Harish Bisht

Harish Chandra Singh Bisht
Vice Admiral; Harish Chandra Singh Bisht; PVSM, AVSM, ADC
	Vice Admiral Harish Bisht (left) presenting a souvenir to Vice Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk of United States Navy
Born	1 November 1957; Kausani, Uttarakhand
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Navy; Indian Coast Guard
Years of service	1 July 1979 – 31 October 2017
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Eastern Naval Command; Indian Coast Guard; Eastern Fleet[1]; INS Kora; INS Tabar
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal[2]

Vice Admiral Harish Chandra Singh Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC is a former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy. He is an alumnus of the Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital, National Defence Academy Khadakvasla, Pune and the Naval Academy, Kochi and served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command till his retirement on 31 October 2017.[3][4]

Education

Bisht has done his schooling from Sainik School Ghorakhal, Nainital and is a graduate of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich (UK), 1992 batch. He also attended the Naval Higher Command Course at the College of Naval Warfare, Karanja, Mumbai in 2001 and completed the 47th NDC course at New Delhi in 2007.

He is also an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, one of the most prestigious military institutions of India.

Career

Bisht was commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer on 1 July 1979. He has done a number of important afloat, training and staff appointments.

Notable appointments include Executive Officer of the ASW Corvette Ajay, Cdr Work Up in the Indian Naval Work Up Team at Kochi and Fleet Gunnery Officer of the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam.

He commissioned the Missile Corvette INS Kora as the Commanding Officer and has also commanded the Stealth Frigate, INS Tabar.

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 Captain at IHQ, MoD (N). He has also been the DA at the High Commission of India, Singapore.

He was promoted to Flag rank on 28 January 2008 and took over the appointment of Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects at IHQ, MoD (N). His further Flag rank appointments include Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Sea Training at Kochi, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, at Visakhapatnam and Assistant Chief of Personnel (HRD) at IHQ, MoD (N).

He was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on 1 September 2012 and took over the appointment of the Controller Personnel Services (CPS) at IHQ, MoD (N). On 1 February 2015, he was appointed the Director General of Indian Coast Guard (DGICG).[5] On 27 February 2016, he was appointed the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.[3][6]

He was awarded PVSM for his service in 2017.[7]

Vice Admiral Bisht retired from service on 31 October 2017.[8]

Awards and decorations

Param Vishisht Seva Medal	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal	Special Service Medal	Samanya Seva Medal
Operation Vijay Medal	Sainya Seva Medal	Videsh Seva Medal	50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal	20 Years Long Service Medal		9 Years Long Service Medal

Personal Life

Vice Admiral Bisht ( retd. ) and Mrs. Bisht have two daughters.

References

"Appointments". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
"Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command". Indian Navy. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
"Rajendra Singh takes charge as Indian Coast Guard chief - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
"Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
"Vice-Admiral Bisht to be new Coast Guard DG - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
"Rajendra Singh new Coast Guard chief". The Hindu. 27 February 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
"SpokespersonNavy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
"Eastern Naval Command sees a change of hands". Yo! Vizag. 31 October 2017.

Military offices
Preceded by Satish Soni	Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command 2016 - 31 October 2017	Succeeded by Karambir Singh
Preceded by Parasurama Naidu Murugesan	Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet 2011-2012	Succeeded by Ajit Kumar P
Preceded by Sunil Lanba	Flag Officer Sea Training 2009 - 2011	Succeeded by G. Ashok Kumar

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[1] "Appointments". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

[2] "Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command". Indian Navy. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[:0-3] "Rajendra Singh takes charge as Indian Coast Guard chief - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

[4] "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 9 April 2017.

[5] "Vice-Admiral Bisht to be new Coast Guard DG - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

[6] "Rajendra Singh new Coast Guard chief". The Hindu. 27 February 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

[7] "SpokespersonNavy on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

[8] "Eastern Naval Command sees a change of hands". Yo! Vizag. 31 October 2017.