Tarun Sobti

Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti, VSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet. He earlier served as the Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor at the Indian Naval Academy from March 2019 to January 2021.

Rear Admiral

Tarun Sobti

VSM
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Navy
Years of service1988 - present
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands heldEastern Fleet
INS Kolkata (D63)
INS Kora (P61)
INS Nishank (K43)
Awards Vishisht Seva Medal

Early life and education

Sobti graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune in 1986.

Sobti was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1988. He is a specialist in Navigation and direction. He attended the Collège Interarmées de Défense in Paris and the College of Naval Warfare in Mumbai.[1]

He has served as the navigating officer of the Khukri-class corvette INS Kirpan (P44) and was part of the commissioning crew of the Delhi-class Guided missile destroyer INS Mysore (D60) as its navigating officer. He later served as the direction officer of the aircraft carrier INS Viraat (R22) and the executive officer of the guided missile destroyer INS Delhi (D61).[2]

Sobti has commanded the Veer-class missile vessel INS Nishank (K43), and the lead ship of the Kora-class corvette INS Kora (P61). In August 2014, the lead ship of the indigenously-built Kolkata-class Guided missile destroyers INS Kolkata (D63) was commissioned by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai. Sobti was the commissioning Commanding Officer of the ship.[3]

Sobti, in his staff appointments, has served as the Joint Director of Staff Requirements and Joint Director of Personnel at Naval headquarters. He also served as the Captain Work-Up at Local Work-Up Team (East). The LWT (East) is under the operational control of Flag Officer Sea Training and administrative control of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[4] As a Commodore, he served as the Naval attaché at the Embassy of India in Moscow.[2]

Flag rank

On promotion to Flag Rank, in March 2019, Sobti took over as the Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala.[5][6][7] After a 21 month stint as Deputy Commandant, he handed over to Rear Admiral A. N. Pramod in January 2021.[5] For this stint, Sobti was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2020.[8][9] On 23 February 2021, he assumed the office of the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, taking over from Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan who commanded the Eastern Fleet from 2020 to 2021.[10]

Awards and decorations
Vishisht Seva Medal Samanya Seva Medal Operation Vijay Medal Sainya Seva Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

See also

References
  1. Singh, Ashish (23 February 2021). "TARUN SOBTI TAKES OVER THE COMMAND OF EASTERN FLEET". The Daily Guardian.
  2. "Rear Adm Tarun Sobti takes over as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet". pib.gov.in.
  3. "h1". sainiksamachar.nic.in.
  4. Hiranandani 2001, p. 299.
  5. Staff Reporter (12 January 2021). "New Dy. Commandant takes over at INA". The Hindu.
  6. "Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti Assumes Charge as the Deputy Commandant, Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
  7. "Gallery | INA". www.ina.gov.in.
  8. "https://twitter.com/indembmoscow/status/1221164247608152066". Twitter. External link in |title= (help)
  9. "Distinguished service and gallantry award winners on Republic day 2020". pib.gov.in.
  10. "Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan takes over as Eastern Fleet Commander". pib.gov.in.

Bibliography
  • Hiranandani, G.M. (2001), Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000, Lancer Publishers, ISBN 9781935501268
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