Vice Admiral HCS Bisht takes over as Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Naval Command
Q. Who has taken over as Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command?- Published on 01 Mar 16a. Samir Soni
b. Satish Soni
c. HCS Bisht
d. None of the above
ANSWER: HCS Bisht
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, AVSM took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Satish Soni, PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC on 29 February 2016. Soni retired after a career spanning 4 decades and was an alumnus of Sainik School (Ghorakhal, Nainital), the National Defence Academy (Pune), Royal Naval Staff College (Greenwich, UK), College of Naval Warfare (Mumbai) and the National Defence College (New Delhi).
He has previously worked as Executive Officer of the ASW Corvette INS Ajay, Commander Work Up in the Indian Naval Work Up Team (INWT) at Kochi, Fleet Gunnery Officer of the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam, commissioning Commanding Officer of the Missile Corvette INS Kora and Command of the stealth frigate, INS Tabar.
