Vice Admiral Atul Anand on Monday (3rd July 2023) took over as Additional Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. The post was previously held by Lt Gen Anil Puri, who superannuated on February 28, 2023.

Vice Admiral Atul Anand was commissioned into the executive branch of the Indian Navy on January 1, 1988.

He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy (71st Course, Delta Squadron), Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur (Bangladesh) and National Defence College, New Delhi.

He has also attended the Advanced Security Cooperation course at the Asia Pacific Centre of Security Studies, Hawaii, USA..

Source : Economic Times