{"id":212417,"date":"2019-03-26T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=212417"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T11:53:34","slug":"vice-admiral-karambir-singh-will-take-over-as-next-chief-of-naval-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/03\/26\/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-will-take-over-as-next-chief-of-naval-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Admiral Karambir Singh will take over as Next Chief of Naval Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Government have appointed <strong>Vice-Admiral Karambir Singh, presently Flag Officer Commander-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Eastern Naval Command as next Chief of the Naval Staff with effect from afternoon of May 31, 2019<\/strong>. The present Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba retires on the same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born on November 03, 1959, Vice Admiral Karambir Singh was commissioned on July 01, 1980 into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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\u2019s 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 Gujrat 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. 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