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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