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New Delhi : Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan assumed charge as Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) on December 16, 2021. Vice Admiral Vatsayan is an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Naval War College, Mumbai,and the National Defence College, New Delhi. Vatsayan, who is a Gunnery & Missile systems specialist, has vast experience at sea and ashore.
Vatsayan has commanded an Indian Coast Guard Inshore Patrol Vessel, missile vessels Vibhuti and Nashak, the guided-missile corvette Kuthar and has also been the commissioning Commanding Officer of the indigenously constructed state-of-the-art stealth frigate Sahyadri. His important staff assignments include Joint Director, Personnel, Director of Personnel (Policy), Director Naval Plans (Perspective Planning), and Principal Director Naval Plans at Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (IHQ MoD) (Navy), according to a PIB release.
On promotion to the Flag Rank in February 2018, he was appointed as the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy and Plans) at IHQ MoD (Navy). He commanded the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam from February 2020 to February 2021. He was Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor of the National Defence Academy before assuming charge as the Chief of Staff, ENC, on promotion to the rank of Vice Admiral.