January 25, 2002

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DEPUTY COMMANDANT DEEPAK SHARMA OF COAST GUARD AWARDED TAT RAKSHAK MEDAL

    Deputy Commandant Deepak Sharma has been awarded ‘Tat Rakshak Medal’ (Gallantry).

    Deputy Commandant Sharma joined the 842 Squadron of the Coast Guard as a Pilot in July 97 and has flown more than 1250hrs till date. The officer has the rare distinction of flying more than 500 hrs in a helicopter within a single tenure of 2 years.

    The officer has also successfully undertaken numerous including search and rescue, pollution response, casualty evacuation and cyclone relief operation at Kandla.