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	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Singh was born in a naval family. His father was a gunnery officer and was posted at [[INS Venduruthy]] and subsequently at the gunnery school [[INS Dronacharya]]. Singh spent his childhood in Kochi and attended the Kendriya Vidyalaya Naval Base Kochi. After his schooling, he joined the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]], Pune.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web \|title=Captain back in city of childhood \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/captain-back-in-city-of-childhood/article7921900.ece \|website=The Hindu \|access-date=4 December 2022 \|language=en-IN \|date=26 November ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Singh was born in a naval family. His father was a gunnery officer and was posted at [[INS Venduruthy]] and subsequently at the gunnery school [[INS Dronacharya]]. Singh spent his childhood in Kochi and attended the Kendriya Vidyalaya Naval Base Kochi. After his schooling, he joined the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy]], Pune.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web \|title=Captain back in city of childhood \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/captain-back-in-city-of-childhood/article7921900.ece \|website=The Hindu \|access-date=4 December 2022 \|language=en-IN \|date=26 November 2015}}</ref>

	Singh has attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment\|Wellington]], the [[Naval War College, Goa]] and the [[National Defence College (India)\|National Defence College]].<ref name="IN website - FOCEF">{{cite web \|title=Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over Command of Eastern Fleet {{!}} Indian Navy \|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-gurcharan-singh-takes-over-command-eastern-fleet \|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in \|access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>		Singh has attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment\|Wellington]], the [[Naval War College, Goa]] and the [[National Defence College (India)\|National Defence College]].<ref name="IN website - FOCEF">{{cite web \|title=Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over Command of Eastern Fleet {{!}} Indian Navy \|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-gurcharan-singh-takes-over-command-eastern-fleet \|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in \|access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian Navy Admiral}}
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[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] '''Gurcharan Singh''', [[Nao Sena Medal|NM]] is a serving Flag officer in the [[Indian Navy]]. He currently serves as the [[Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet]], having taken over from Rear Admiral [[Sanjay Bhalla]] in November 2022.

== Early life and education ==
Singh was born in a naval family. His father was a gunnery officer and was posted at [[INS Venduruthy]] and subsequently at the gunnery school [[INS Dronacharya]]. Singh spent his childhood in Kochi and attended the Kendriya Vidyalaya Naval Base Kochi. After his schooling, he joined the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], Pune.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web |title=Captain back in city of childhood |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/captain-back-in-city-of-childhood/article7921900.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=en-IN |date=26 November 2022}}</ref>

Singh has attended the [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]], the [[Naval War College, Goa]] and the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]].<ref name="IN website - FOCEF">{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over Command of Eastern Fleet {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-gurcharan-singh-takes-over-command-eastern-fleet |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>

== Naval career ==
Singh was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 1 July 1990. He is a specialist in Gunnery and missile Warfare. During his ab-initio training, he placed first in the overall order of merit and was awarded the Admiral RD Katari Trophy.<ref name="Punekarnews">{{cite web |last1=Dolare |first1=Rahul |title=Rear Adm Gurcharan Singh takes over Command of the Eastern Fleet |url=https://www.punekarnews.in/rear-adm-gurcharan-singh-takes-over-command-of-the-eastern-fleet/ |website=Punekar News |access-date=4 December 2022 |date=29 November 2022}}</ref> He has served in specialist tenures on board the [[Rajput-class destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Ranjit|D53}}, the [[Veer-class corvette]] {{ship|INS|Prahar|K98}} and {{ship|INS|Brahmaputra|F31}}. He was the [[ship commissioning|commissioning]] [[executive officer]] of the [[lead ship]] of [[Shivalik-class frigate|her class]] of [[stealth technology|stealth]] guided missile frigate {{ship|INS|Shivalik|F47}}.

Singh has commanded the [[Veer-class corvette|Veer-class]] missile vessel {{ship|INS|Vidyut|K48}}, and the lead ship of [[Khukri-class corvette|her class]] of missile corvettes {{ship|INS|Khukri|P49}}. He subsequently commanded the [[Kolkata-class destroyer|Kolkata-class]] stealth [[guided-missile destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Kochi|D64}}.<ref name="TH">{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=The Hindu |title=Rear Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over command of Eastern Fleet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/rear-admiral-gurcharan-singh-takes-over-command-of-eastern-fleet/article66201978.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=en-IN |date=30 November 2022}}</ref>

Singh, in his staff appointments, has served as the training coordinator at the gunnery base [[INS Dronacharya]]. He also served as the Director of Naval Intelligence at Naval headquarters. As a [[Commodore (India)|Commodore]], he served as the Chief Staff Officer and Commodore Work Up at Indian Naval Workup Team Kochi (INWT), under the [[Flag Officer Sea Training (India)|Flag Officer Sea Training]] (FOST). For his tenure at INWT, on 26 January 2020, he was awarded the [[Nao Sena Medal]] for devotion to duty.<ref name="NM (DD)">{{cite web |title=Distinguished service and gallantry award winners on Republic day 2020 |url=https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1600569 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="NM">{{cite web |title=Naval Investiture Ceremony– 2020 |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1659055 |website=www.pib.gov.in}}</ref> He subsequently served as the Deputy Commandant of his alma mater, [[Naval War College, Goa]].<ref name="IN website - FOCEF" />

===Flag rank===
On promotion to Flag Rank, Singh took over as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) (CSO Ops) at the [[Western Naval Command]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka |url=https://hcicolombo.gov.in/press?id=eyJpdiI6ImV0OHpZRitoWUZPNXJxeEk1TlhXb2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiWXozQVdmSUxVQXdQWTdzYnRDb1NBUT09IiwibWFjIjoiZjZlNTlmODIyNWM4ZjlkYmU3OTlkNDFkMjQ1YTM3NzdkZjZiNzBkMzAzNTU4YzMzMjI0YzdkMDM1NWE3YzA0MiJ9 |website=hcicolombo.gov.in |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tri Nation Table Top Naval Exercise - Shield held at WNC |url=https://www.aeromagonline.com/2021/07/16/tri-nation-table-top-naval-exercise-shield-held-at-wnc/ |website=Aeromag Online |access-date=4 December 2022 |date=16 July 2021}}</ref> He also served as the Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development) (ACOP HRD) at naval headquarters. ACOP is an assistant principal staff officer appointment. On 29 November 2022, he assumed the office of the [[Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet]] (FOCEF), taking over from [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Sanjay Bhalla]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/in_hqenc/status/1597621451800334344 |website=Twitter |access-date=4 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|{{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_Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{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}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_30_Years_Long_Service_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|-
|colspan=4|{{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;"
|-
|[[Nao Sena Medal]]
|[[Samanya Seva Medal]]
|[[Special Service Medal (India)|Special Service Medal]]
|[[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]]
|-
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|[[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 Eastern Fleet]]
* [[Eastern Fleet (India)|Eastern Fleet]]

==References==
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