Rear Admiral Sathish Vasudev assumed charge as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of Western Naval Command on 15 November 2025. The Admiral was commissioned on 01 July 1993 and is an alumnus of NDA Khadakwasla, DSSC Wellington and Naval War College Goa.
A Navigation and Direction specialist, he has held various key afloat and shore appointments, including Command of INS Gomati and INS Tarkash, Directing Staff at DSSC, Director (Perspective Plans) at AHQ, Commodore (Naval Plans) at NHQ and Commodore (Operations) at Eastern Naval Command. On promotion to Flag rank on 01 March 24, he served as the Flag Officer Offshore Defence Advisory Group at Mumbai and then as the Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat, Daman and Diu Naval Area, prior taking over as CSO (Ops) WNC.
The Admiral is a recipient of the Nao Sena Medal.
