Ajendra Bahadur Singh

Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, AVSM is the current Chief of Staff, Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy and assumed office on 15 January 2018. He was the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command prior to this appointment.

Early life and education
Singh is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He was awarded the Scudder Medal for standing first in the course at University of Madras during his course at DSSC. He also has a master's degree in Global security from Cranfield University, United Kingdom.

Career
Singh was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1983. He has commanded various ships including INS Veer, INS Vindhyagiri, INS Trishul and INS Viraat. He is considered to be a specialist in navigation and aircraft direction. He has also served as the Navigating Officer of INS Kamorta, during Operation Pawan, and INS Ranjit. He was the Fleet Navigating Officer of the Western Naval Command during Operation Parakaram.

His important staff appointments include Deputy Director and Principal Director, Directorate of Naval Plans at Naval Headquarters where he also setup Directorate of Strategy, Concepts and Transformation as the Principal Director. Other staff appointments include Flag Officer AOB Project, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy and Plans) at Naval Headquarters and Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command on 7 October 2014.

His instructional appointments include an instructor at National Defence Academy, Pune; an instructor at Navigation and Direction School, Kochi; and Directing Staff at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.

He was promoted to Flag rank in 2012 and was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal (2011) and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (2016) for his service.

Personal life
Singh is married to Charu Singh and has two daughters, Ambika and Ajita.