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

Former Director General, Indian Coast Guard, and
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 Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM) twice by the President of India and is
also a recipient of the Nao Sena 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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