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Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a retired Indian naval officer who served as the 2nd Vice Chief of Defence Staff of India.[1] He assumed the position on 28 February 2021. Previously, he served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.[2][3]
Career
He was commissioned in the Indian Navy in July 1982. He is an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa; National Defence Academy (Pune); the Defence Services Staff College; the College of Naval Warfare (Mumbai) and the National Defence College (Pretoria, South Africa). He is a graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has received his Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University.[2]
Awards and decorations
References
- ↑ Vice Admiral A.B. Singh to take over as FOC-in-C of ENC(28 February 2021).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar Jain takes over as chief of ENC. The Hindu(31 May 2019). Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ↑ Visakhapatnam: Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain takes charge as FOC-in-C of Eastern Naval Command. Business Standard. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
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