Vice Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of Vice ...

Ajendra Bahadur Singh,

PVSM Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) is a Military awards and decorations, military award of India. It is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces, and is awarded for "dist ...

AVSM Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime ...

, VSM, ADC is a former flag officer of the

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. He last served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C),

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from 29 November 2021 succeeding

R. Hari Kumar on his elevation. Previously, he served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C),

Eastern Naval Command The Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy. It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and parts of the Indian Ocea ...

of the

. He assumed the position on 1 March 2021 after the appointment of

Atul Kumar Jain as the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. He was the Deputy Chief of

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(Doctrine Organisation Training) and served Chief of Staff,

prior to this appointment.

Early life and education

Singh is an alumnus of

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, Pune and

Defence Services Staff College The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. It trains officers of all three services of the Indian Armed Forces – (Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air ...

, Wellington. He did his schooling from Uttar Pradesh Sainik School, Lucknow. He was awarded the Scudder Medal for standing first in the course at

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during his course at DSSC. He also has a master's degree in Global security from

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, 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

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, and INS ''Ranjit''. He was the Fleet Navigating Officer of the Western Naval Fleet 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,

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on 7 October 2014. His instructional appointments include an instructor at

, Pune; an instructor at Navigation and Direction School, Kochi; and Directing Staff at

, Wellington. He was promoted to Flag rank in 2012 and was awarded the

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM, ) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize ex ...

(2011) and

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM, ) is a military award of India given to recognize "distinguished service of an exceptional order" to all ranks of the armed forces. The award is a peacetime equivalent of Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal, which is a Wartime D ...

(2016) for his service.

Awards

Personal life

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

Gallery

File:Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh taking charge from Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain.jpg, Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh taking charge from Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain.

References

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