This is a list of serving admirals of the Indian Navy.
Chief of Defence Staff
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief of Defence Staff (also Secretary, Department of Military Affairs)* | Admiral | Presently tenanted by an Indian Army Officer |
*Rotational appointment among the Indian Armed Forces.
Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff is the only serving four star admiral in the Indian Navy.
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral | Dinesh Kumar Tripathi | PVSM, AVSM, NM |
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | Vice Admiral | Sanjay Vatsayan | PVSM, AVSM, NM |
Naval commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Krishna Swaminathan | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | ||
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command | Sanjay Bhalla | AVSM, NM | |||
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command | Sameer Saxena | AVSM, NM | |||
| Commander-in-Chief Strategic Forces Command** | Presently tenanted by an Indian Army Officer | ||||
| Chief of Integrated Defence Staff** | Presently tenanted by an Indian Air Force Officer | ||||
| Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command** | Ajay Kochhar | PVSM, AVSM, NM | |||
| Director General Armed Forces Medical Services** | Surgeon Vice Admiral | Arti Sarin | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | ||
**Rotational command among the three services of the Indian Armed Forces.
Principal Staff Officers (PSO)
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff | Vice Admiral | Tarun Sobti | UYSM, AVSM, VSM | ||
| Chief of Personnel | Gurcharan Singh | AVSM, NM | |||
| Chief of Materiel | B. Sivakumar | AVSM, VSM |
Flag officers of Tri-Services Commands
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning & Force Development) PP & FD | Vice Admiral | Vineet McCarty | AVSM | ||
| Additional Secretary Department of Military Affairs | Vice Admiral | Atul Anand | PVSM, AVSM, VSM | ||
| Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) Department of Military Affairs | Rear Admiral | Kunal Singh Rajkumar | VSM | ||
| Joint Secretary (Maritime Security) National Security Council Secretariat | Rear Admiral | TVN Prasanna | VSM | ||
| Chief of Staff Andaman and Nicobar Command | Rear Admiral | Presently served by an Indian Army officer |
Directors general and controllers
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director General Medical Services (Navy) | Surgeon Vice Admiral | Kavita Sahai | AVSM, SM, VSM | ||
| Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) | Anupam Kapur | NM | |||
| Director General Naval Operations | Vice Admiral | A. N. Pramod | AVSM, YSM | ||
| Chief Hydrographer | Lochan Singh Pathania | ||||
| Director General Project Seabird | Rajesh Dhankhar | NM | |||
| Controller Warship Production & Acquisition | Sanjay Sadhu | AVSM, NM | |||
| Controller of Logistics | Rajat Kapoor | AVSM | |||
| Inspector General Nuclear Safety | A. Y. Sardesai | AVSM | |||
| Controller Personnel Services | C. R. Praveen Nair | AVSM, NM | |||
| Programme Director, Advanced Technology Vessel Project | |||||
| Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai | Ankur Sharma | NM | |||
| Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam | K. Srinivas | AVSM | |||
| Director General Warship Design Bureau | Rear Admiral | Sujit Bari | |||
| Additional Director General Warship Design Bureau | Iftekhar Alam | NM | |||
| Director General (Submarine Design Group) | SL Saji | ||||
| Director General Weapons & Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment | T Ajit | ||||
| Director General Project 75 | R Vaidhyanathan |
Chiefs of staff of naval commands
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief of Staff Western Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Rahul Vilas Gokhale | YSM, NM | ||
| Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command | Susheel Menon | AVSM, VSM | |||
| Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Upal Kundu | VSM |
Leadership of training institutions
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commandant National Defence Academy | Vice Admiral | Anil Jaggi | AVSM | ||
| Commandant Indian Naval Academy | Manish Chadha | AVSM, VSM | |||
| Commandant Naval War College, Goa | Rear Admiral | Arjun Dev Nair | VSM | ||
| Commandant Military Institute of Technology | V Ganapathy | NM | |||
| Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College | R. Vinod Kumar | ||||
| Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College | Sandeep Singh Sandhu | NM | |||
| Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy | Prakash Gopalan | ||||
| Principal, Indian Naval Academy | G. Rambabu |
Flag officers commanding fleets
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet | Rear Admiral | Vivek Dahiya | NM | ||
| Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet | Alok Ananda | YSM |
Flag officers commanding naval areas
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area | Rear Admiral | Shantanu Jha | NM | ||
| Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area | Sritanu Guru | VSM | |||
| Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation | Ajay D. Theophilus | VSM | |||
| Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area | Vikram Menon | VSM | |||
| Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area | Satish Shenai | NM |
Assistant Chiefs of the Naval Staff
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy & Plans) | Rear Admiral | ||||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air) | Biplab Hota | VSM | |||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) | VR Peshwae | VSM | |||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Special Submarine Projects) | Sriram Amur | VSM | |||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence) | Srinivas Maddula | VSM | |||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Communications, Space & Network Centric Operations) | |||||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air Materiel) | Anshuman Chauhan | ||||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Staff Requirements) |
Assistant Principal Staff Officers
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects | Rear Admiral | Sandeep Mehta | VSM | ||
| Assistant Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition | Vishal Bishnoi | ||||
| Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development) | Sachin Sequeira | SC | |||
| Assistant Chief of Personnel (Administration and Civilian) | Aditya Hara | NM | |||
| Judge Advocate General | |||||
| Assistant Controller of Logistics | Neeraj Malhotra | ||||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Nuclear System Maintenance) | R Raghuram | ||||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Information Technology & Systems) | Sarath Aashirvad | ||||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit) | Vikas Chawla | NM | |||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation) | Sanjay Adhana |
Chief Staff Officers of naval commands
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Western Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Sathish Vasudev | NM | ||
| Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Eastern Naval Command | Manoj Jha | VSM | |||
| Chief Staff Officer (Training) Southern Naval Command | B S Sodhi | ||||
| Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Western Naval Command | Arvind Rawal | VSM | |||
| Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Eastern Naval Command | Gautam Marwaha | VSM | |||
| Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Western Naval Command | Sundeep K Verma | NM | |||
| Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Eastern Naval Command | M. Murli Mohan Raju | NM |
Admiral superintendents of naval dockyards
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) | Rear Admiral | Ajay Patney | |||
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam) | R. S. Dhaliwal | NM | |||
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi | Subir Mukherjee | NM | |||
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar | Ravnish Seth |
Flag officers with independent charge
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group | Rear Admiral | Rahul Shankar | NM | ||
| Flag Officer Doctrine & Concepts | |||||
| Joint Chief Hydrographer | Peush Pawsey | ||||
| Flag Officer Submarines | Chetan C Chandegave | ||||
| Flag Officer Sea Training | Vidhyadhar Harke | VSM | |||
| Additional Director General National Cadet Corps | Manish Sharma | NM | |||
| Director General Defence Cyber Agency | Mohit Gupta | VSM | |||
| Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment | Ashwani Kumar Tikoo | VSM | |||
| Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Navy) | Iqbal Singh Grewal | ||||
| Project Director (Operations & Training) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project | |||||
| Project Director (Ship Building Center) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project | NM | ||||
| Director General Naval Armament Inspection | Rupak Barua | VSM |
Medical officers
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Director General Medical Services (Navy) | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Ajit Gopinath | VSM | ||
| Command Medical Officer Western Naval Command | Krishna Moorthi Adhikari | ||||
| Command Medical Officer Eastern Naval Command | Dilip Raghavan | VSM | |||
| Command Medical Officer Southern Naval Command | Samir Kapoor | VSM | |||
| Commanding Officer, INHS Asvini | Manish Honwad | VSM | |||
| Senior Consultant (Medicine) Director General Armed Forces Medical Services | Vivek Hande | AVSM, VSM |
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