He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Defence Services Staff College. He has undergone the Naval Higher Command Course at College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai. He has commanded the Coast Guard Patrol Craft CGS Chandbibi, Missile Corvette INS Vijaydurg and the Missile Destroyers INS Rana and INS Delhi. He has also commanded the Naval Air Station Kunjali II, a helicopter base at Mumbai. The Rear Admiral has held various important Staff Appointments including that of the Director Naval Air Staff at Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy), and as the Fleet Operations Officer, Western Fleet. He has also done tenures as Directing Staff at the Defence Services Staff College and at the College of Naval Warfare.

Sri Manohar has 36 years of rich varied experience in Personnel Management, Human Resources Management, Marketing and has carried out 1 million (10 lakh hours) hours of training, so far. It may please be noted that Mr. Y. Manohar is the first person to head a Professional Body at National Level from Visakhapatnam . Another significant achievement of Sri Y. Manohar is his election as Governing Body member of the prestigious International Federation of Training and Development, Geneva .

On this occasion, a guest lecture on “Reflections on Organisational Effectiveness” was delivered by Prof. Vinayshil Gautam, Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society- FRAS ( London ), A Al-Sager Chair Professor of Management, IIT, New Delhi . Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Vinay Sheel Gowtam analysed the problems faced by Managers in India with regard to effectiveness and compared the scenario with that of Chinese. He also touched the latest developments in performance measurements, and explained coping strategies, intra psychic needs etc., customer delight is the touch stone for success, he said. Prof. Vinayshil Gautam described Sri Manohar as a symbol of effectiveness.

Earlier Sri PMMG Krishna , General Manager (TA&A) & Chairman, ISTD, Visakhapatnam Chapter welcomed the gathering.S/Sri Prof. Vinayshil Gautam, Prof. N.Sambasiva Rao, Chairman, NHRDN, Prof.K.Siva Ramakrishna, President, NIPM, SS Lamba, Dr.MNSK Varma, President, VMA, Dr. B.Demudu, Secretary, ISTD and several others felicitated Sri Y. Manohar.

A one day IT Security Seminar covering the fields of communication, surveillance and physical security aspects was conducted at the Eastern Naval Command today, 12 Nov 09. Rear Admiral AV Subhedar, Chief Staff Officer (Technical), Eastern Naval Command inaugurated the Seminar attended by a large number of IT and security Officers as well as System administrators of the Command and personnel from the HCL Infosystems Limited, including Mr. George Paul, Executive Vice President, Mr. CT Bhadran, Associate Vice President, Mr. V Rajendran, Senior Vice President and Mr. R Ravi, Vice President.

Addressing the gathering of over 120 officers and men, Rear Admiral Subhedar highlighted the unprecedented growth in the field of IT and the way it has occupied centre stage in improving the efficiency of any organisation. He spoke of the mutual benefits to be accrued by coming together of the Navy and the Private Firms, as the lead time, operational costs and infrastructural requirements in the realization of software applications are minimal and the benefits manifold.. He said that the need of the hour was to consolidate on the existing infrastructure and talent, step up the outputs in quick time and sustain thereafter. He also acknowledged the partnership being successfully executed by the Navy and M/S HCL.

Several technical papers related to Systems Integration, Security Systems, Enterprise Information Security, Infrastructure Optimisation and Green Practices were presented on the Occasion by the representatives from the IT industries and the Eastern Naval Command as well. The papers aroused keen interest as they consisted of case studies, solutions, guide lines and products to the problems frequently encountered by the ships and other units with respect to IT security.

A Kaleidoscopic Grand Finale befitting the grandeur of the mega event Kalanjali - 09 was held at the Samudrika Naval Auditorium on 30th October, 2009, wherein the stars truly had descended at the Valedictory function of the Inter School Cultural Festival. The Chief Guest Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Chief- of-Staff, Eastern Naval Command and Guest of Honour Mrs. Payal Soni were welcomed by the cheer group to the accompaniment of the school band.

The Naval Flight Safety Seminar 2009 was held today, 04 Nov 09 at Maritime Warfare Center (Visakhapatnam). The Annual Event held at all the three Naval Commands on a rotational basis was conducted by INS Dega under the aegis of Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command. The Seminar was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Anup Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command. Several papers on topics having a direct bearing on flight safety were presented by officers from the Navy and by representatives from the sister Services as well. The Event also provided a platform for discussing a number of strategies, concepts and procedures to enhance flight safety. A comprehensive analysis of aviation accidents/ incidents of the preceding year was also undertaken in the course of the Seminar.

The Seminar was also an opportunity for awarding the Aviation Rolling Trophies. INAS 342 was adjudged the Best Naval Air Squadron and INAs 336 was the Runner-up. Chief Guest Vice Admiral Anup Singh gave away the Trophies to the Commanding Officers of INAS 342, Commander Sanjay Deswal and of INAS 336, Commander AS Dhillon. Speaking on the occasion, the Commander-in-Chief emphasised the importance of flight safety in military operations. He also brought out how aviation has become integral part of almost all naval and military operations in the fast changing warfare scenario, and he exhorted all aviators to ensure that flight safety is not compromised at any stage. The Seminar was attended by a number of senior Officers including Rear Admiral SM Vadgaokar, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air), Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai, Flag Officer Naval Aviation.

The seminar was preceded by a Naval Flight Safety Meeting that was held on Tuesday, 03 Nov 09. The Meeting chaired by Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai was attended by Commanding Officers and Flight Safety Officers of all the Air Stations of the Navy. A number of issues ranging from the analysis of aviation incidents/ accidents, precautions to prevent recurrence and other relevant matters were discussed during the Meeting.