Vice-Admiral HCS Bisht

Tribune News Service

Dehradun, February 23

An former cadet of Sainik School, Ghorakhal, Vice-Admiral HCS Bisht, has been appointed the new Flag Officer Commanding In Chief (FOC-in C), Eastern Naval Command. Bisht spent his formative years in the school from 1967 to 1973.The Vice-Admiral was an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Pune, and the Naval Academy, Kochi. He was commissioned in the executive branch of the Indian Navy on July 1, 1979, and is a gunnery specialist.He is a graduate of the 1992 batch of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich (UK). He also attended the Naval Higher Command Course at the College of Naval Warfare, Karanja, Mumbai, in 2001 and completed the 47th NDC course in New Delhi in 2007.Vice-Admiral Bisht has held numerous important afloat, training and staff appointments which includes commissioning Commanding Officer of the Missile Corvette INS Kora, Commanding Officer of the Stealth Frigate, INS Tabar, and DA at the High Commission of India, Singapore. He is the submarine operating authority under whom Commodore Commanding Submarines (East) operate.Captain Rohit Dwivedi, Principal of Sainik School, Ghorakhal, complimented the Vice-Admiral on this prestigious appointment. He said it was a matter of pride not only for the school but also for the state. He added he was confident that the Vice-Admiral’s achievements would serve as a source of inspiration to the cadets.