Satyendra Singh Jamwal

Satyendra Singh Jamwal (1959 — 2010) was one of the highest ranking Indian naval officers and was in-charge of the southern command until his tragic accidental shootingdeath in 2010.

A highly decorated officer he was being groomed to take over as the chief of the Indian Navy.Rear Admiral S S Jamwal was commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer on 1 July 1980.

• ADC to the President of India.
• Naval Attache to Russia
• In-charge southern command Indian Navy.
• Commanding officer INS Delhi (D61).

• The Lawrence School, Sanawar.
• National Defence Academy.
• Grechko Naval War College in the then USSR.
• Defence Services Staff College at Wellington

Rear Admiral S S Jamwal was accidentally killed while examining a firearm at the INS Dronacharya in Kochi. The police investigation claimed that the death was a suicide. But the Navy said it was an accidental shooting.