Vice-Admiral Ajit Kumar assumes charge of Vice Chief of Naval Staff

New Delhi, Oct 30: Vice-Admiral Ajit Kumar on Monday assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral Karambir Singh here. Vice-Admiral Karambir Singh proceeds to Visakhapatnam and is scheduled to take over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command on Tuesday, the Indian Navy said in a statement. Vice-Admiral Kumar, an alumni of the National Defence Academy, was commissioned in the service July 1, 1981 and is a specialist in Missiles & Gunnery. The Flag Officer has had extensive operational tenures onboard frontline warships of the Indian Navy. He has had the distinction of having commanded six seagoing platforms which include the guided missile corvette Kulish (commissioning), the guided missile frigate Talwar, the guided missile destroyers Mumbai and Mysore. He was promoted to Flag Rank in September 2009 and as a Rear Admiral, his assignments included Assistant Chief of Personnel (HRD) at Naval Headquarters, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) and Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command. UNI