Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is Deputy CNS

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, AVSM, assumed charge as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 October 2015. Commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1980, the Admiral earned his wings as a helicopter pilot in 1982 and has flown extensively on the Chetak, Kamov Ka-25 and Ka-28 AntiSubmarine Warfare ( ASW) helicopters. He is a graduate of the DSSC, Wellington; College of Naval Warfare, Karanja and has served as Directing Staff in both these Institutions.

In his 35-year career, the Admiral has commanded ICGS Chandbibi, INS Vijaydurg as well as the destroyers INS Rana and Delhi. He has also had the privilege of being the Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. Ashore, the Admiral has served as Joint Director Naval Air Staff, Captain Air and Officer-inCharge Naval Air Station Kunjali and as a member of the Aircrew Instrument Rating and Categorisation Team ( AIRCATS). His other appointments include Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command, Chief of Staff of the Unified Command at Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Flag Officer Maharashtra and Gujarat Area (FOMAG). As Vice Admiral, he has been the Director General of Project Seabird, the naval base at Karwar. He is presently the ‘Grey Eagle’ (senior-most serving Naval Aviator) of the Indian Navy.

Rear Admiral Ravneet Singh is FOC Western Fleet

Rear Admiral Ravneet Singh, NM assumed command as Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet (FOCWF) on 12 October 2015, which took place at sea on board INS Viraat. A fighter pilot and qualified flying instructor, Rear Admiral Singh has over 2,500 hours of flying experience on ten different types of aircraft.

Commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1983, he has commanded Rajput- class destroyers INS Ranvijay and Ranvir as well as the Nilgiri- class frigate INS Himgiri. Rear Admiral Singh has also commanded INAS 300 ‘White Tigers,’ and later also the unit’s home base, INS Hansa. He has been posted at Naval Headquarters as Assistant Controller Carrier Projects (ACCP) and Assistant Controller Warship Production and Acquisition (ACWP&A), during which time INS Vikramaditya was inducted and commissioned. Before taking over as FOCWF, he was Flag Officer Goa Area and Flag Officer Naval Aviation.

Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh is ACNS (CS&NCO)

Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh has assumed charge as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Communication Space and Network Centric Operation), which focusses on the Indian Navy’s drive towards networked operations and utilisation of space-based assets. He is the second officer to hold the post and takes over from Rear Admiral Kishan K Pandey who has moved as the Flag Officer Fleet Review, in charge of planning for the forthcoming International Fleet Review.

Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh is a specialist in Navigation and Direction, and also attended the Advanced Command and Staff Course at UK. He has undergone the Naval Higher Command Course at Naval War College, Mumbai, and the National Security Strategy Course at the National Defence College, Delhi.

His sea command appointments include command of frigates INS Taragiri and INS Trishul. In staff appointments, he has served as the Joint Director of Personnel, Indian Naval Attaché at Iran, Principal Director of Naval Operations and Principal Director Strategy, Concepts and Transformation, wherein he was responsible for drafting the revised ‘Indian Maritime Security Strategy’ and the ‘Strategic Guidance to Transformation,’ both of which were released recently.

Rear Admiral SV Bhokare is FOC Eastern Fleet

Rear Admiral SV Bhokare, YSM, NM, took over command of the Navy’s Eastern Fleet from Rear Admiral AB Singh, VSM on 6 October at Visakhapatnam. Rear Admiral AB Singh has moved