Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh takes over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ENC
Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh takes over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ENC
Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, AVSM, VSM took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC) from Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM at an impressive Ceremonial Parade held at the Naval Base on 01 March 2021. Vice Admiral AB Singh inspected the Ceremonial Guard and reviewed platoons of naval personnel drawn from various ships and establishments of the ENC. The ceremony was attended by all Flag Officers and Commanding Officers of ships, submarines and establishments. Later, he also paid homage to martyrs who have made the supreme sacrifice in service of the nation, by laying a floral wreath at the War Memorial on Beach Road, Visakhapatnam.
LUCKNOW: Monday was a proud moment for Uttar Pradesh, as vice admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh who hails from Gonda, became first alumni of Sainik school to take over as the flag officer commanding-in-chief (FOC-in-C) of eastern naval command.
He took the charge from vice admiral Atul Kumar Jain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM at ceremonial parade held at naval base Visakhapatnam.
Commissioned on July 1, 1983 is an alumnus of national defence academy (NDA) Khadakvasla. Prior to NDA, he joined Lucknow based Sainik School on July 1, 1974 and left in 1979 after completing intermediate.
Interestingly, prior to him vice admiral Ganesh Mahadevan and vice admiral Paras Nath are also the alumni of UP Sainik School, but vice admiral AB Singh is first FOC-in-C from UP.