Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 10 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to enable the pursuit of academics by the IAF personnel in various contemporary subjects.
New Delhi Dec 31 PTI V S Pathania took charge as the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard ICG on Friday an official statement saidPathania replaced K Natarajan who served as the Chief of the ICG from July 1 2019 to December 31 2021Pathania is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College Wellington and National Defence College New Delhi the ICGs statement saidHe is a qualified helicopter pilot and holds a Masters Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras it mentionedHe has also undergone specialisation in search and rescue and port operations with the US Coast Guard it statedPathania was elevated to the rank of additional director general in November 2019 and took over the reins as Coast Guard Commander Eastern Seaboard at Visakhapatnam it mentionedThe period under his apex watch on eastern seafront saw surge in major operations that included apprehension of gold and tons of drugsnarcotic substance worth thousands of crores pollution response operations joint exercises with foreign coast guard anti-poaching operations mass rescue operations and humanitarian assistance during cyclonesnatural calamities and strengthened coastal security it noted PTI DSP ANB ANB