Mr. Ashish Kulkarni, Retd. Rear Admiral, aged 58 years, is an experienced operations planner and executor, Influential Team Building Man with 36+ years of service with Indian Navy Championing Operations, Project Management & Administrative / Staff Assignments. He completed MPhil in 2017 and MSc (Defence and Strategic Studies) in 2001 from Madras University; and MTech (Nuclear Engg. & Technology) from IIT Kanpur in 1995.
Mr. Kulkarni had been the Director General for four years for Indigenous Construction of Conventional Submarines and Admiral Superintendent of Naval Ship Repair Yard with the strength of 1400 civilian personnel. He was awarded Vishista Seva Medal (VSM) in 2020.