Commodore Abhinav Barve — Commodore (Naval Oceanography & Meteorology), IHQ MoD (Navy) — delivered on Extreme Weather Events: Ground- truthing of Data during the Professional Session III — Second NMF- KAS Symposium.

About the Speaker

Cmde Abhinav Barve was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 21 Feb 1992. An Electrical Engi- neer from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, he holds a Post Graduate degree in Defence Studies from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington as well as a Masters in Management Studies from the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad. He has been commended by the Flag Officer Command-ing-in-Chief (Western Naval Command) in 1997 and the Chief of the Naval Staff in 2005.

Cmde Barve has assumed duties of Commodore (Naval Oceanology & Meteorology) on 20 Jan 23. Prior to his present appointment, he has held diversified and prestigious stints spanning over 32 years which include In- structor tenure at INS Valsura & INS Mandovi, Command Met Officer & Public Relations Officer at Headquarters Andaman & Nicobar Command, as well as HQWNC, NA to Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief (West), Systems Manager to CNS, Directing Staff at College of Defence Manage- ment, Secunderabad, Head of Faculty (BS&H) and Registrar at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala.

The officer is an avid sports lover and plays cricket, badminton and Golf. He also loves music, reading books and solving crosswords. He is married to Mrs. Rupali and the couple are blessed with two children Ria and Ak- shaj. Ria has completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design and Akshaj has completed his graduation in Business Analytics.