Nirmal Kumar Verma
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma (born 14 November 1950) is a former senior naval officer who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy, from 31 August 2009 to 31 August 2012.
In November 2012, he was appointed the High Commissioner to Canada.
Nirmal Kumar Verma | |
|---|---|
 Admiral Verma as CNS 2009. | |
| 24th High Commissioner of India to Canada | |
| In office November 2012 – November 2014 | |
| Appointed by | President of India (then, Pranab Mukherjee) |
| Preceded by | Shashishekhar M. Gavai |
| Succeeded by | Vishnu Prakash |
| 51st Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
| In office 30 July 2011 – 31 August 2012 | |
| President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Pradeep Vasant Naik |
| Succeeded by | N. A. K. Browne |
| 20th Chief of the Naval Staff (India) | |
| In office 31 August 2009 – 31 August 2012 | |
| President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Sureesh Mehta |
| Succeeded by | Devendra Kumar Joshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1950 |
| Relations | Vice Admiral Bimal Verma (brother) |
| Alma mater | Royal Naval Staff College |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Navy |
| Years of service | 1970 – 2012 |
| Rank |   Admiral |
| Commands | Chief of Naval Staff Eastern Naval Command INS Viraat INS Ranvir INS Udaygiri |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Lal Dora |
| Award(s) | |
| Later work(s) | CNO, US Naval War College |
Early life
Born on 14 November 1950, he joined the Indian Navy at the age of 19. He studied at Goethals Memorial School Kurseong, Royal Naval Staff College in the United Kingdom, and the Naval War College in 1993 in the United States.
Military career
_Adm._Gary_Roughead_tour_various_aircraft_and_facilities_at_Naval_Air_Station_Paxtuxent_R.jpg)
Verma took charge of the Naval Academy in Goa, and subsequently became commander of a series of Indian Navy ships, including INS Ranvir (D54) and INS Viraat, at that time India's only aircraft carrier. He then took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern Naval Command, and was appointed Chief of the Indian Navy upon the retirement of Sureesh Mehta on 31 August 2009. During his career he has been awarded several decorations, including the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. He took over as the Chairman, Chief's of Staff Committee on 30 July 2011 from the then outgoing Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal P V Naik.
Awards
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
   | |||
 |  | ||
Post Retirement
Adm Verma was appointed High Commissioner of India to Canada in 2012. He is currently a CNO Distinguished International Fellow at the US Naval War College.
References
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Nirmal Kumar Verma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.