New Delhi, August 25 : Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar is likely to take over as Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command on 30 September.

Vice Admiral Shankar is presently the Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Force Command.

He would take the charge from Air Marshal S. Radhakrishnan.

Vice Admiral Shankar is an alumnus of the 34th course of National Defence Academy (NDA). He was commissioned in the Indian Navy on January 1970. He is a specialist in navigation and direction. He holds an M. Sc degree in Defence studies and is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Naval Higher Command Course and the Naval War College at New Port, USA.