Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar will take over as the new Chief of Naval Staff on November 30. He will succeed Admiral Karambir Singh, who is the incumbent Indian Navy chief.

Admiral R Hari Kumar was previously the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Western Naval Command. He was the head of the overseas committee of INS Vikramaditya and the first flag officer to be appointed as commandant of naval war college at Goa.