Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India)

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The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) is a senior appointment in the Indian Navy. The DCNS is a PSO (Principal Staff Officer) at Naval Headquarters in New Delhi.[1] The office is held by a Three star officer in the rank of Vice Admiral. The current DCNS is Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti who took over Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru on 1 October 2023.

TypePrincipal Staff Officer
Status3rd highest ranking naval officer
AbbreviationDCNS
Reports toChief of the Naval Staff
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Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
Flag of the Vice Admiral
since 1 October 2023
 Indian Navy
TypePrincipal Staff Officer
Status3rd highest ranking naval officer
AbbreviationDCNS
Reports toChief of the Naval Staff
ResidenceBungalow 27, Tughlak Road, New Delhi
SeatNaval Headquarters, New Delhi
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History

At the time of independence of India on 15 August 1947, the Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy was the de facto Second-in-command. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of Commodore. In 1949, the Chief of Staff was also made Deputy Commander-in-Chief RIN.[2] In 1955, the post was re-designated Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[3] In 1959, the post was upgraded to Two-star rank.[4] In 1967, this post was re-designated to Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and then Rear Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli took over as the first VCNS.[5]

From 1972

The appointment was brought back in 1972 in the rank of Rear Admiral. The appointment of Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (ACNS) was redesignated DCNS. The DCNS had the directorates of Operations, Intelligence, Signals, Air Staff, Air Materiel and Submarines under him.[6] In 1984, the post was upgraded to three-star rank.[7]

Current organisation

The DCNS heads the Staff Branch-II at the Naval Headquarters. The following Director General/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the DCNS.[8]

Order of precedence

The DCNS ranks at No. 24 on the Indian order of precedence, along with Lieutenant Generals of the Indian Army and Air Marshals of the Indian Air Force.[9] The DCNS is in the HAG+ pay scale (pay level 16), and draws salary depending on the years in service. However, since they should not draw equivalent or more than the next higher level, the remuneration is capped at ₹224,000.[10][11]

Deputy Chiefs of Naval Staff

1947-1967

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S.No. Name Assumed office Left office Notes
Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy
1 Commodore M. H. St. L. Nott DSO, OBE August 1947 March 1948 Seconded from the Royal Navy. Killed in an air crash.[12]
Commodore Ajitendu Chakraverti March 1948 November 1948 Officiating. First Indian officer to be promoted to Commodore. Later Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet.[13]
2 Commodore Harold Drew CBE, DSC 6 December 1948 February 1949 Seconded from the Royal Navy.[14][15]
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
2 Commodore Harold Drew CBE, DSC February 1949 18 February 1952 Seconded from the Royal Navy.[15][16]
3 Commodore Godfrey French 18 February 1952 16 March 1954 Seconded from the Royal Navy.[17][18][19]
4 Commodore Ram Dass Katari 16 March 1954 March 1955 Later took over as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.[20][21]
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
4 Commodore Ram Dass Katari April 1955 March 1956 Later took over as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.[22]
5 Commodore Ajitendu Chakraverti March 1956 April 1958 First Indian officer to be promoted to Commodore. Later Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet.[23]
6 Rear Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji April 1958[n 1] May 1962 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[24]
7 Rear Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda AVSM May 1962 December 1964 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[25]
8 Rear Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli December 1964 May 1967 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[5]
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1973-present

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S.No. Name Assumed office Left office Notes
1 Rear Admiral Swaraj Parkash MVC, AVSM (first tenure) March 1973 November 1973 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.[26]
2 Rear Admiral N. P. Datta AVSM (first tenure) November 1973 April 1974 [26][27]
3 Rear Admiral Swaraj Parkash MVC, AVSM (second tenure) April 1974 March 1976 [28]
4 Vice Admiral N. P. Datta AVSM (second tenure) March 1976 November 1977 [29][30]
5 Rear Admiral M. R. Schunker AVSM November 1977 February 1978 [31]
6 Rear Admiral D. S. Paintal AVSM February 1978 October 1980 [32]
7 Rear Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani AVSM 4 October 1980 20 February 1982 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[33]
8 Vice Admiral Subimal Mookerjee AVSM 20 February 1982 27 June 1983 [34]
9 Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani AVSM, NM 27 June 1983 28 November 1984 [35]
10 Vice Admiral S. Jain PVSM, AVSM 2 February 1985 20 February 1986 [36][37]
11 Vice Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas AVSM, VrC, VSM 20 February 1986 28 November 1987 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[38]
12 Vice Admiral R. P. Sawhney 28 November 1987 25 February 1989 Later Fortress Commander, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command.[39][40]
13 Vice Admiral KASZ Raju AVSM, NM 10 March 1989 28 December 1990 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.[41][42]
14 Vice Admiral B. Guha 28 December 1990 10 November 1992 [42][43]
15 Vice Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat AVSM 10 November 1992 31 December 1994 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[43][44]
16 Vice Admiral Avnish Rai Tandon AVSM 1 January 1995 24 April 1996 [45]
17 Vice Admiral Madhvendra Singh AVSM 24 April 1996 30 October 1996 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[46][47]
18 Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha 30 October 1996 28 February 1998 [47][48]
19 Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh March 1998 March 1999 [49]
20 Vice Admiral Harinder Singh March 1999 November 2000 [50]
21 Vice Admiral Raman Puri 24 November 2000 January 2002 [51][52]
22 Vice Admiral S. V. Gopalachari January 2002 August 2004 [53]
23 Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta AVSM August 2004 27 September 2005 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[54]
24 Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi UYSM, AVSM, VSM 27 September 2005 24 July 2006 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.[55]
25 Vice Admiral Raman P. Suthan AVSM, VSM 24 July 2006 26 April 2007 [56][57][58]
26 Vice Admiral Anup Singh 26 April 2007 30 November 2009 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command[56]
27 Vice Admiral Robin K. Dhowan AVSM, YSM 30 November 2009 16 September 2011 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[59]
28 Vice Admiral Satish Soni AVSM, NM 16 September 2011 29 May 2012 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[60]
29 Vice Admiral Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee AVSM, NM 29 May 2012 31 May 2014 Later Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command.[61][62]
30 Vice Admiral Rama Kant Pattanaik AVSM, YSM 31 May 2014 31 October 2015 [61]
31 Vice Admiral Karambir Singh AVSM 31 October 2015 6 June 2016 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[63]
32 Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar AVSM, VSM 6 June 2016 30 January 2019 Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.[64]
33 Vice Admiral Murlidhar Sadashiv Pawar AVSM, VSM 3 January 2019 31 May 2021 [65]
34 Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh AVSM, NM 1 June 2021 31 March 2022 [66]
35 Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru AVSM, NM 1 April 2022 30 September 2023 [67]
36 Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti UYSM, AVSM, VSM 1 October 2023 Incumbent [68]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Post upgraded to Rear Admiral 5 March 1959.[4]

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