Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area (FOGNA)
Flag of the FOGNA (Rear Admiral's flag)
Incumbent Rear Admiral Sritanu Guru since 1 November 2025
Indian Navy
Abbreviation	FOGNA
Member of	Indian Navy
Reports to	Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command
Residence	Flag House Porbandar
Seat	Porbandar
Appointer	Government of India
First holder	Rear AdmiralMurlidhar Sadashiv Pawar

Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat, Daman & Diu Naval Area (FOGNA) is a senior appointment in theIndian Navy. One of the five Area Commanders of the Indian Navy, the FOGNA is atwo star admiral holding the rank ofRear Admiral. The FOGNA is responsible for the operations and administration of all units and establishments inGujarat andDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The Current FOGNA isRear Admiral Sritanu Guru, who assumed office on 1 November 2025.

In 1966, the appointment of Naval Officer-in-Charge (NOIC) Kathiawar was created. A small forward outpost was created atOkha, under the NOIC. Initially, the NOIC was based out of Mumbai, later moving to Okha.^[1] In late 1972, the establishment was commissioned asINS Dwarka, with the NOIC (Kathiawar) as thecommanding officer. In 1983, NOIC (Kathiawar) was re-designated as NOIC (Saurashtra), and moved to Dwarka II in Porbandar in 1985. NOIC (Saurashtra) was again later re-designated as NOIC (Gujarat) in 1997.^[2]

In the 1980s, a proposal to upgrade NOIC to Flag Officer Saurashtra Area (FOSA) was mooted but shelved.^[3] For a brief period, the Maharashtra Naval Area was expanded to include Gujarat, Daman and Diu. The Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area headed the combined Naval area.^[4] In 2015, to enhance the operational and administrative efficiency, the Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area was divided to make two separate headquarters underFlag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area (FOMA) and Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area (FOGNA).^[5]

The last Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area, Rear AdmiralMurlidhar Sadashiv Pawar handed over command of the Maharashtra Area to Rear Admiral S. N. Ghormade and officiated as the first Flag Officer Gujarat Naval Area.^[6][7][8]

The FOGNA is assisted by the NOIC (Gujarat), aone-star appointment. The NOIC (Guj) also serves as the Chief Staff Officer at Headquarters Gujarat Naval Area (HQGNA). The FOGNA is responsible to theFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command for the operations and administration of all units and establishments inGujarat andDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The establishments under the FOGNA include:^[9]

• Headquarters Gujarat Naval Area (HQGNA)
• TheForward operating baseINS Dwarka
• The naval baseINS Sardar Patel
• Naval Air Enclave, Porbandar
• Thenaval air squadronINAS 343
• The naval air squadronINAS 314
• Sagar Prahari Bal, Porbandar

• INS Dwarka
• INS Sardar Patel

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• Doraibabu, M; Godbole, Amrut (2023),A Decade of Transformation: The Indian Navy 2011-2021, Harper Collins Publishers India,ISBN 9789394407909

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