Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, AVSM, VSM, assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral Karambir Singh AVSM at a formal ceremony held on the morning of October 30 at South Block, New Delhi. Vice Admiral Karambir Singh proceeds to Visakhapatnam and is scheduled to take over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command on 31 Oct 17.
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 81 and is a specialist in Missiles & Gunnery. He has had extensive operational tenures onboard frontline warships of the Indian Navy. He has had the distinction of having commanded six seagoing platforms which include the guided missile corvette Kulish (commissioning), the guided missile frigate Talwar, the guided missile destroyers Mumbai and Mysore. The officer has done the Naval Higher Command Course and is also an alumnus of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
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Ajit Kumar takes charge as Vice Chief of Naval Staff
By IndianMandarins - 2017-10-30 07:21:48
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, AVSM, VSM, assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral Karambir Singh AVSM at a formal ceremony held on the morning of October 30 at South Block, New Delhi. Vice Admiral Karambir Singh proceeds to Visakhapatnam and is scheduled to take over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command on 31 Oct 17.
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 81 and is a specialist in Missiles & Gunnery. He has had extensive operational tenures onboard frontline warships of the Indian Navy. He has had the distinction of having commanded six seagoing platforms which include the guided missile corvette Kulish (commissioning), the guided missile frigate Talwar, the guided missile destroyers Mumbai and Mysore. The officer has done the Naval Higher Command Course and is also an alumnus of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
