Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, IN (Retd)
Chairman and Former Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy
Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd), who was the Republic of India’s 24th Chief of the Naval Staff (31 May 2019 to 30 November 2021), assumed the chairmanship of the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, on 17 January 2022.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and the College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai, the Admiral was commissioned into the Indian Navy in July of 1980. Read More
Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd)
Director-General
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College, the Naval War College, and the National Defence College, with BSc, MSc and MPhil degrees under his belt, Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, is currently the Director-General of the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. The admiral retired on 30 November 2013 after an illustrious four-decade-long career in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy. His sea-going service incorporated as many as four Command Tenures, culminating in his command of the aircraft carrier, the Viraat. Read More
Commodore Jai Bedi
Executive Director
Commodore Jai Bedi is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 July 1994. A Navigation and Direction specialist, he has commanded IN Ranvijay and INS Vinash, and has also served as the Executive Officer of INS Trishul. His staff appointments include two tenures each at NHQ (DSR/DNCO) and HQSFC. He has been an instructor at ND School and Directing Staff at DSSC. Read More
Commander Ankush Banerjee
Deputy Director
Commander Ankush Banerjee was commissioned on 01 Jan 2008. The officer is an alumnus of the erstwhile Naval Academy and has served at the Centre of Excellence in Ethics, Leadership and Behavioural Studies, Indian Naval Academy, Naval History Division, Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology, and the National Defence College, New Delhi. Three time recipient of the United Services Institution Gold Medal Essay Prize (2015, 2017, 2021), the erstwhile Commodore Nott Essay Prize (2018), the 2023 National Poetry Competition (organized by NDA), and Commendations from the CNS and FOCINC(South) in 2023 and 2015, his work appears or is forthcoming in the USI Journal, Journal of Defence Studies, ORF Occasional Papers, Defence and Diplomacy, The Indian Express, Scroll, Best Asian Poetry 2021 (Kitaab, 2022), and Converse: Contemporary English Poetry by Indians (Pippa Rann Books, 2022), among others. Read More