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Sai Venkat Raman, VSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area. He earlier served as the Commandant of the

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Naval career

Raman was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January 1990, after attending the National Defence Academy. He is a specialist in Communications and Electronic Warfare. He spent his early years onboard frontline warships as the communications officer. He attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. Raman commanded the Talwar-class

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. He attended the Higher Defence Management Course at the

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. He served as the

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and the principal warfare officer of the lead ship of the aircraft carrier . Raman served as the Fleet Communications Officer of the Western Fleet. As a Commodore, he served as the head of the Directorate of Naval Intelligence. For his tenure as Principal Director Naval Intelligence, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2019.

Flag rank

Raman was promoted to flag rank in February 2021 and was appointed Commandant of the

(NWC). He took over as the 5th Commandant of the college, from Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh. After a tenure of over a year as the Commandant of NWC, he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area (FOTNA). He took over from Rear Admiral

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on 20 May 2022 at Chennai.

Awards and decorations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raman, S. Venkat Indian Navy rear admirals Living people Year of birth missing (living people) National Defence Academy (India) alumni Defence Services Staff College alumni College of Defence Management alumni Commandants of Naval War College, Goa Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal Flag Officers Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area

Naval career

Flag rank

Awards and decorations

See also

References