Krishnaswamy Natarajan New Indian Coast Guard Chief

Last updated Jul 3, 2019

NPnews24 Online: In the new appointment, Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan took over as the 23^rd Chief of Indian Coast Guard, replacing Rajendra Singh, who was the first cadre officer to head the force.

Natarajan joined the forces on January 18, 1984 and he was elected to the rank of Additional Director General in August 2016 and took over the reins as Coast Guard Commander (Western Seaboard). Indian coast guard also tweeted on their official account.

A video clip from the handing taking over ceremony of the Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan PTM TM held this morning @IndiaCoastGuard Headquarters New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/OTSFXKd2PO
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) June 30, 2019

In the rank of Inspector General, he was also commander of the Operational Formations- coast Guard Region (Andaman & Nicobar) and coast guard region (West) from 2014 to 2016 wherein he heralded a tactical shift towards Preventive operations that saw marked decline in security and safety related incidents at sea in respective area of responsibility.