Rear Admiral

Gurcharan Singh

NM
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Navy
Years of service1990 - present
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands heldEastern Fleet
INS Kochi (D64)
INS Khukri (P49)
INS Vidyut (K48)
Awards Nao Sena Medal

Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh, NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, having taken over from Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla in November 2022.

Early life and education

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 rank

On promotion to Flag Rank, Singh took over as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) (CSO Ops) at the Western Naval Command.[7][8] He also served as the Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development) (ACOP HRD) at naval headquarters. ACOP is an assistant principal staff officer appointment. On 29 November 2022, he assumed the office of the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF), taking over from Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla.[9]

Awards and decorations

Nao Sena Medal Samanya Seva Medal Special Service Medal Operation Vijay Medal
Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Captain back in city of childhood". The Hindu. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over Command of Eastern Fleet | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Dolare, Rahul (29 November 2022). "Rear Adm Gurcharan Singh takes over Command of the Eastern Fleet". Punekar News. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (30 November 2022). "Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over command of Eastern Fleet". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Distinguished service and gallantry award winners on Republic day 2020". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Naval Investiture Ceremony– 2020". www.pib.gov.in.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka". hcicolombo.gov.in. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tri Nation Table Top Naval Exercise - Shield held at WNC". Aeromag Online. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Eastern Naval Command [@IN_HQENC] (29 November 2022). "Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh, NM took over Command of the Eastern #Fleet from Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla, NM on 29 November 2022, at an impressive ceremony held at #Visakhapatnam. @DefenceMinIndia @indiannavy @IndiannavyMedia @IN_EasternFleet @PRO_Vizag https://t.co/obV3G9IoQX" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2023 – via Twitter.
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