Vice Admiral Dasgupta demits office at ENC

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Eastern Naval Command bid adieu to Vice-Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), on his superannuation at an impressive ceremonial parade at the Naval Base here on Monday.

The admiral inspected the ceremonial guard and reviewed platoons of naval and DSC personnel of the command. The ceremony was attended by all flag officers and commanding officers of ships, submarines and establishments. This was followed by the traditional ‘Pulling Out’ ceremony.

Vice-Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta superannuated from the naval service on completion of over 38 years of service to the nation.

During his 20 months tenure at the helm of the ENC, the command witnessed a high operational tempo with ships, submarines and aircraft deployed from the Eastern Pacific to the East Coast of Africa. Additionally, ENC carried out crucial operations like evacuating stranded Indian nationals from Sudan via Operation Kaveri and providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha.

Under him, the command also successfully conducted important flagship events such as the multilateral maritime international exercise - MILAN 2022, the President's fleet review 22 and the Navy Day operation demo 2022 witnessed by the President.

Vice-Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar is taking over as the new CNC here on Tuesday.