GUWAHATI: The Indian navy has selected Lt-Commander (equivalent to an Army Major) Karabi Gogoi, for the post of the assistant naval attaché at the Indian embassy in Russia.
Gogoi, is a naval engineer currently posted at the Karwar base in coastal Karnataka.
“Lt-Commander Gogoi will finish her Russian language course this month. She is likely to take over the new post in Moscow in December after requisite approvals,” said a source.
It is to be mentioned that earlier India Air Force has selected IAF posted Wing Commander Anjali Singh as the deputy air attaché at the Indian embassy in Moscow.
Lt-Commander Gogoi, who grew up in Guwahati, was commissioned into the Navy in 2010. Her husband, Lt-Commander Pranjal Handique, is also a gunnery officer in the Navy.