Karambir Singh

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is an Indian Navy officer, currently serving as Vice Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy. He took over as VCNS on 30 May 2016. He joined the Indian Navy in July 1980, training as a helicopter pilot and qualifying in 1982. He served as commanding officer of the Indian Coast Guard Ship Chand bibiw, INS Vijaydurg as well as Destroyers INS Rana and INS Delhi. He also served as Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet, Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command and Chief of Staff of the Unified Command at Andaman & Nicobar Islands as well as Flag Officer Maharashtra and Gujarat Area (FOMAG).