G ashok kumar biography

Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a retired Flag Officer in the Indian Navy, who is currently appointed as the first National Maritime Security Coordinator.
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He is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and has attended the Army Higher Command Course at Mhow as well as the Expeditionary Operations.

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Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 30 January 2019. An alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathi Nagar and National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Pune, he was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the #IndianNavy on 01 July 1982. The Admiral has held various challenging Staff and Command assignments during his distinguished naval career spanning more than three decades. After having completed his specialisation in Navigation and Direction at Kochi in 1989, he served as the Navigating Officer of Indian Naval Ships Beas, Nilgiri, Ranvir and Vikrant. His other sea tenures include Commanding Officer of INS Kulish and Ranvir, and Executive Officer onboard INS Brahmaputra. Among his shore tenures, the important ones include Staff officer (Ops and ND) at Indian Naval Work-up team, Head of Training Team (Navy) at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Defence Advisor at the High Commission of India in Singapore and the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the Western Naval Command. On promotion to Flag rank, he held assignments of F

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Former navy vice chief takes over as maritime security coordinator

Former navy vice chief, Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, on Wednesday took over as India’s first national maritime security coordinator (NMSC) amid growing threats to coastal security and changing power dynamics in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), where China is trying to expand its sphere of influence, officials familiar with the development said on Wednesday.

Kumar has been handpicked for the challenging role. He will report directly to national security adviser Ajit Doval. To be sure, NMSC will have no forces under him.

An alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathi Nagar in Tamil Nadu, and National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Pune, Kumar was commissioned into the executive branch of the navy in July 1982. He retired as the navy’s vice chief last year.

The Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its nod to the creation of the post of NMSC last November. The appointment came two decades after a recommendation made by a group of ministers on the back of the 1999 Kargil war with

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