Sameer Saxena (admiral)

Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, AVSM, NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy.

He earlier served as the Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area, as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet and as the Naval adviser to the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom at India House, London.

He also served in training appointments at his alma mater, the National Defence Academy, and the Centre for Leadership and Behavioural Studies.

[3] After a tenure of about a year as FOCWF, Saxena relinquished charge and handed over command to Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty on 15 November 2022.

[10] On 1 August 2023, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command.