Overview

• The Military Institute of Technology in Pune functions under the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and shares a campus with the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology.
• Ganapathy enters the role with a distinguished naval career spanning operational, staff and instructional positions alongside strategic planning expertise.
• The institute’s command rotates among the Army, Navy and Air Force every two years, with Ganapathy taking leadership for the Navy’s turn.
• MILIT delivers technical staff courses for mid-career officers from India’s tri-services and allied nations in cutting-edge military technologies.
• He plans a curriculum overhaul to deepen tri-service collaboration and prioritize training in niche and emerging warfare domains.