Coast Guard District No.4 gets new commander

Kochi: Deputy inspector general Ashish Mehrotra assumed duties of Commander, Indian Coast Guard District No.4 (Kerala and Mahe) from outgoing District Commander DIG N Ravi on Monday.

The officer had the distinction of holding important Command and Staff appointments, both afloat and ashore. In his previous appointment, he commanded Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Lakshmi Bai, Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) ICGS Sangram and Coast Guard Workup Team (East).

The Officer graduated in electronics from Lucknow University and holds to his credit a master's degree in nautical science from Navigation and Direction School of Indian Navy. He joined Coast Guard service on Jan 5, 1998. The officer is an alumnus of National Defence College, New Delhi (63 NDC).

His important appointments include Navigating Officer of Western Fleet ship INS Udayagiri as the first Indian Coast Guard deputationist, secondment to the Information Sharing Centre of Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP-ISC, Singapore) as manager (research) and CG adviser to director general of Indian Coast Guard, New Delhi.