Mihir K. Roy

Vice Admiral '''Mihir Kumar 'Micky' Roy''', PVSM, AVSM was a flag officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (FOC-in-C ENC).

Born in a zamindari Bengali family, he joined the Royal Indian Navy in 1946. After four years of training, he transferred to the Indian Navy and was among the first officers to be sent to the United Kingdom to train as a naval aviator. From 1955 to 1957, he commanded the Fleet requirement unit, the first naval air unit. In 1961, he became the first commanding officer of the Indian Navy's first air-ASW naval air squadron INAS 310, a squadron formed to embark on India's first aircraft carrier - . Promoted to the rank of commander, he commanded the Hunt-class destroyer and the 22nd destroyer squadron. He subsequently commanded the naval air station INS Garuda and the Leopard-class frigate and the 16th frigate squadron.

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was the Director Naval Intelligence (DNI). As DNI, he was the architect of the successful naval commando operations, for which he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies, he served as the commanding officer of ''INS Vikrant'' and later the chief of staff of the Western Naval Command. Promoted to flag rank in 1976, he served as the Assistant Chief of Personnel at naval HQ before taking over command of the Eastern Fleet. From 1977 to 1979, he was the senior directing staff at the National Defence College. Promoted to Vice Admiral, he took over as the FOC-in-C ENC. He led the ENC for four years, from 1980 to 1984. On retirement from the Navy, he was appointed the first Director-General of the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project. The project was aimed at acquiring India's first nuclear submarine.

Regarded as a scholar, he was the first officer from the Indian Armed Forces to be selected as a ''Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow''. He also wrote a well-researched book ''War in the Indian Ocean'' in 1995 and served as the editor of the Journal of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies, which he co-founded. Provided by Wikipedia