Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba Takes Over Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba Takes Over Western Naval Command

Vice-Admiral Sunil Lanba has been designated as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command.

• He is currently serving as the Southern Naval Command chief. He will succeed Vice-Admiral SPS Cheema.

About Sunil Lanba:

• He is an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer and the National Defence Academy, Vice Admiral Lanba was commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy in January 1978.
• He served as Navigating Officer of INS Sindhudurg (corvette) and INS Dunagiri(frigate), Kakinada (minesweeper), Himgiri (frigate), Ranvijay (guided missile destroyer) and Mumbai (guided missile destroyer).
• He has also been faculty at the College of Defence Management and has headed the prestigious National Defence College of India as Commandant.