Mumbai: Deputy Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has assumed costs as the Chief of Staff of the Western Navy Command, said a defense official on Sunday.
Assigned to the Indian Navy on July 1, 1987, Admiral Swaminathan, who took over on Thursday, was a specialist in the communication and electronic warfare and alumni of the National Defense Academy, Khadakvasla, Command Joint Services, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, College of Naval Warfare , Karanja and United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, said broadcast.
The recipient of the ATI Wishisht Medal Seva and Visism Seva Medal, he has held several operational, staff and training appointments in his career, including Vidyut and Vinash Rudal ship commandos, Corvette Corvette Ins Kulis; Rudal crushers guided by INS Carrier MySore and Aircraft Ins Vikramaditya, the next release of information.
On promotion to the flag rank, he served as staff officers (training) at the South Navy headquarters, Kochi and played an important role in doing all training in the Navy, and simultaneously played a role in raising the Indian Naval Safety Team that oversees operational security at All vertical.
He said he continued to be a flag officer’s sea training, and, after that, with the privilege of the highly prestigious flag officer ruled the Western fleet, after which he was appointed as the offshore defense adviser Flag Office and offshore security advisors and defense.
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Educational qualifications Admiral Swaminathan include a BSC degree from the University of Nehru Jawaharlal, New Delhi, MSc in Telecommunications from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, MA in Defense Studies from King’s College, London, MPhil in strategic studies and PhDs in the International Study of Mumbai University.