Admiral Dhowan PVSM AVSM YSM ADC joined Indian Navy on January 1 1975. His exemplary career spans 40 years and he, as a navigation and direction specialist, has served with distinction in an array of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments.
He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, US.
Admiral Dhowan has commanded frontline warships INS Khukri, INS Ranjit, INS Delhi and served as Chief Staff Officer (Operations) Headquarters Western Naval Command. He has also served as Indian Naval Adviser at the High Commission of India in London.
He has commanded the Eastern Fleet as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet and served as Chief of Staff at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam. He also has the distinction of commanding the prestigious ‘National Defence Academy’, his alma mater as the Commandant.
The important staff appointments held by the Admiral at Naval Headquarters are Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy and plans), Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Vice Chief of Naval Staff.
RK Dhowan appointed India’s new Naval Chief
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2014-04-17 12:21
New Delhi: Admiral RK Dhowan has been appointed as India’s Chief of the Naval Staff here on Thursday replacing the former head who resigned in February owning moral responsibility for a series of accidents.