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Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was named the adjacent Chief of the Naval Staff connected Saturday, succeeding Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who volition discontinue connected May 31.Currently serving arsenic the 34th Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Swaminathan took complaint connected July 31 past year.Commissioned into the Indian Navy connected July 1, 1987, helium is simply a specializer successful connection and physics warfare. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla; Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham (UK); College of Naval Warfare, Karanja; and the US Naval War College, Newport.A highly decorated officer, helium has been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal.
Over his naval career, helium has held respective important operational, unit and grooming appointments.His bid assignments see the rocket vessels INS Vidyut and INS Vinash, rocket corvette INS Kulish, guided rocket destroyer INS Mysore, and craft bearer INS Vikramaditya.After being promoted to Rear Admiral, helium served arsenic Chief Staff Officer (Training) astatine Headquarters, Southern Naval Command successful Kochi, wherever helium played a cardinal relation successful overseeing grooming crossed the Indian Navy.
He was besides instrumental successful raising the Indian Naval Safety Team, which supervises operational information crossed each branches of the Navy.He aboriginal headed the Navy’s Work Up Organisation arsenic Flag Officer Sea Training earlier being appointed Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet. After commanding the “Sword Arm” of the Navy, helium went connected to service arsenic Flag Officer, Offshore Defence Advisory Group, and Adviser, Offshore Security and Defence, to the Government of India.On promotion to Vice Admiral, helium served arsenic Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command, Controller of Personnel Services, and Chief of Personnel astatine Naval Headquarters. Before assuming his existent assignment, helium was Vice Chief of the Naval Staff astatine Naval Headquarters.Vice Admiral Swaminathan holds a BSc grade from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; an MSc successful Telecommunications from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi; an MA successful Defence Studies from King’s College London; an MPhil successful Strategic Studies from Mumbai University; and a PhD successful International Studies from Mumbai University.
