Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 8 December 1967, akasiya basa rokutungamirira "Vikrant", achiisa kuna Kaputeni E. C. Kuruvila. Cursetji akakwidziridzwa kuita chinzvimbo che rear admiral uye akatora chinzvimbo cheChief of Personnel (COP) kuNaval Headquarters. Kutora chinzvimbo kubva kuna Rear Admiral K. R. Nair, akashanda seCOP kweanopfuura makore maviri. Pakuvamba muna 1970, Cursetji akagadzwa kuva Mutevedzeri Wechitatu woMukuru Mukuru Wehondo. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chekuva mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto uye akatora chinzvimbo kubva kune mumwe wake Vice Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan musi wa20 Kukadzi 1970. Musi wa 26 Ndira 1971, akapiwa Param Vishisht Seva Medal nokuda kwebasa rakatanhamara repamusoro. Akashanda seVCNS panguva yeIndo-Pakistani Hondo ya1971
. Muna August 1972, akatungamirira nhume kuSoviet Union kunotaurirana nezvokutenga ngarava nendege. Ndege yeMaritime reconnaissance Ilyushin Il-38 yakawanikwa mukati