Atul Kumar Jain

Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM is the current Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. He assumed the position on 1 June 2019 after the appointment of Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as the Chief of the Naval Staff.

Career
He was commissioned in the Indian Navy in July 1982. He is an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa, National Defence Academy (Pune), the Defence Services Staff College, the College of Naval Warfare (Mumbai) and the National Defence College (Pretoria, South Africa). He is a graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has received his Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University.