New Delhi:The Defence Ministry has appointed Virender Singh Pathania as the Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard headquarters in the national capital. Pathania's posting order was issued by the government on Friday and he will take charge on September 30. The post had been lying vacant for months after the previous officer took premature retirement months before his superannuation.
Pathania was till now the in-charge of the force's Eastern Seaboard in Vizag. He has served the organisation in various assignments over the past three and half decades.
He was also holding the charge of Deputy Director General Policy and plans at ICG Headquarters in New Delhi. He has also held several key appointments both afloat and ashore, prominent among them are Commander Coast Guard Region (North West) and Commander Coast Guard Region (West).