Girish Luthra


Girish Luthra

Vice Admiral Girish Luthra
Allegiance India
Service / branch Indian Navy
Years of serviceJune 1979 - January 2019
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands
Awards

Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC is a retired officer of Indian Navy who served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Western Naval Command from 1 June 2016 to 30 January 2019. He took over the position from Admiral Sunil Lanba who was promoted to Chief of Naval Staff, and was succeeded by Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Vice Admiral Girish Luthra takes over Western Naval Command". Indian Navy. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Girish Luthra to take over as chief of Western Naval Command". Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ @indiannavy (31 January 2019). "VAdm P Ajit Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, the premier Command of #IndianNavy in an impressive ceremony at Mumbai. Returns where he has commanded two frontline Destroyers + stealth frigate & was Chief Staff Offr (Ops)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.