personal

An accomplished long-distance runner, the Admiral is married to Mrs Meena Pawar and they have two children.

Honors and awards

Pawar was awarded the

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(PVSM) in Jan 2021,

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(AVSM) in May 2016 and

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(VSM) in January 2010.

References

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