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 ...

Rajaram Swaminathan is a serving Flag Officer in the

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. He is currently serving as the Director General Naval Projects(Mumbai). He has previously served as the Admiral Superintendent of

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and Assistant Chief of Material(modernisation). He has served extensively on board the ship INS Viraat in various capacities. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur,

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and the National Defence College (India). He was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January 1987. In a career spanning over 30 years, he has held important operational, staff and dockyard appointments.

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