Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar takes charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Q. Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar assumed charge as Deputy Chief of which armed forces?- Published on 07 Jun 16a. Army staff
b. Naval staff
c. Airforce staff
d. Territorial Army staff
ANSWER: Naval staff
Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar AVSM, VSM has assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on June 6, 2016. He is an NDA alumnus and was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 1982.
- 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.
- He has also been the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the Western Naval Command.