G Ashok Kumar, former Vice Chief of the Navy, appointed as the first National Maritime Security Coordinator

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Former Navy vice chief G Ashok Kumar has been appointed as the first National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC) in the National Security Council Secretariat.
G Ashok Kumar is an alumnus of Sainik School, Amravathi Nagar and National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, Pune. He was commissioned into the executive branch of the Indian Navy on July 1, 1982.
Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar specialised in Shipping and Operations at Kochi in 1989. Thereafter, he was posted as a Shipping Officer in the Indian Navy ships Beas, Nilgiris, Ranvir and Vikrant. He took over as the Vice Chief of the Indian Navy on 30 January 2019. He retired on 31 July 2021 after serving in various positions in the Indian Navy for 39 years.