India, May 11 -- Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, Vice Chief of the Indian Navy, has been appointed as the next Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command. Current Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan will take over as the Chief of the Naval Staff as Admiral Dinesh Tripathi retires at the end of May.

Vice Admiral Vatsayan, PVSM, AVSM, NM, assumed charge as the 47th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) on August 1, 2025.

An alumnus of the 71st course at the National Defence Academy, Pune, Vice Admiral Vatsayan was commissioned into the Indian Navy on January 1 1988. A specialist in Gunnery and Missile Systems, he has held a wide range of command, operational and staff assignments over his distinguished naval career spanning m...