G. S. Pabby | |
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 Vice Admiral G. S. Pabby | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service/ |  Indian Navy |
| Years of service | August 1980 – present |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held | Chief of Material |
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Vice Admiral G. S. Pabby is a former Flag Officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Chief of Materiel. [1]
Vice Admiral GS Pabby is a graduate with an honours degree in the field of Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Kurukshetra. He completed his Master of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) in Systems and Controls specialization. He has been recognised as a Distinguished Alumnus by IIT(Mumbai) and NIT Kurukshetra. He attended the Naval War College and College of Defence Management. [2] [3]
Pabby was commissioned into the Indian Navy in August 1980. During his more than 40 years of service in the Indian Navy, he served on Petya-class frigate, Kashin-class destroyer along with the Indian crafted and built Delhi-class destroyer. While working in the Mumbai Naval dockyard, he was included in the infrastructure planning and creation team.[ citation needed ]
Pabby was appointed as the Chief Staff Officer ( Technical) at Western Naval Command after being promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in December 2009. [4] He was later moved to Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard where he took over the assignment of the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard. He supervised major refits and weapon system upgrades of many ships and Russian submarines. Later Pabby was appointed as the Director General of Naval Projects (Mumbai), where he steered the construction of new dry dock.[ citation needed ]
In his prior appointments, Pabby served as a flag officer and has been the controller for the production and acquisition of warships. In order to encourage the Indian industries into the construction of ship equipment and submarines, the admiral interacted with many industries and other professional bodies mainly focusing the micro, small and medium enterprises and was instrumental in revising policies and guidelines. [2] [3]
He has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Param Vishisht Seva Medals for his distinguished service. The admiral became Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy on 31 October 2016. [2] [7] [8] [9]
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