Anil Jaggi
Anil Jaggi, AVSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Commandant of the National Defence Academy. He earlier served as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area, as the Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area, and as the Naval adviser to the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom at India House, London.
Naval career
Jaggi graduated from the Naval Academy, Goa and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January 1993. He is a specialist in Navigation and Direction. He attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the Naval War College, Goa. He also attended the United Nations Observer Course in Sweden.In his staff appointments, Jaggi has served as the Joint Director and later Director in the Directorate of Naval Planning at Naval Headquarters. He was an instructor at his alma mater Defence Services Staff College in Wellington.
Jaggi has commanded the lead ship of her-class of missile vessels. He then served as the executive officer of the Talwar-class frigate and commanded the Shivalik-class stealth guided missile frigate. During his command, Sahyadri was adjudged the Best Ship of the Eastern Fleet. Also during his command, the ship was affiliated with the Poona Horse regiment of the Indian Army.
As a Commodore, Jaggi served as the Naval advisor to the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom at the High Commission of India, London. The High Commissioners during his tenure were Ruchi Ghanashyam, Gaitri Issar Kumar and Vikram Doraiswami. He subsequently moved to naval headquarters as the Commodore in the Directorate of Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence at Naval HQ, New Delhi.