Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan is Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command

Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command on 4 November 2021. Commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1987, Admiral Swaminathan is a specialist in communication and electronic warfare and an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla; the Joint Services Command and Staff College, venham, United Kingdom; the College of Naval Warfare, Karanja; and the United States Naval War College, New Port, Rhode Island, USA.