New Delhi. Surgeon Rear Admiral Arti Sarin assumed command of INHS Asvini, the flagship Hospital of the Indian Navy, from Surgeon Rear Admiral Sheila S Mathai at a ceremonial parade on January 30.

Surgeon Rear Admiral Sheila S Mathai takes over as the Command Medical Officer, Headquarters Western Naval Command.

The event assumes significance in that not many Armed Forces have a precedent of a handing taking over between two women Flag officers.