Ravneet Singh (Admiral)


Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Chief of Personnel. Before assuming this appointment, he was the Director General - Project Seabird. He has also served as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet from October 2015 to October 2016.

Early Life & Education

Singh was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune.

Naval career

Singh was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1983. He is a specialist in Naval aviation.
He has completed the Flying Instructors course at the Flying Instructors School in Tambaram Air Force Station, the staff course at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington and the Harrier Conversion Course at RAF Wittering in United Kingdom. He has also attended the Project Management Programme at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Singh has commanded the Nilgiri-class frigate and the Rajput-class Guided missile destroyers and. Since he is a naval aviator, Singh has also commanded the Naval air squadrons INAS 300 and INAS 551. He has also commanded the premier Naval Air Base INS Hansa.
Singh has also served as the Second-in-command of the Durg-class corvette and the Delhi-class Guided missile destroyer.
Singh is a fighter pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor with Master Green Instrument rating. He has over 2500 flying hours on 10 different type of aircraft. He has also served as the Indian Defence Advisor in Kenya, Tanzania and Seychelles.
On promotion to Flag Rank, Singh took over as the Assistant Controller Carrier Project at Naval HQ. He served as the Assistant Controller Warship Production & Acquisition when the Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya was inducted and commissioned. Singh then dual-hatted as the Flag Officer Goa Area and Flag Officer Naval Aviation.
Singh assumed the office of the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet on 12 October 2015, from Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar. For his command of the Western Fleet, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2017. Singh then served as the Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command and as the Director General Project Seabird.
On 2 December 2019, Singh took over as the Chief of Material, a Principal Staff Officer appointment.