Vortex Induced Vibration (VIV) of slender cylindrical structures subjected to uniform flow is subject interest since the use of such elements is common in the offshore and naval industry. The numerical and experimental investigation of VIV for slender, flexible cable member in uniform current has been carried out in this study. The experiments were conducted in a towing tank of 85 m length and 2.8 m water depth mounted with the facility to control speed, The carriage has a range of velocity up to 5 m/s. A flexible cable of diameter 15 mm with an aspect ratio of approximately 100 has been used for the present study. The lateral displacement of cable has been measured using the strain gauges mounted along the length. The strain gauges measure the axial strain due to lateral bending of the cable and in turn, converted to lateral displacement. Experiments were carried out for a wide range of Reynolds number (Re) ranging from 3000 to 15000. From the measured responses, the Strouhal number (St) is back calculated. It is observed that the Strouhal number for flexible cable ranges from 0.13 to 0.17 for low Reynolds number from 3000 to 15000 and it falls within the expected range. The normalized RMS displacements (RMS A/D) have been obtained for specified range of Re. The lift coefficient (CL) attains a stable value of around 0.10 to 0.25 for reduced velocity (Vr) greater than 5.33 for different locations. The lift coefficient follows a similar trend along the span for different Vr. Numerical simulation has been carried out using Shear7 software with results matching reasonably well. Copyright © 2020 ASME.