Bureau - History

The Bureau of Naviks is an independent unit directly responsible to Director General Coast Guard for its functioning. The Bureau being located in Mumbai is under the administrative control of The Commander, Coast Guard Region (West), Mumbai.

Bureau of Naviks as “Record Office” began its functioning in the premises of Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (West) at Worli, Mumbai in 1981. Later on this office was shifted to CABS building at Mankhurd on 01 Dec 1982 and was named as Bureau of Naviks (BUVIK). Bureau celebrates its anniversary on 01 December.

Role of honour Officer-in-Charge :-


S/N	Name	Date From	Date To
01	Lt Cdr AD Mathur	Dec 1982	Jun 1985
02	Lt Cdr SK Krishnan	Jul 1985	May 1987
-	Cdr SK Krishnan	Jun 1987	Jun 1989
03	Cdr Ram Singh	Jun 1989	May 1991
04	Comdt Sharad Mantri	May 1991	May 1993
05	Comdt LS Asai	May 1993	Jun 1994
06	Comdt SC Tyagi	Jun 1994	May 1996
07	Comdt S Srikumar	May 1996	Apr 1997
08	Comdt VJS Chawla	Apr 1997	May 1999
09	Comdt PKM Sriajuddin	May 1999	Sep 2000
10	Comdt RK Wadhwa	Sep 2000	Mar 2002
11	Comdt KR Nautiyal, TM	Mar 2002	Aug 2003
-	DIG KR Nautiyal, TM	Aug 2003	Oct 2004
12	DIG VJS Chawla	Oct 2004	Jan 2006
13	Comdt Rajan Bargotra	Jan 2006	May 2006
-	DIG Rajan Bargotra	May 2006	May 2007
14	Comdt Sanjeev Dewan	Jun 2007	May 2009
15	DIG KR Suresh	May 2009	Nov 2009
16	DIG VD Chafekar	Nov 2009	--

Details of Awards Received :

V Natarajan, P/Ytk(P), 07408-Q has been awarded DGCG Commendation on 01 Feb 2002.
MJ Gireesh, SE(R), 07333-S has been awarded COMCG(W) Commendation on 26 Jan 2005.
V Natarajan, P/Ytk(P), 07408-Q has been awarded TM on 26 Dec 2005.
DN Pathak, P/Nvk(WTR), 02432-H has been awarded DGCG Commendation on 01 Feb 2007.
C Vaideaswaran, P/NVK(RO),02156-Z has been awarded DGCG Commendation on 01 Feb 2008.
RM Deoghare, U/ADH(SA), 01031-T has been awarded DGCG Commendation on 01 Feb 2008.
A Chatterjee, LDC, S/1420 has been awarded COMCG(W) Commendation on 01 Feb 2008 .
Comdt Mukul Garg, 0260-P has been awarded DGCG Commendation on 15 Aug 2008.
Manjit Kumar, Adh(AL), 01204-H has been awarded TM on 15 Aug 2008.