Archive · 6 Nov 2025
Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi Takes Over as NDA Commandant
A new leader has taken charge at India's National Defence Academy (NDA).
Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi is the new Commandant.
He took over from Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh.
Vice Admiral Jaggi is an alumnus of the NDA and has a long career in the navy, specializing in navigation.
He has commanded warships like a missile vessel and a stealth frigate.
He has also held important roles both in India and abroad, including in London.
Vice Admiral Singh, who Jaggi succeeded, also has a distinguished naval career and recently took on a new role as Chief of Personnel for the Indian Navy.
Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi has assumed charge as the Commandant of the National Defence Academy (NDA).
He succeeds Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh in this role.
Vice Admiral Jaggi is an alumnus of the NDA and commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1990.
He is a navigation and direction specialist and has commanded vessels like INS Veer and INS Sahyadri.
Vice Admiral Singh, the former Commandant, recently took over as the Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy on November 1.
- Who
- Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi
- What
- Assumed charge as the Commandant of the National Defence Academy (NDA)
- When
- November 1
- Where
- National Defence Academy (NDA)
- Why
- Succession of Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh
- New Commandant
- Vice Admiral Anil Jaggi
- Predecessor
- Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh
- Date of Assumption
- November 1
- Vice Admiral Jaggi's Specialization
- Navigation and Direction
- Vice Admiral Jaggi's Commands
- INS Veer, INS Sahyadri