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Government on Saturday said that it has appointed Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as next Chief of the Naval Staff. The present Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba retires on May 31 2019.

He is currently the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. Born on November 03, 1959 and was commissioned on July 01, 1980 into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy.

During his long and distinguished service spanning nearly 39 years, he has served in a variety of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. Vice Admiral Singh’s Sea Command includes Guided Missile Destroyers INS Rana and INS Delhi. He also served as Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet and was Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat area. Before taking over as FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command in October 2017, he was Director General Project Seabird, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, the Defence Ministry Statement reads

He has been decorated with the Param VishishtSeva Medal (PVSM) and the AtiVishishtSeva Medal (AVSM).

By Sai Kumar