VCNS Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM

Krishna was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1987. He is a specialist in Communication and Electronic Warfare. He has completed the staff course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham in the United Kingdom and the higher command course at the College of Naval Warfare in Mumbai. He has also attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island in the United States.

Krishna (left) takes command of INS Vikramaditya from Capt. Suraj Berry. Krishna has commanded five front-line ships of the Indian Navy. He has commanded the Veerclass corvettes - INS Vidyut (K48) and INS Vinash (K47), the Kora-class guidedmissile corvette INS Kulish (P63) and the guided missile destroyer INS Mysore (D60). He was in command of Mysore during the President's fleet review in 2011. Under his command, the ship participated in INDRA - the joint naval exercise with Russia, in late 2012.

On 2 November 2015, Krishna took command of the flagship of the Indian Navy, the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (R33) as its second commanding officer.He commanded the carrier during the International Fleet Review 2016. During his command tenure, Vikramaditya was adjudged the Best Ship of the Western Fleet.