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{{short description|Indian admiral}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]
| name = Vijay Shankar
|honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|09|30}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| death_place =
| placeofburial =
| image =
| caption = Shankar in Bangkok, 2013
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = [[Indian Navy]]
| serviceyears = 1970–2009
| rank = [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]
| commands = [[Andaman and Nicobar Command]] [[Strategic Forces Command]] Western Fleet {{ship|INS|Viraat|R22}} {{ship|INS|Ganga|F22}} {{ship|INS|Himgiri|F34}} {{ship|INS|Panaji|1960}}
| unit =
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] [[Operation Pawan]]
| awards = [[File:Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[File:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|20px]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
}}

[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Vijay Shankar''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]] (born 30 September 1949) is a retired [[Indian Navy]] Admiral who served as the [[Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command|CINCAN]]<ref name=ac-anc>{{cite news|url=http://andamanchronicle.com/content/view/1469/27/|title=A&N Command (ANC) A Catalyst In Development Of The Archipelago: Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar|publisher=Andaman Chronicle|date=2009-09-06|access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref> and as the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Strategic Forces Command]] (SFC) of the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. His prior commands included that as the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet (FOCWF). He also served as the Commanding Officer of {{ship|INS|Viraat|R22}}, {{ship|INS|Ganga|F22}}, {{ship|INS|Himgiri|F34}} and {{ship|INS|Panaji|1960}}.<ref name=nias-cv>{{cite web|url=http://www.nias.res.in/docs/CV-ViceAdmiralShankar.pdf|title=Vice Admiral (Retd.) Vijay Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, ADC|publisher=National Institute of Advanced Studies|access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref>

Vice Admiral Shankar retired on 30 September 2009. Since then he has held the Admiral Katari Chair at the United Services Institution.

==Early life==
Vijay Shankar was born on 30 September 1949 in [[Bangalore]], [[India]]. His father was an officer in the [[Royal Indian Air Force]], and later in the [[Indian Air Force]]. He did his early education in India as well as the [[United Kingdom]].

==Naval career==
Vijay Shankar graduated from the 34th course of the [[National Defence Academy]], [[Pune]]. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 January 1970. A specialist in Navigation and Direction, he holds a Master of Science degree in Defence Studies. He is a graduate of the [[Defence Services Staff College]] in Wellington, the Naval Higher Command Course from the College of Naval Warfare, Karanja and the [[Naval War College]], United States.

His staff appointments included those as Deputy Director of Combat Policy and Tactics, Naval Headquarters; Chief Instructor at the Navigation and Direction School, [[Kochi]], as Director of the School of Maritime Warfare and Tactics, [[Kochi]], as Senior Instructor at the [[Defence Services Staff College]] and Director of Staff Requirements at Naval Headquarters.

===Flag rank===
He was promoted to the Flag rank of [[Rear Admiral]] in April 1999 and appointed as the Chief of Staff, [[Southern Naval Command]]. Next, he served as the Assistant Controller, Aircraft Carrier Projects at Naval Headquarters (NHQ). He also served as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet (FOCWF).<ref name=toi-ifnaval>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-04-09/pune/28345263_1_french-navy-joint-exercises-indo-french|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025064333/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-04-09/pune/28345263_1_french-navy-joint-exercises-indo-french|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-25|title=Indo-French joint naval exercise|date=2004-04-09|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref>

After being promoted to [[Vice Admiral]] in November 2005, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations). He then led Doctrine Organization and Training, Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) at Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

Shankar has had the distinction of commanding both the joint-services commands of the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. He took over as the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Strategic Forces Command]] (SFC) in December 2006.<ref name=id-2663>{{cite news|url=http://www.india-defence.com/reports-2663|title=Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar to head India's Nuclear Command|publisher=India Defence|date=2006-11-11|access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref> He became the [[Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command|CINCAN]] in September 2008.<ref name=id-3989>{{cite news|url=http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3989|title=Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar to Take Over as Commander in Chief Andaman & Nicobar on September 30th 2008|publisher=India Defence|date=2008-02-25|access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref>

His assignments at sea included specialist tenures of several fleet units between 1970 and 1983. He was a part of the commissioning crews of {{ship|INS|Ghorpad|L14}} in [[Poland]] and of {{ship|INS|Rana|D52}} in the erstwhile [[Soviet Union]]. He has served as the Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. He was appointed the [[Commanding Officer]] of {{ship|INS|Panaji|1960}} in 1973, INS Himgiri in 1987, INS Ganga in 1993 and INS Viraat in 1995. He took command of the ''Sword Arm'' of the Indian Navy as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet (FOCWF) in January 2003.

His operational experience included active service during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. He commanded INS Himgiri during its deployment as part of [[Operation Pawan]]. He served as the Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command during [[Operation Vijay (1999)]].<ref name=ni-shankar>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/printnews/13457|title=Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar to take over as C-in-C of Andaman and Nicobar|publisher=Newstrack India|date=2008-01-01|access-date=2011-12-20}}</ref>

===Awards===
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==Awards and decorations==
During his career, Shankar has been awarded the [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] in 2002 and the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] in 2008.

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|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Poorvi Star]]
|[[Paschimi Star]]
|-
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Service_and_campaign_medals|Special Service Medal]]
|[[Sangram Medal]]
|[[Operation Vijay Medal]]
|[[Operation Parakram Medal]]
|-
|[[Sainya Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|Videsh Seva Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|25th 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]]
|}

==Later career==
Shankar lives in the [[Nilgiri mountains|Nilgiris]] area. He has lectured at [[Defence Services Staff College]], Higher Command College and the National Maritime Foundation. He holds the Admiral Katari Chair at the [[United Service Institution]], is a distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, [[New Delhi]] and is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the [[National Institute of Advanced Studies]], [[Bengaluru]]. He is a recognized expert on nuclear security issues in the [[Indian Subcontinent]]. Internationally, his participation in the Track II Ottawa Dialogue, the Bellagio Carnegie Endowment discussions, the Indo-Sino-Pak trilateral dialogue, Chaophraya Dialogue and the papers he has presented there seek to provide a new paradigm for nuclear security on the sub-continent. He has delivered lectures and participated in discussions at academic and research institutions in the United States, including the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]’s (MIT) Security Studies Program, The [[University of Tennessee]], The Howard Baker Center at Knoxville, The [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory|Lawrence Livermore]] (Open Campus), The Atlantic Council and the Carnegie Endowment for Peace.<ref name=nias-cv/>

==References==
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