{"id":21031,"date":"2026-03-03T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=21031"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:41:37","slug":"shri-b-p-singh-takes-over-as-director-general-of-naval-armament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=21031","title":{"rendered":"SHRI B.P. SINGH, TAKES OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NAVAL ARMAMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center event-heading-background\">\n<h2 id=\"Titleh2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>SHRI B.P. SINGH, TAKES OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NAVAL ARMAMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"Subtitleh3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PrDateTime\" class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 02 MAR 2026 5:52PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shri B.P. Singh Assumed Charge as Director General of Naval Armament (DGONA) at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi, on\u00a001 Mar 2026\u00a0. An officer of the 1994 batch of the Indian Naval Armament Service (INAS),\u00a0he succeeds Shri Divakar Jayant, who superannuated on 28 Feb 2026, after rendering distinguished service to the nation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>A Mechanical Engineering graduate from Bihar College of Engineering (now National Institute of Technology), Patna, Shri B.P. Singh brings with him over three decades of rich and diverse experience in the Naval Armament Organisation. Prior to his appointment as DGONA, he was serving as Chief General Manager, Naval Armament Depot (NAD), Mumbai, where he led critical operational, logistics and infrastructure initiatives.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shri B.P. Singh has held several important assignments at key establishments, including NAD Visakhapatnam, NAD Mumbai, and NAD Trombay. He has also previously served at the Directorate General of Naval Armament at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi, contributing to policy formulation and strategic planning in the armament domain. Additionally, he has served as Chief General Manager, NAD Aluva, where he further strengthened operational efficiency and depot management practices.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Shri BP Singh possesses vast experience in the management of conventional armament and ammunition, as well as guided weapon systems of the Indian Navy. His expertise spans procurement, storage, maintenance, safety, logistics management and life-cycle support of complex weapon systems, significantly enhancing operational readiness.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>An alumnus of the prestigious National Defence College (NDC-60), Shri BP Singh has undergone advanced training in strategic and national security studies, further augmenting his leadership credentials.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Pc(2)W0PP.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Pc(1)LB55.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHRI B.P. SINGH, TAKES OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NAVAL ARMAMENT Posted On: 02 MAR 2026 5:52PM by PIB Delhi Shri B.P. Singh Assumed Charge as Director General of Naval Armament (DGONA) at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi, on\u00a001 Mar 2026\u00a0. An officer of the 1994 batch of the Indian Naval Armament Service (INAS),\u00a0he succeeds Shri &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21033,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031\/revisions\/21033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}