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 ...

Anil Kumar Chawla,

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 ...

, NM, VSM, ADC is a retired Indian Navy officer, who served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief

Southern Naval Command The Southern Naval Command is one of the three, command-level formations of the Indian Navy. Southern Naval Command is the largest naval command in India and it has its headquarters in Kochi, Kerala at INS Venduruthy. It is the Training Comman ...

. He assumed charge on 30 July 2018 succeeding Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve. He superannuated on 30 November 2021 and was succeeded by Vice Admiral M.A. Hampiholi

Career

Vice Admiral Chawla joined the Navy in 1982 and has commanded , INS ''Kora'', INS ''Tabar'' and INS ''Viraat''. He commanded the Western Fleet from 16 August 2013 to 1 October 2014 before being promoted to

and appointed as the Director General Naval Operations on 31 December 2014. He served as Chief of Personnel, Indian Navy from 28 May 2016 to 30 July 2018. He superannuated on 30 November 2021.

Military awards and aecorations

References

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