Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam (born 2 November 1952) is the first ever Vice-Admiral and Former Chief of Naval Staff for the Bangladesh Navy.

Other qualifications include a Communication Specialization Course with the Royal Navy and completion of a Senior Executive Course with the Asia Pacific Centre for Securities Studies in the United States.

Nizam has held command positions with most of the large vessels in the Bangladesh Navy, including three years as commander of the frigate BNS Umar Farooq, the largest naval vessel in Bangladesh service.

On 10 February 2007, Nizam was sworn in as Naval Chief of Staff and was promoted to Vice-Admiral on 23 May of the same year.

[4] Admiral Nizam came to normal retirement with effect from 29 January 2009 after ending his 36 years naval career.