Commander Ishant Panwar, an alumnus of the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 04 July 11. The officer specialises in Naval Armament Inspection and has done B.Tech in Elec. and Comm. Engg. and has a M.Sc. Degree in Military Technology from Military Institute of Technology, Pune. The officer has served in various Naval establishments like Controllerate of Naval Armament Inspection, Visakhapatnam and Directorate of Naval Armament Inspection at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi. He also worked with DRDO in strategic projects/missile systems at Hyderabad. The officer is currently posted at TDAC under the newly created NIIO.