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VICE ADMIRAL M P MURALIDHARAN,
AVSM &BAR, NM (RETD.)

Former Director General, Indian Coast Guard, Former
Member Armed Forces Tribunal

Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan, an alumnus of National Defence Academy,
Khadakvasla, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jan 1975. He is a
specialist in Navigation and Direction. In a career of almost four decades, the
Admiral has held several key Operational and Staff appointments. The Admiral
was awarded the AtiVishistSeva Medal (AVSM) twice by the President of
India and is also a recipient of the NaoSena Medal (NM). He became the Chief
of Personnel at Naval Headquarters prior to taking over as the 19th Director
General of the Indian Coast Guard from where he retired in Feb 2013. As the
Director General Indian Coast Guard, he was a member of various institutional
and governmental committees, which included Director on the Board of Goa
Shipyard Ltd and Invitee to the Meetings of the Defence Procurement Board and
Defence Acquisition Council. Post retirement, the Admiral was appointed by
the President of India as a Member of the Armed Forces Tribunal at its Regional
Bench at Kochi, an appointment equivalent to a sitting Judge of a High Court.
he also sat on the Regional Benches of the Tribunal at Guwahati, Mumbai
and Jaipur. He has keenly pursued numerous scholastic avenues during his
career in conjunction with his primary responsibilities.He is also a member of
various strategic study societies and institutions such as the National Maritime
Foundation, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and United Service
Institution of India.

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