Girish Luthra

Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC is a retired officer of Indian Navy who served as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Western Naval Command from 1 June 2016 to 30 January 2019. He took over the position from Admiral Sunil Lanba who was promoted to Chief of Naval Staff, and was succeeded by Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar.[1][2][3][4][5]


Girish Luthra

Vice Admiral Girish Luthra
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Navy
Years of serviceJune 1979 - January 2019
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held
Awards

Early life and education

Luthra has attended the National Defence Academy, Pune; Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; and Naval War College, Newport.[6]

Biography

Luthra was commissioned into the executive branch of the Navy in July 1979. He has commanded three warships including, INS Khukri, INS Talwar and INS Viraat. He has also served as the Navigation officer of many warships including INS Betwa, INS Dunagiri, INS Gomati and INS Viraat. His staff appointments include Deputy Naval Attaché at High Commission of India, London; Fleet Navigating Officer of Western Fleet; Command Plans Officer at HQ, Eastern Naval Command; Principal Director Naval Plans; Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy & Plans); Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet; Director General of Naval Operations; and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations). He was the FOC-in-C of Southern Naval Command before being appointed as FOC-in-C of Western Naval Command.[6][7][8]

During his career of almost four decades, he has been was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (2017), Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, and the Vishisht Seva Medal for his service.

Luthra is known to be a gifted singer as well. He rendered the new version of the famous song "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" (original artist: Armaan Malik), a remake of the same from film "Papa Kehte Hain" as originally crooned by Udit Narayan, live at Western Command Golden Jubilee ceremony, garnering many views on YouTube. He has also released videos on Youtube for songs, Soch Na Sake from Airlift (original artists: Arijit Singh and Tulsi Kumar) and Nazm Nazm (original artists: Arko/Ayushmann Khurrana).

Awards and decorations

Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal
Samanya Seva Medal
Operation Vijay Medal
Sainya Seva Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal
9 Years Long Service Medal

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Sunil Lanba
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command
31 May 2016 – 30 January 2019
Succeeded by
Ajit Kumar
Preceded by
Sunil Lanba
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command
2016 - 29 May 2016
Succeeded by
AR Karve
Preceded by
Rama Kant Pattanaik
Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet
18 January 2011 - 25 May 2012
Succeeded by
AR Karve
Preceded by
Surinder Pal Singh Cheema
Commanding Officer INS Viraat
15 May 2006 - 11 August 2007
Succeeded by
Abhay Raghunath Karve
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