- Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command on 31 January 2019 at Mumbai.
- He succeeds Vice Admiral Girish Luthra.
- Ajit Kumar P was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 July 1981.
- He was the Vice Chief of Naval Staff at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi prior to assuming charge of the present post.