The Deputy Chief Naval Staff then resumed his previous role and reported to the First Sea Lord until 1941 when this post was renamed Vice Chief of the Naval Staff due to restructuring within the British Armed Forces; this continued until 1946.
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His important Training / Staff appointments include Training Commander INS Dronacharya at Kochi, Deputy Director Naval Plans and Naval Assistant to the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff at IHQ, MoD ( N ) in the rank of Commander and thereafter as Director Naval Intelligence in the rank of High Commission of India, Singapore.
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He served as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff from 1987 to 1989 . His prior commands included those as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief ( FOC-IN-C ) of the Southern Naval Command, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command and the Commissioning Commanding Officer of the, the lead vessel of the Rajput class destroyers.
