Surgeon Rear Admiral Kapur assumes command of INHS Asvini

By A Draft Colaba Correspondent

Surgeon Rear Admiral Anupam Kapur, NM took over command of INHS Asvini from Surgeon Rear Admiral Arti Sarin, VSM on 24 December 2021 at Mumbai. 

RAdm Kapur is a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and has super-specialised in laparoscopic and endoscopic gynaecological surgery. Rear Admiral Kapur is an alumnus of the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. Prior to his current assignment, he had served as a gynaecologist at INHS Asvini and Army Hospital R&R and was the Commanding Officer of INHS Sanjivani at Kochi.

CHANGE OF COMMAND: Surgeon RAdm Arti Sarin and Surgeon RAdm Anupam Kapur

Surgeon Rear Admiral Arti Sarin had assumed command of INHS Asvini, the flagship hospital of the Indian Navy, from Surgeon Rear Admiral Sheila S Mathai on 30 January 2021. The event had assumed significance as not many Armed Forces have a precedent of a handing/taking over between two women flag officers.

INHS Asvini is the premier super-specialty Command Hospital of the Indian Navy located in Colaba, Mumbai. It is the first amongst all the Naval hospitals which, in 1756, started functioning in barracks as King’s Seamen Hospital for in- patients.

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