Vice Admiral Arti Sarin assumes charge of Commandant AFMC Pune

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Vice Admiral Arti Sarin took over as the commandant of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune on 5 October 2022.  She was commissioned in 1985 into Armed Forces Medical Services and she has the distinction of having completed two postgraduate degrees.

She is from the Indian Navy.

Colonel P P Chowdry was the first commandant of the AFMC.

Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)

Armed Forces Medical College is the first medical college to be set up by armed forces in Asia.

 It was set up on 1 May 1948 at Pune, Maharashtra.

It caters to the medical needs of the armed forces in India.