{"id":10177,"date":"2020-05-20T16:36:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/alexander-dalrymple-award-given-to-vice-admiral-vinay-badhwar-avsm-nm-chief-hydrographer-to-the-government-of-india-by-uk-hydrographic-office\/10177\/"},"modified":"2020-05-20T16:36:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:36:27","slug":"alexander-dalrymple-award-given-to-vice-admiral-vinay-badhwar-avsm-nm-chief-hydrographer-to-the-government-of-india-by-uk-hydrographic-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/alexander-dalrymple-award-given-to-vice-admiral-vinay-badhwar-avsm-nm-chief-hydrographer-to-the-government-of-india-by-uk-hydrographic-office\/10177\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Dalrymple Award given to Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar AVSM NM, Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India, by UK Hydrographic Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Having joined the Indian Navy in 1982, Vice Admiral\u00a0Badhwar has extensive hydrographic surveying experience. This includes work in the Gulfs of Kutch and Khambhat, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands \u2013 widely recognised as some of the most challenging environments to survey in the world.<\/p>\n

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In his capacity as National Hydrographer, Vice Admiral Badhwar has been a pivotal member of the International Hydrographic Organisation\u2019s Capacity Building Sub-Committee since its creation. He also leads the Indian Naval Hydrographic Office\u2019s own regional Capacity Building programmes. In this role, Vice Admiral\u00a0Badhwar coordinates efforts to help Indian Ocean coastal states to develop their hydrographic and cartographic capabilities \u2013 an important step to unlocking each of these states\u2019 blue economies.<\/p>\n

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Vice Admiral Badhwar\u2019s contribution to the sustainable development of Indian Ocean coastal economies was also recognised in 2019, when he received the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for \u201cdistinguished service of an exceptional order during peacetime\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Commenting on the 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award, Peter Sparkes, the UK\u2019s National Hydrographer at the UKHO, said<\/strong>: \u201cVice Admiral Badhwar is a true champion of the hydrographic profession. He has helped to unlock the economic potential of marine geospatial data and further hydrographic science in both India and the wider Indian Ocean region.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe important capacity-building contribution of our friends and partners at the Indian Naval Hydrographic Office, who work in concert with the IHO, is helping to usher in a safer, more prosperous and more sustainable world. We look forward to continuing to work with Vice Admiral Badhwar and his team as we help all nations unlock the power of their blue economies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Adding his thoughts on the award, Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar said<\/strong>: \u201cThis recognition would not have been possible without the support of my colleagues in the National Hydrographic Department, who worked tirelessly towards achieving the goals set forth by the United Nations and IHO. Last but not the least, I am also grateful to all my fellow hydrographers worldwide for acknowledging our work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Having joined the Indian Navy in 1982, Vice Admiral\u00a0Badhwar has extensive hydrographic surveying experience. This includes work in the Gulfs of Kutch and Khambhat, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands \u2013 widely recognised as some of the most challenging environments to survey in the world. In his capacity as National Hydrographer, Vice Admiral Badhwar has …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[6561,6433,6563,1178,6432,4239,6434,2956,6564,2121,222,2119,6431,6562],"class_list":["post-10177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marine-world","tag-admiral","tag-alexander","tag-avsm","tag-award","tag-badhwar","tag-chief","tag-dalrymple","tag-government","tag-hydrographer","tag-hydrographic","tag-india","tag-office","tag-vice","tag-vinay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/10178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}