Cmde Arun Kumar (Retd)
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Cmde Arun Kumar is the Author of the book S71 INS Chakra - The Pioneer and her men.
He graduated from the National Defence Academy in Dec 1971 and was joined the Navy in 1973. He joined the submarine arm in 1975. He was part of the commissioning crew of India's first nuclear submarine INS Chakra. He served on Chakra as the operations officer and later the executive officer. He has held many important land and sea-based positions of the Indian Navy. He also graduated from Defence Services Staff College and Naval Higher Command Courses with distinction. His last appointment was Principal Director Submarine Acquisition (PDSMAQ) at the NHQ. He was decorated twice by the President of India with Nausena Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.
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Alyosha and the Little Prince – Book Excerpt
Book Excerpt from Alyosha – A Blaze, Like a Shooting Star - Chapter: The Little Prince
Anyone who has read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic The...
The Day a Klub 3M-54 anti-ship cruise missile Flew Underwater
In Nov 1997, the Indian Navy had entered into a contract to acquire Two Kilo-class 877 EKM submarines, with the Russian federation. The first...
Making sense of Naval lexicon
All over the world, naval personnel have been and are found attractive to the fairer sex, (No wonder there is an adage that a...
Voyages as a naval cadet along Indian coasts and A&N Islands
I graduated from the National Defence Academy (NDA) in December of 1971. The war for the liberation of Bangladesh (East Pakistan) was on at...
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S7 Airlines, the largest private carrier in Russia, signed...