Vice Admiral (Retd.) Dewan PVSM, AVSM, is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 1st July 1973.
He qualified as a Gunnery Officer in 1978 and completed the advanced missile course in Russia in 1983.
He is a graduate of the Joint Staff Course, Paris, the Naval Higher Command Course and the Royal College of Defence Studies, London.
He has had wide national and international exposure and has experience in various fields such as operations, international relations and defence planning.
Having done his sea service in seven different ships, he took up duties of Deputy Director Naval Plans at the Naval Headquarters and managed naval budget for four years.
In Dec 2002, he was appointed Principal Director, Naval Plan at Naval Headquarters and was responsible for plans, foreign cooperation and budget.
After promotion to Rear Admiral in Nov ’03, he has held the appointments of Senior Directing Staff (Navy) at Natinal Defence College and Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Area (FOMA).
The Flag Officer was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on 20 Mar 07 and was appointed as Controller Personnel Services (CPS) at IHQ MoD (N) and has been the Chief of Personnel since 27 Jul 07.
His tenure as the VCNS is marked with some special achievements viz. he ensured 100% utilization of naval budget in the last two fiscal years with over 80% increase in capital expenditure.
He was instrumental in the promulgation of the 15 year Maritime Capability Perspective Plan 2012-2027.
