Sanjay Mahindru

Sanjay Mahindru
Sanjay Mahindru
	Mahindru (right) taking over as Flag Officer Submarines from RAdm S. V. Bhokare
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Navy
Years of service	1985 -
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	Maharashtra Naval Area; Flag Officer Submarines; INS Satavahana; INS Shalki; INS Rajput; INS Krishna; Arihant;
Awards	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; Nao Sena Medal Gallantary;
Spouse(s)	Anu Mahindru

Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru is an Indian Navy Flag officer. He was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area on 17 Oct 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3] As Flag Officer, he initiated a number of initiatives to improve lives of Veterans^[4] and Naval Service persons.

Before his current posting he served as Flag Officer Submarines.^[5]

He joined the Navy in 1985 and qualified as a submariner.

As a submariner, he has commanded a conventional submarine, and assumed the first command of India's premier indigenous Nuclear Submarine, INS Arihant.^[5]

He is an alumnus of the Joint Services Command and Staff College at United Kingdom.^[1]

He commanded the Cadet's Training Ship, INS Krishna,^[6] and commandeered her to Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[7]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru takes over as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area". Indian Navy. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^ "Maharashtra Naval Area gets a new commanding Flag Officer". www.afternoondc.in. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Sharma, Suman. "Change Of Command In Indian Navy's Both Fleets : Rear Admiral B Dasgupta Gets East, Rear Admiral RB Pandit Gets West". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Combined Armed Forces Veterans Day celeberated [sic] on 14 JAN 2017 in Mumbai . | All India Exservicemen Joint Action Front (Sanjha Morcha)". Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru Takes Over as Flag Officer Submarines". Government of India. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^ "Kerala News : Naval training to undergo sea change". The Hindu. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2019.^{[dead link]}
^ "News - Sunday Island". www.island.lk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

Military offices
Preceded by Satish Namdeo Ghormade	Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area 2017 - 2018	Succeeded by Puneet Kumar Bahl
Preceded by SV Bhokare	Flag Officer Submarines 2015-2016	Succeeded by Vennam Srinivas

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[FOMA-1] "Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru takes over as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area". Indian Navy. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

[2] "Maharashtra Naval Area gets a new commanding Flag Officer". www.afternoondc.in. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[3] Sharma, Suman. "Change Of Command In Indian Navy's Both Fleets : Rear Admiral B Dasgupta Gets East, Rear Admiral RB Pandit Gets West". Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[4] "Combined Armed Forces Veterans Day celeberated [sic] on 14 JAN 2017 in Mumbai . | All India Exservicemen Joint Action Front (Sanjha Morcha)". Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[FOS-5] "Rear Admiral Sanjay Mahindru Takes Over as Flag Officer Submarines". Government of India. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

[6] "Kerala News : Naval training to undergo sea change". The Hindu. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2019.^{[dead link]}

[7] "News - Sunday Island". www.island.lk. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

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