Assumes charge

KOCHI: Rear Admiral H C S Bisht assumed charge as Flag Officer Sea Training at the Southern Naval Command during a brief ceremony at the Naval Base on Friday. He was earlier Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command.Admiral Bisht was commissioned to the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer in July, 1979, and is a gunnery specialist. Admiral Bisht has also served as the Defence Attache to the High Commission of India, Singapore.The Admiral has completed a number of important afloat appointments, which include the Command of the missile corvette - INS Kora, which he commissioned, and Command of INS Tabar.