Surgeon Vice Admiral Kavita Sahai, SM, VSM assumes charge as Director General Medical Services (Navy)

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Surgeon Vice Admiral Kavita Sahai, SM, VSM, assumed charge as Director General Medical Services (Navy) on October 14, 2024. Commissioned into the Army Medical Corps on December 30, 1986, Vice Admiral Sahai has had an illustrious career in military medicine, underscored by exceptional achievements and leadership roles.

An alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Vice Admiral Sahai specialized in Pathology and further pursued a super-specialization in Oncopathology at the esteemed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Her academic contributions include serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Lab Sciences at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) and the Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt. Additionally, she held the position of Professor at the Department of Pathology at AFMC, Pune.