Bimal Verma

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Vice Admiral | name = Bimal Kumar Verma | honorific_suffix = AVSM, ADC | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Vice_Admiral_Bimal_Verma.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | death_date =  | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{IND}} | branch = {{navy|India}} | service_years = 1980 - 1 December 2019 | rank = Vice Admiral | service_number =  | unit = | commands = {{plainlist | * Andaman and Nicobar Command *INS Mysore *INS Ranjit *INS Magar *INS Shardul }} | battles = | battles_label = | awards = {{plainlist | *Ati Vishisht Seva Medal }} | memorials = | spouse = Seema Verma | relations = Nirmal Kumar Verma (brother) | other_work = | signature = | website =  | module = }}

Vice Admiral '''Bimal Verma''', AVSM, ADC is a retired Flag Officer in the Indian Navy. He served as the 13th Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command from 29 February 2016 to 1 December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17621:vice-admiral-bimal-verma-cincan-calls-it-a-day&catid=37:top-news&Itemid=142|title=Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, CINCAN Calls it a Day|date=2019-12-01}}</ref><ref name="Navyhandover">{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-bimal-verma-avsm-took-over-13th-cincan | title=Vice Admiral Bimal Verma AVSM took over as the 13th CINCAN | publisher=Indian Navy | accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/vice-admiral-bimal-verma-takes-charge-of-andaman-nicobar-command/articleshow/51197789.cms|title = Vice Admiral Bimal Verma takes charge of Andaman & Nicobar Command | date=8 April 2019 | newspaper=The Economic Times| agency=PTI | access-date = 3 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/vice-admiral-bimal-verma-avsm-takes-over-as-commander-in-chief-116022900894_1.html|title = Vice Admiral Bimal Verma AVSM takes over as Commander in Chief| newspaper=Business Standard India | date=29 February 2016 |access-date = 2016-03-01}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Verma attended the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun. He later attended the National Defence Academy where he was adjudged the Best Naval Cadet. His elder brother, Nirmal Kumar Verma<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral Verma, overlooked for Navy chief post, earned 2 adverse reports |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/superseded-navy-officer-earned-2-adverse-reports/story-LVzTUga1vL2fIvyVpXbQhK.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=30 May 2019}}</ref> also joined the Navy and rose to become the 20th Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite web |title=English Releases |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=49086 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

==Career== Verma was commissioned into the Navy on 1 January 1980. He has done his specialisation in Communication and Electronic Warfare.<ref name="PIB137013">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137013 | title=Vice Admiral Bimal Verma AVSM takes over as Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command | publisher=Government of India | date=29 February 2016 | accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref>

He has commanded the amphibious warfare ships INS Shardul and INS Magar, the destroyer INS Ranjit and the Guided missile destroyer INS Mysore.<ref name="PIB137013"/>

Ashore, he has served as Principal Director Naval Operations and as the Naval attaché at the Embassy of India, Tehran, Iran.

As a flag officer, he served as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area as well as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Information Warfare & Operations. After his promotion to the rank of vice admiral on 1 November 2012, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command where he coordinated the International Fleet Review 2016.<ref name="PIB137013"/>

==Awards and decorations== {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Operation Parakram medal.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}} |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" |- |Ati Vishisht Seva Medal |Operation Parakram Medal |Sainya Seva Medal |Videsh Seva Medal |- |50th Anniversary of Independence Medal |30 Years Long Service Medal |20 Years Long Service Medal |9 Years Long Service Medal |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef | before = Sunil Lanba}} {{s-ttl|title=Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra & Gujarat Naval Area|years=2011 – 2012}} {{s-aft | after = Karambir Singh}} {{s-bef | before = PK Chatterjee}} {{s-ttl | title = Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command | years = 29 February 2016 – 1 December 2019}} {{s-aft | after = Lt Gen P S Rajeshwar}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verma, Bimal}} Category:Living people Category:Indian Navy vice admirals Category:Rashtriya Indian Military College alumni Category:National Defence Academy (India) alumni Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Commanders-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command Category:Naval attachés for India Category:Flag Officers Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area