Gurcharan Singh (admiral)

Singh was born in a naval family. His father was a gunnery officer and was posted at INS Venduruthy and subsequently at the gunnery school INS Dronacharya. Singh spent his childhood in Kochi and attended the Kendriya Vidyalaya Naval Base Kochi. After his schooling, he joined the National Defence Academy, Pune.[1]

Singh has attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the Naval War College, Goa and the National Defence College.[2]

Singh was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1990. He is a specialist in Gunnery and missile Warfare. During his ab-initio training, he placed first in the overall order of merit and was awarded the Admiral RD Katari Trophy.[3] He has served in specialist tenures on board the Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranjit (D53), the Veer-class corvette INS Prahar (K98) and INS Brahmaputra (1994). He was the commissioning executive officer of the lead ship of her class of stealth guided missile frigate INS Shivalik (F47).

Singh has commanded the Veer-class missile vessel INS Vidyut (K48), and the lead ship of her class of missile corvettes INS Khukri (P49). He subsequently commanded the Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Kochi (D64).[4]

Singh, in his staff appointments, has served as the training coordinator at the gunnery base INS Dronacharya. He also served as the Director of Naval Intelligence at Naval headquarters. As a Commodore, he served as the Chief Staff Officer and Commodore Work Up at Indian Naval Workup Team Kochi (INWT), under the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST). For his tenure at INWT, on 26 January 2020, he was awarded the Nao Sena Medal for devotion to duty.[5][6] He subsequently served as the Deputy Commandant of his alma mater, Naval War College, Goa.[2]

• Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet
• Eastern Fleet