Captain Krishna Swaminathan takes over command of INS Vikramaditya

New Delhi : Captain Krishna Swaminathan on Monday assumed charge as the second Commanding Officer of INS Vikramaditya, Indian Navy’s new and formidable aircraft carrier, at Karwar.The ship was commissioned at Severodvinsk in Russia on November 16, 2013, and has since been commanded by Captain Suraj Berry, NM. Captain Swaminathan is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakvasla, the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, United Kingdom, the College of Naval Warfare, Karanja, and the United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.Captain Swaminathan did his schooling from Bishop Cottons Boy’s School, Bengaluru and Sainik School, Bijapur. He had previously commanded missile vessels INS Vidyut and Vinash, missile corvette INS Kulish and guided missile destroyer INS Mysore.He has a B.Sc. degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from the Xavier Institute of Management, Mumbai, MA (Defence Studies) from King’s College, London, M.Phil (Defence and Strategic Studies) from Mumbai University and has submitted his thesis on international relations to the Mumbai University for a Ph.D degree.