Rear Admiral Jandhyala Sridhar takes charge as Eastern Naval Command medical officer
Surgeon Rear Admiral Jandhyala Sridhar has assumed office as Command Medical Officer at the headquarters of India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. The dermatologist joined the Indian Navy in 1993 and has held senior medical and administrative posts, including during the COVID-19 period.
Surgeon Rear Admiral Jandhyala Sridhar has assumed charge as Command Medical Officer at the headquarters of India’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. He took over the appointment on Thursday, according to the report. Sridhar was commissioned into the Indian Navy on June 30, 1993, and has more than three decades of service.
A specialist in dermatology, he studied at Timpany School in Visakhapatnam and the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. His career has included both clinical and senior administrative responsibilities. Sridhar served as Commanding Officer of INHS Kalyani in Visakhapatnam during the COVID-19 period.
He also served as Director and Dean of the Institute of Naval Medicine at INHS Asvini in Mumbai. His previous appointments included Senior Adviser at INHS Asvini and INHS Sanjivani. Before taking up his present position, he was Consultant Dermatology at Command Hospital, Eastern Command, in Kolkata.
The Command Medical Officer is responsible for a senior medical role within the Eastern Naval Command, although the source material did not provide further details of his duties or priorities in the new post. The appointment was reported from Visakhapatnam on October 3, 2026. No statement from Sridhar or the Navy about his immediate plans was included in the supplied material.
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