Vice Admiral Soonil Vasant Bhokare,
AVSM,
YSM,
NM was a serving Flag Officer in the
Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Inspector General Nuclear Safety.
Education
Bhokare is an alumnus of
Sainik School Satara. He is a Graduate of
National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla. He also attended the
Defence Services Staff College,
Wellington, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from the Higher Command Course at
Army War College, Mhow
The Army War College, Dr.Ambedkar Nagar (A.W.C.) is a defence service training and research institution of the Indian Army located in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. It develops and evaluates concepts and doctrines for tactics and logistics for the arm ...
and also holds a Master Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from
Australian Defence College, Canberra.
Navy career
Bhokare has commanded the submarines
INS Sindhughosh,
INS Sindhudhvaj,
INS Sindhushastra, as well as the guided missile frigate
INS Beas and the submarine base
INS Vajrabahu
INS Vajrabahu is an Indian Navy submarine base of the Western Naval Command located near Mumbai in Maharashtra. It was commissioned on 1 February 1996.
History
After the Indian Navy acquired the Vela class submarines in 1973 from the Soviet Un ...
. He was also the
Commodore Commanding Submarines (West) and Chief Staff Officer (Operations) at
Eastern Naval Command
The Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy. It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and parts of the Indian Ocea ...
.
Flag rank
As a Rear Admiral, Bhokare has served as the
Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM) and later as
Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF). He was also the Commandant of the
Indian Naval Academy.
Awards and decorations
Bhokare has been awarded the
AVSM,
YSM,
NM.
References
Living people
Indian Navy admirals
Flag Officers Commanding Eastern Fleet
Submariners
Year of birth missing (living people)
Commandants of the Indian Naval Academy
Flag Officers Submarines (India)
Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Recipients of the Yudh Seva Medal
Recipients of the Nau Sena Medal
Army War College, Mhow alumni
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