Vice-Admiral Atul Anand on Monday took over as Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs (DMA). The post was previously held by Lt-General Anil Puri, who superannuated on February 28, 2023.
Anand was commissioned into the executive branch of the Indian Navy on January 01, 1988. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA), Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur (Bangladesh) and National Defence College, New Delhi. He has also attended the Advanced Security Cooperation course at Asia Pacific Centre of Security Studies, Hawaii, USA, defence ministry officials said here.
He has held several key appointments in his career, including the command of Torpedo Recovery Vessel INTRV A72; missile boat INS Chatak; corvette INS Khukri and the destroyer INS Mumbai.
He also served as the Navigating Officer of IN ships Sharda, Ranvijay and Jyoti and was the Direction Officer of the Sea Harrier squadron INAS 300 and the Executive Officer of the destroyer INS Delhi.