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| name = Anil Chopra<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]]<br />
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[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Anil Chopra''', [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]] is a retired [[Indian Navy]] Flag officer, who served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Western Naval Command]] from 2014 to 2015.<ref name="Times">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vice-Admiral-Anil-Chopra-takes-over-as-Western-Naval-Commander/articleshow/36159986.cms | title=Vice Admiral Anil Chopra takes over as Western Naval Commander | publisher=Times of India | date=June 6, 2014 | accessdate=January 27, 2016 | author=Namboodiri, Narayan}}</ref><br />
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He previously served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Naval Command]] from 1 November 2011,<ref name="IndNavy">{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-anil-chopra-takes-over-commander-chief-eastern-naval-command | title=Vice Admiral Anil Chopra Takes over as The Commander-in-chief of The Eastern Naval Command | publisher=Indian Navy | accessdate=January 27, 2016}}</ref> after having served as [[Director General Indian Coast Guard]] from 2008.<ref name="Times"/><br />
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==Naval career==<br />
He joined the Indian Navy on July 1, 1975. and commanded the corvette [[INS Kuthar (P46)|INS ''Kuthar'']] (1993–94), the destroyer [[INS Rajput (D51)|INS ''Rajput'']] (2000-2001) and the aircraft carrier, [[INS Viraat (R22)|INS ''Viraat'']] (2003-2004).<ref name="NetIndian">{{cite web | url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/10/29/00016810/vice-admiral-anil-chopra-appointed-foc-c-eastern-naval-command | title=Vice Admiral Anil Chopra appointed as FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command | publisher=NetIndian | date=October 29, 2011 | accessdate=January 27, 2016}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] in 2007.<ref name="NetIndian" /><br />
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==Awards and decorations==<br />
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND Paschimi Star Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND Sangram Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IND Operation Parakram medal.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]<br />
|[[File:IND 25th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|105px]]<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="4"|[[File:IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg|105px]] [[File:IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]] [[File:IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|105px]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Paschimi Star]]<br />
|[[Sangram Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Operation Parakram Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Videsh Seva Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]<br />
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="1"| [[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|30 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
| colspan= "2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|20 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
| colspan="1"| [[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|9 Years Long Service Medal]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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{{Commons category|Anil Chopra (admiral)}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{s-bef | before = [[Shekhar Sinha]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl | title = Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, [[Western Naval Command]] | years = 2014-2015}}<br />
{{s-aft | after = [[Surinder Pal Singh Cheema]] }}<br />
{{s-bef | before = [[Anup Singh (admiral)|Anup Singh]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl | title = Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, [[Eastern Naval Command]] | years = 2011-2014}}<br />
{{s-aft | after = [[Satish Soni]]}}<br />
{{s-bef | before = [[Shekhar Sinha]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl | title = [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] | years = 24 January 2008 - 27 November 2008}}<br />
{{s-aft | after = [[Surinder Pal Singh Cheema]]}}<br />
{{s-bef | before = [[Devendra Kumar Joshi]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl | title = [[Commanding Officer]] [[INS Viraat]] | years = 7 January 2003 - 6 January 2004}}<br />
{{s-aft | after = [[Pradeep Chauhan]]}}<br />
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