Question : Who has been assumed duties of Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area (FOK) on 20 December 2021 ?
a. Rear Admiral Atul Anand
b. Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla
c. Rear Admiral Vipul Jain
d. Rear Admiral Venkatpathi Shrinivasan
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- Rear Admiral Atul Anand, VSM assumed duties of Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area (FOK) on 20 December 2021.
- Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area —
- It is responsible to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command for the operations and administration of all establishments and units at Karwar, including ships and submarines based at the Karwar Naval Base.
- Vishisht Seva Medal recipient Rear Admiral Atul Anand —
- He was commissioned on 01 Jan 1988 into the Executive branch of the Indian Navy. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, the Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur (Bangladesh), and the National Defence College, New Delhi.
- He has also attended the prestigious Advance Security Cooperation Course at the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA.
By – Pankaj Pandey