Vice admiral Rustom Faramroze contractor is new DG Coast Guard
Vice Admiral Rustom Faramroze Contractor has taken over as new Director General of Coast Guard.
Vice Admiral Contractor was commissioned in the Indian Navy on July 01, 1971. He hails from Nagpur in Maharashtra where he did his schooling at the St. Francis De’sales High School and thereafter joined the National Defence Academy, Kharakvasla, Pune.
Vice Admiral Contractor, a specialist in Navigation and Direction has held various important operational and staff appointments both afloat and ashore. He was the Commanding Officer of the first Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), INS Sukanya, which he commissioned in South Korea. He has held the rare distinction of Commanding INS Rajput and INS Ranvijay as also the Command of the navy’s aircraft carrier, INS Virat. Vice Admiral Contractor has also had the privilege of commanding the prestigious Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.
He has held important and challenging shore appointments such as the Commanding Officer INS Jarawa & Naval Officer-in-Charge, Port Blair, Commanding Officer INS Mandovi and Commandant, Naval Academy, Goa, Chief Staff Officer (Operations) at the Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command, Vishakhapatnam, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Information Warfare and Operations) at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi and Chief of Staff at the Headquarters, Southern Naval Command, Kochi. Prior to his present appointment he was the Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi.
He is an alumnus of the College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai and the Royal College of Defence Studies at London, UK. He is a recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty) awarded by the President of India.
Vice Admiral Contractor is married to Thrity Contractor and has a 21 year old son and 19 year old daughter.
SKS /HS