List of Indian Coast Guard Directors General - wikipedia List of Indian Coast Guard Directors General Director General of the Indian Coast Guard Incumbent Rajendra Singh, PTM, TM since 1 March 2016 Indian Coast Guard Type Military Status Active Abbreviation DG ICG Reports to Minister of Defence Seat Coast Guard Headquarters, New Delhi Appointer Government of India Formation 19 August 1978 First holder Vice Admiral V.A. Kamath, PVSM Deputy Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard ( ADG ICG ) Website DG ICG The Director General of the Indian Coast Guard ( DG ICG ) is the head of the Indian Coast Guard. The DG ICG has their office in the Coast Guard Headquarters ( CGHQ ) in New Delhi. Appointed by the Government of India, the DG ICG reports to the Minister of Defence. The Director General is assisted by four Deputy Directors General, each holding the rank of inspector - general, and other senior officers heading various staff divisions. The Additional Director General of the ICG serves as the second - in - command to the Director General. The post of Director General of the Indian Coast Guard is held by a three - star rank holder as a position and is not a rank in itself. It is a Commander - in - Chief grade and is equivalent to Vice Admiral of the Indian Navy, Lieutenant General of the Indian Army and the Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force. The rank of Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard is equivalent to vice admiral of Higher Administrative Grade of the Indian Navy. Contents 1 List of appointees 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links List of appointees After the Coast Guard Act 1978 came into force on 19 August 1978, the first Director General was appointed on the same day. Vice Admiral V.A. Kamath, deputed from the Indian Navy, served as the first DG ICG. Appointed on 19 August 1978, he served in the capacity until 31 March 1980. Traditionally, appointees to the DG position have come from the Indian Navy, although the current office holder, Rajendra Singh, is a direct entry Coast Guard officer. While several previous Directors General have come from the Coast Guard stream -- such as Rameshwar Singh and P. Paleri -- they have all initially been commissioned into the Indian Navy before later being permanently deputed to the Coast Guard service. As such, Singh has the distinction of being the first regular direct entry officer of the Indian Coast Guard to be promoted to the position of ADG and to achieve three - star rank, doing so on 11 January 2013. He was later appointed as the DG, taking over this position in early 2016. Singh succeeded Vice Admiral H.C.S. Bisht on 1 March 2016. Besides the distinction of being the first three - star rank officer of the Indian Coast Guard, Rajendra Singh is the first Coast Guard officer to become the Director General. # Name Image Appointment date Left office Notes Vice Admiral V.A. Kamath 19 August 1978 31 March 1980 First holder of the position of DG ICG. Prior to his appointment as the DG ICG, he served as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Member of the Rustamji Committee, the committee appointed to suggest measures for the creation of Indian Coast Guard. Vice Admiral Swaraj Prakash 1 April 1980 31 March 1982 Vice Admiral M.R. Schunkar 1 April 1982 31 March 1984 Vice Admiral S. Jain 19 June 1984 14 February 1985 Vice Admiral I.J.S. Khurana 15 February 1985 30 June 1987 6 Vice Admiral H. Johnson 10 July 1987 27 June 1990 7 Vice Admiral S.W. Lakhar 28 June 1990 31 August 1992 8 Vice Admiral K.K. Kohli 5 October 1992 3 January 1995 9 Vice Admiral P.J. Jacob 4 January 1995 17 November 1996 10 Vice Admiral R.N. Ganesh 18 November 1996 4 March 1999 11 Vice Admiral C. de Silva 5 March 1999 6 March 2001 12 Director General Rameshwar Singh 7 March 2001 29 September 2001 13 Vice Admiral O.P. Bansal 30 September 2001 12 January 2003 14 Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta 13 January 2003 19 August 2004 Later served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of India. 15 Vice Admiral A.K. Singh 20 August 2004 24 February 2006 Later served as the Commander - in - Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command and as the FOC - in - C of the Eastern Naval Command. 16 Director General Dr. Prabhakaran Paleri 28 February 2006 31 August 2006 17 Vice Admiral R.F. Contractor 31 August 2006 30 November 2008 18 Vice Admiral Anil Chopra 1 December 2008 29 October 2011 Later served as the FOC - in - C of the Western and the Eastern Naval Commands. 19 Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan 1 November 2011 28 February 2013 Prior to his appointment as the DG ICG, he served as the Chief of Personnel at the IHQ of MoD ( Navy ) and as the first commandant of the Indian Naval Academy. 20 Vice Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal 1 March 2013 31 January 2015 Prior to his appointment as the DG ICG, he served as the commandant of the Indian Naval Academy. 21 Vice Admiral Harish Bisht 1 February 2015 28 February 2016 Present FOC - in - C of the Eastern Naval Command. 22 Director General Rajendra Singh 1 March 2016 present The first regular Coast Guard officer to be appointed the Director General. He is the Indian Governor to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre at Singapore. He is also Chairman of the National Maritime SAR Board and Offshore Security Coordination Committee. Notes Footnotes Jump up ^ FOC - in - C : Flag Officer Commanding - in - Chief, GOC - in - C : General Officer Commanding - in - Chief, AOC - in - C : Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief. Jump up ^ In the Indian Armed Forces, three - star ranks fall into three categories, namely : HAG Scale, HAG+ Scale, and Commanders ( GOC - in - C / FOC - in - C / AOC - in - C ) Scale. HAG Scale stands at the bottom, whereas the Commanders Scale is the highest. Citations Jump up ^ `` CG Organisation : Indian Coast Guard ''. Indian Coast Guard. Government of India. Retrieved 28 June 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Indian Coast Guard Explained in Detail ''. Naval Journey. Retrieved 26 July 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Indian Coast Guard gets new director - general : All about it ''. India Today. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016. Jump up ^ Sharma 2008, p. 52. ^ Jump up to : Sharma 2008, p. 55. Jump up ^ `` Rajendra Singh first non-navy officer to head Coast Guard ''. Zee News. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016. Jump up ^ `` Rajendra Singh is Coast Guard DG ''. The Hindu. 25 February 2016. 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Question: who is the director general of the indian coast guard
Answer: Rajendra Singh