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He studied in the National Defence Academy before joining the Indian Navy.
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Sureesh Mehta
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He was succeeded by Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma. He is the first service chief from India"s armed forces to be born post Indian Independence. Admiral Mehta was born on 18 August 1947.
Later, he also graduated from the Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College.
After graduating, Admiral Mehta joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Indian Navy, where he flew the Hawker Sea Hawk off the aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. He served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) from 30 September 2005 till his appointment as the Naval Chief.
He was appointed as the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) on 28 September 2007. After retirement the Indian government appointed him as India"son
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Bharatiya Janata Party