Eastern Naval Command (ENC) bid adieu to Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta PVSM AVSM YSM VSM Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) ENC on his superannuation on 31 Jul 23 at an impressive Ceremonial Parade held at the Naval Base Visakhapatnam. 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 thirty eight years of illustrious service to the Nation and the Navy. 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 Eastern Pacific to the East Coast of Africa. Additionally, ENC carried out crucial HADR operations like evacuating stranded Indian nationals from Sudan during Op Kaveri and providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) to Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha as part of Op Karuna. 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 Op Demo 2022 which was witnessed by the Hon’ble President of India. He proactively spearheaded a number of infrastructure projects to enhance the overall quality of life in the Eastern Naval Command. His tenure also saw establishment of the Sea Harrier Museum at Visakhapatnam and the TU Museum at Kolkata.
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