Vice Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin PVSM, AVSM, VSM, is a retired

Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...

officer.

Military career

He has commanded the Indian Navy ships , as well as INS Ranjit. He was promoted to

rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

on January 1, 2002 and served as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet. In November 2006 he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral in November 2006 and was Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff at HQ Integrated Defence Staff from January 2007 before taking over as Commandant of the National Defence College in October 2007. He is a graduate of the United States Naval War College and College of Naval Warfare. He has been awarded the

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize excep ...

in 2003 and the

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime Dis ...

in 2006.

Military Decorations

References

Living people Indian Navy admirals Flag Officers Commanding Eastern Fleet Naval War College alumni Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Recipients of the Vishisht Seva Medal Year of birth missing (living people) National Defence College, India alumni {{India-mil-bio-stub