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Vice Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan joined the
Indian Navy as a cadet (38 NDA) and was commissioned on 01 Jan 1972.
The Flag officer did his Basic Engineering Course at INS Shivaji and
advanced Electrical course at INS Valsura. He is an alumnus of the
National Defence College (42 NDC).
The Flag Officer has had an extensive
exposure to wide variety of technically challenging assignments and has
had the opportunity to interact with a wide cross section of
professionals from technical and industrial background during the past
three decades while in the Navy. He has made immense contribution
towards development of weapon systems including sonar and missiles in
India and in interactions with other countries and Navies including
Russia.
He served five tenures in Naval Dockyards
at different points of time in the capacity of Assistant Manager Design,
Manager Weapons, General Manager (Technical), Chief Staff Officer
(Technical) and Admiral Superintendent Dockyard Visakhapatnam. During
these appointments, the officer demonstrated his professional skills,
administrative skills and man management skills in abundance.
Before taking over as Chief of Materiel on
01 Nov 09, he has had five appointments at Naval Headquarters. He has
served Directorate of Weapon Engineering (DWE), Directorate of
Electrical Engineering (DEE) and Directorate of Information Technology (DIT)
during these tenures. During his appointment as Assistance Chief of
Material (Information Technology & Systems), the Flag Officer was
involved in various weapons and IT projects of national interest before
assuming the office of Controller Warship Production and Acquisition on
01 Jan 09.
He has also been at the helm of affairs as
Commanding Officer INS Kalinga, Admiral Superintendent Dockyard,
Visakhapatnam and Director General Naval Project, Visakhapatnam. As
Controller Warship Production and Acquisition, he was involved in
shaping policy regarding warship design and construction in the country.
Presently Admiral is heading the Materiel Branch as Chief of Materiel.
The officer is an avid reader, illustrator
and sculptor. He is linguistically skilled and able to handle various
languages.
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