Retired Naval Officer with 31 years of experience at sea and ashore in project management, administration, human resource management, operations, officer selection and training.Procurement of weapon systems and sensors from overseas and domestic suppliers and OEM (5 years). This entailed weapon system requirement forecasting, planning, vendor selection and procurement. Led a team of DRDO scientists and navy officers in Israel for four years for the joint development of advanced weapon system in collaboration with IAI, Israel.Programme Coordinator/ Project Management (five year experience) for defence projects worth over 2500 Cr.  Programme Coordinator for DRDO projects. Liaised with Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Finance for high value projects.Over two decades of extensive experience in various assignments in Indian Navy with proven abilities to lead large-scale mission critical operations. Have commanded two warships and successfully served on a multitude of warships. Headed the Services Selection Board for selection of officers into Armed  Forces.An effective communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills and hands on experience in training and development of team members. Ability to achieve immediate and long-term goals. Proven ability to analyse, plan, manage and motivate teams to remain client focused, service driven and goal oriented.