Who has taken over as the 24th Chief of Indian Coast Guard on 31 December 2021?

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The correct answer is VS Pathania.

Key Points

Director-General VS Pathania took over as the 24th Chief of Indian Coast Guard on 31 December.
He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi.
He is also the recipient of the President’s Tatrakshak Medal for Distinguished Service, Tatrakshak Medal for gallantry.
Director-General VS Pathania succeeds 23rd DG Krishnaswamy Natarajan.

Additional Information

In August 2021, CDS General Bipin Rawat has presented a book “OPERATION KHUKRI” by authors Major General Rajpal Punia and Ms Damini Punia.
The book highlights the Indian Army’s successful rescue mission in Sierra Leone as part of the United Nations.
Indian Navy has commissioned the 4th Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela on November 27th, 2021.
On November 22nd, 2021, INS Visakhapatnam, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) launched the first large survey vessel Sandhayak for the Indian Navy on December 7th, 2021.
On December 22nd, 2021, the Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth guided-missile destroyer ‘Mormugao’ went for her maiden sea trials.