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{{short description|Indian Navy Admiral}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]
| name = Ajay Kochhar
| honorific_suffix = [[AVSM]], [[Nao Sena Medal|NM]]
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| serviceyears = 1988 - present
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| commands = [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]]<br/>[[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]]<br/>{{ship|INS|Vikramaditya|R33}}<br/>{{ship|INS|Trikand|F51}}
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[[Vice admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Ajay Kochhar''', [[AVSM]], [[Nao Sena Medal|NM]] is a serving Flag officer in the [[Indian Navy]]. He currently serves as the [[Commandant of the National Defence Academy|Commandant]] of the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]]. He last served as the Project Director (Operations and Training) in the ATV Project Headquarters. He earlier served as the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] and prior to that was the third [[commanding officer]] of the [[aircraft carrier]] [[INS Vikramaditya]].

== Naval career ==
Kochhar was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 1 July 1988. He is a specialist in Gunnery and Missile Warfare. He has commanded five [[warship]]s of the Indian Navy.<ref name="PIB - FOCWF">{{cite web |title=REAR ADMIRAL AJAY KOCHHAR ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE WESTERN FLEET (FOCWF) |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1700554 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> On 29 June 2013, as the [[ship commissioning|commissioning]] [[commanding officer]] of the [[Talwar-class frigate|Talwar-class]] [[Stealth technology|stealth]] [[Frigate#Guided-missile role|guided missile frigate]] {{ship|INS|Trikand|F51}}, he commissioned the ship in [[Kaliningrad]], Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=INS Trikand, a Stealth Frigate joins Indian Navy {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-trikand-stealth-frigate-joins-indian-navy |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>

On 20 July 2017, Kochhar took command of the [[flagship]] of the Indian Navy, the [[aircraft carrier]] {{ship|INS|Vikramaditya|R33}} as its third [[commanding officer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/854873877222014978 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

===Flag rank===
On promotion to Flag Rank, Kochhar took over as the Assistant Controller Carrier Project (ACCP) at Naval headquarters. He then served as the Assistant Controller Warship Production & Acquisition (ACWP&A).<ref name="ACWP&A">{{cite web |title=Image Gallery |url=http://www.grse.in/visit/example/visit_44.html?ml=1&iframe=1#ad-image-17 |website=www.grse.in}}</ref> As the ACCP, he managed the construction of the indigenous aircraft carrier. In his role as ACWP&A, he oversaw all aspects related to construction and acquisition of warships for the Navy both from Indian as well as foreign shipyards.<ref name="FOCWF" />

Kochhar took command of the [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] on 24 February 2021 as the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] from Rear Admiral [[Krishna Swaminathan]].<ref name="FOCWF">{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Ajay Kochhar Assumes Command of The Western Fleet (FOCWF) {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-ajay-kochhar-assumes-command-western-fleet-focwf |website=indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref> For his command of the Western fleet, he was awarded the [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] on 26 January 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=PRESS RELEASE - DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS TO INDIAN NAVY PERSONNEL ON REPUBLIC DAY |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1792586 |website=www.pib.gov.in |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>

On 1 April 2022, Kochhar took over as the [[Commandant of the National Defence Academy]] from [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] Sanjeev Kapoor.<ref>{{cite web |title=CHANGE AT THE HELM : VICE ADMIRAL AJAY KOCHHAR, AVSM, NM ASSUMES THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMANDANT NATIONAL DEFENCE ACDAEMY |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1812511 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=2 April 2022 |date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Nao_Sena_Medal_ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Samanya_Seva_medal.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Operation_Vijay_star.svg|width=106}}
|-
|colspan=4|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Operation Vijay medal.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Operation Parakram medal.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_Sainya_Seva_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}
|-
|colspan=4|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_30_Years_Long_Service_Ribbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Nao Sena Medal]]
||[[Samanya Seva Medal]]
|[[Operation Vijay Star]]
|-
|[[Operation Vijay Medal]]
|[[Operation Parakram Medal]]
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|colspan=2|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]]
* [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]]
* [[INS Vikramaditya]]

== References ==
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]]|years=2021-2021}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Sameer Saxena (admiral)|Sameer Saxena]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[INS Vikramaditya#Commanding officers|Commanding Officer INS Vikramaditya]]|years=2017-2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Puruvir Das}}
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[[Category:Flag Officers Commanding Western Fleet]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Nau Sena Medal]]

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