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Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena assumed complaint arsenic the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, connected Friday (October 31, 2025), succeeding Vice Admiral V. Srinivas. At the SNC War Memorial, Naval Base, Kochi, some Flag Officers paid homage to the bravehearts who made the eventual sacrifice successful work to the nation.
Vice Admiral Saxena was commissioned into the Indian Navy connected July 1, 1989 and is simply a specializer successful navigation and direction. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and the Naval War College Newport, USA, according to a merchandise from the Navy.
He has served onboard Indian naval ships Ajay, Sukanya and Akshay arsenic a non-specialist officer. As a specialist, helium served connected the absorption squad onboard the craft bearer INS Viraat and subsequently arsenic the Navigating Officer of Indian naval ships Kuthar, Godavari and Delhi. He has been the Executive Officer of INS Mumbai.
His Command tenures see the Mauritian Coast Guard vessel Guardian, and Indian naval ships Kulish and Mysore. He besides served arsenic Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. He has served arsenic the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy & Plans) and besides commanded the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy. In November 2022, helium took implicit arsenic the Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area.
He was serving arsenic the Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command connected promotion to the fertile of Vice Admiral since August 1, 2023.
He was awarded the Nau Sena Medal successful 2017 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal successful 2023.
He is joined to Laboni Saxena.
