Former Senior Management - National Maritime Foundation

Former Senior Management

Chairmen

Late Vice Admiral KK Nayyar, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)15 February 2005 -14 September 2008

Admiral Arun Prakash, PVSM, AVSM, VC, VSM, IN (Retd)
15 September 2008 – 17 January 2012

Admiral Sureesh Mehta, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd) 18 January 2012 – 30 October 2014

Admiral DK Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, IN (Retd) 31 October 2014 – 24 November 2016

Admiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, IN (Retd)25 November 2016 – 06 June 2019

Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)07 June 2019 – 16 January 2022

Directors

RAdm RB Vohra, VSM, IN (Retd)01 September 2005 -30 June 2009

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar, VSM, IN (Retd)
01 July 2009 – 31 July 2011

Biodata

VAdm Pradeep Kaushiva, UYSM, VSM, IN (Retd)
01 August 2011 – 31 July 2014

Biodata

Dr Vijay Sakhuja
01 August 2014 – 31 July 2017

Former Governing Council Member

Captain JS Gill

Captain JS Gill (Retd)

(Master Mariner)

Member (Shipping)

DG_Rakesh_Pal

Late DG Rakesh Pal, AVSM, PTM, TMDirector General, Indian Coast Guard(ex-officio)

Executive Directors

Cmde Rajeev Sawhney, (Retd)
15 February 2005 – 18 March 2008

Cmde Nalin Dewan, (Retd)
19 March 2008 -09 October 2009

Capt Alok Bansal, (Retd)
10 October 2009 – 28 February 2011

Cmde RS Dhankar, (Retd)
05 January 2012 – 03 April 2012

Cmde JS Shergill, NM
11 May 2012 – 24 July 2013

Cmde PK Banerjee
25 July 2013 – 02 June 2014

Capt (Dr) Gurpreet S Khurana
03 June 2014 – 03 June 2019

Capt Sarabjeet S Parmar
04 June 2019 – 30 Jan 2022

Cmde Debesh Lahiri
31 Jan 2022 – 29 Feb 2024

Deputy Directors

Cdr Anoop Sood (Retd)
15 February 2005 – 10 December 2007

Capt SP Malhotra (Retd)
11 February 2008 – 17 December 2009

Capt BBS Jamwal (Retd)
17 May 2010 – 13 June 2013

Cdr Sandeep Bali (Retd)
29 August 2013 – 30 August 2015

Cdr Sriharsha
21 April 2017 – 02 July 2018

Cdr Dinesh Yadav (Retd)
31 August 2015- 20 April 2017 & 03 July 2018 – 13 August 2019

Regional Directors

Cmde Shekhar Shridharan (Retd),RD, Chennai Chapter
15 February 2005 – 10 December 2007

Prof RaoTatavarti, RD, Visakhapatnam Chapter
11 February 2008 – 17 December 2009

Ms G PadmajaRD, Andhra Pradesh Chapter
17 May 2010 – 13 June 2013

VAdm MP Muralidharan, (Retd)RD, Kerala Chapter
29 Aug 2013 – 30 Aug 2015

RAdm SY Shrikhande, (Retd),RD, Goa Chapt. & Adj Fellow
31 Aug 2015- 20 Apr 2017 & 03 Jul 2018 – 13 Aug 2019

Ms Minoo Daryanani RD, West Bengal Chapter21 April 2017 – 02 July 2018

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