Atul Kumar Jain takes over as FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command

Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, AVSM, VSM took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC) from Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC at an impressive ceremonial parade held at the naval base, Vishakhapatnam on May 30.  Vice Admiral Jain inspected the ceremonial guard and reviewed platoons of naval personnel drawn from various ships and establishments of the ENC and attended by all flag officers and commanding officers of ships, submarines and establishments. Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, the outgoing FOC-in-C will assume charge as the chief of the naval staff on promotion to the rank of admiral on May 31.  

Commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1982, Jain is an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa, National Defence Academy (Pune), the Defence Services Staff College (Wellington), the College of Naval Warfare (Mumbai) and the National Defence College (Pretoria, South Africa). The admiral is a graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi) and has received his Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies from the Madras University

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A gunnery and missile specialist, he has held various operational, staff and command appointments in the course of his career spanning over 37 years. Jain has commanded INS Nirghat (missile boat), INS Khukri (missile corvette), INS Rajput (destroyer) and the indigenously built Destroyer, INS Mysore. He had also served as the commissioning executive officer of INS Brahmaputra and the fleet operations officer of the Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam.

His appointments ashore include director, Naval Intelligence (protocol), director, foreign liaison and principal director staff requirement at Integrated Headquarters, ministry of defence (navy), New Delhi.

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For his distinguished service, he was awarded Vishisht Seva Medal in 2009 and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015.
 
 

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