Rear Adm B Sivakumar takes over as Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard

Rear Admiral B Sivakumar was commissioned on 01 Jul 1987 and is a Post Graduate from IIT, Chennai. He is also an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, College of Defence Management and National Defence College.

Rear Admiral B Sivakumar, VSM took over as Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard, Mumbai from Rear Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan on 24 Feb 21.

Rear Admiral B Sivakumar was commissioned on 01 Jul 1987 and is a Post Graduate from IIT, Chennai. He is also an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, College of Defence Management and National Defence College.

In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has held various operational, staff and dockyard appointments including Commanding Officer, INS Valsura. On promotion to Flag rank, he was appointed as Additional Director General, Project Seabird and subsequently moved as Chief Staff Officer (Technical), Western Naval Command, prior to taking over the present assignment.

(With Inputs from PIB)