Commodore Sanjiv Issar took over as the Naval Officer-in-Charge of Andhra Pradesh from Commodore K A Bopanna at an impressive ceremonial parade held at the Naval Dockyard here today.
A specialist in the field of gunnery, Commodore Issar has held a number of prestigious appointments both afloat and ashore, a naval release said here today.
His afloat appointments include tenures onboard INS Tir, INS Kirpan as Commanding Officer and Western Fleet as Fleet Gunnery Officer.
Prior to the present appointment, he had been the Defence Adviser, Embassy of India, Santiago, Chile.
An alumnus of the Naval Warfare College (Karanja, Mumbai) and Defence Services Staff College (Wellington), he was commissioned in to the Navy on 1 January 1987. He has also commanded INS Dronacharya, the gunnery school of the Navy at Kochi.
The outgoing Naval Officer-in-Charge, Commodore Bopanna, after a successful tenure, proceeds to INS Circars at Visakhapatnam as Commanding Officer, the release added.
