Admiral Nayyar, former Vice Chief of the Indian Navy, has the rare distinction of having commanded both the Western & Eastern fleets of the Indian Navy, having served as Commander-in-Chief, South.  He has been closely connected with planning the growth of the modern Indian Navy, having served as Director, Naval Plans and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Policy and Plans.

Post retirement, Admiral Nayyar has been a member of the National Security Advisory Board and a member of the Government Committee on Defence Expenditure.  Currently he is the Chairman of the National Maritime Foundation and also of the Forum for Strategic and Security Studies, a New Delhi based think tank dealing with national and international relations and security issues.  Admiral Nayyar specializes in international relations, the global security environment, maritime issues confidence building measures and defence economics.  He is also a keen student of India’s domestic political scene.

Admiral Nayyar is on the board of a number of corporations and has lectured extensively in India, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, China, Iran, Nigeria and the Asia-Pacific on his areas of interest.