Nautiyal appointed AS Coast Guard Commander (East)

Visakhapatnam: Inspector General KR Nautiyal has been appointed as the new Coast Guard Commander (Eastern Seaboard), a press release from the Coast Guard said here today.

The Flag Officer relinquished the command of Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (West), Mumbai, yesterday and will be taking over as Headquarters Eastern Seaboard from Inspector General KS Sheoran tomorrow, it said.

He has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director-General, Nautiyal has commanded all type of Coast Guard ships and was Deputy Director-General (operations and CS) at CGHQ, New Delhi, Commander CGRHQ (NE) in Kolkata and Commander CGRHQ (W) in Mumbai, it added.