List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy
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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 |
[1] |
*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 | [2] |
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 | [3][4] |
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 | [5] |
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command |
Sanjay Bhalla |  |
AVSM, NM | [6] | |
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command |
Sameer Saxena |  |
AVSM, NM | [7] | |
| 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 | [8][9] | |
| Director General Armed Forces Medical Services** |
Surgeon Vice Admiral | Arti Sarin |  |
PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [10] |
**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 | [11] |
| Chief of Personnel | Gurcharan Singh |  |
AVSM, NM | [12] | |
| Chief of Materiel | B. Sivakumar |  |
AVSM, VSM | [13] |
Flag officers of Tri-Services Commands
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning & Force Development) |
Vice Admiral | Vineet McCarty |  |
AVSM | [14] |
| Additional Secretary Department of Military Affairs |
Vice Admiral | Atul Anand |  |
PVSM, AVSM, VSM | [15] |
| Director General (Organisation & Personnel) Armed Forces Medical Services |
Surgeon Vice Admiral | Vivek Hande | AVSM, VSM | [16] | |
| Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) Department of Military Affairs |
Rear Admiral | Kunal Singh Rajkumar | VSM | [17] | |
| Joint Secretary (Maritime Security) National Security Council Secretariat |
Rear Admiral | TVN Prasanna |  |
VSM | [18] |
| Chief of Staff Andaman and Nicobar Command |
Rear Admiral | Presently served by an Indian Army officer |
[19] |
Directors general and controllers
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director General Medical Services (Navy) | Surgeon Vice Admiral | Kavita Sahai |  |
AVSM, SM, VSM | [20] |
| Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) | Anupam Kapur | NM | [21] | ||
| Director General Naval Operations | Vice Admiral | A. N. Pramod |  |
AVSM, YSM | [22] |
| Chief Hydrographer | Lochan Singh Pathania |  |
[23] | ||
| Director General Project Seabird | Rajesh Dhankhar |  |
NM | [24] | |
| Controller Warship Production & Acquisition | Sanjay Sadhu | AVSM, NM | [25] | ||
| Controller of Logistics | Rajat Kapoor |  |
AVSM | [26] | |
| Inspector General Nuclear Safety | A. Y. Sardesai |  |
AVSM VSM | [27] | |
| Controller Personnel Services | C. R. Praveen Nair |  |
AVSM, NM | [28] | |
| Programme Director, Advanced Technology Vessel Project |
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| Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai | Ankur Sharma | NM | [29] | ||
| Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam | K. Srinivas | AVSM | [30] | ||
| Director General Warship Design Bureau | Rear Admiral | Sujit Bari | [31] | ||
| Additional Director General Warship Design Bureau | Iftekhar Alam | NM | [32] | ||
| Director General (Submarine Design Group) | SL Saji | ||||
| Director General Weapons & Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment | T Ajit | [33] | |||
| 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 | [34] |
| Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command |
Susheel Menon |  |
AVSM, VSM | [35] | |
| Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command |
Rear Admiral | Prakash Gopalan |  |
[36] |
Leadership of training institutions
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commandant National Defence Academy | Vice Admiral | Anil Jaggi |  |
AVSM | [37][38] |
| Commandant Indian Naval Academy | Manish Chadha |  |
AVSM, VSM | [39] | |
| Commandant Naval War College, Goa | Rear Admiral | Arjun Dev Nair |  |
VSM | [40] |
| Commandant Military Institute of Technology | V Ganapathy | NM | [41] | ||
| Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College |
R. Vinod Kumar | [42] | |||
| Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College |
Sandeep Singh Sandhu |  |
NM | [43] | |
| Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy | Happy Mohan | VSM | [44] | ||
| Principal, Indian Naval Academy | G. Rambabu | [45] |
Flag officers commanding fleets
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet | Rear Admiral | Vivek Dahiya | NM | [46][47] | |
| Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet | Alok Ananda |  |
YSM | [48] |
Flag officers commanding naval areas
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area | Rear Admiral | Shantanu Jha |  |
NM | [49] |
| Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area | Sritanu Guru | VSM | [50] | ||
| Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation |
Ajay D. Theophilus |  |
VSM | [51] | |
| Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area | Vikram Menon |  |
VSM | [52] | |
| Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area | Upal Kundu | VSM | [53] |
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 | [54] | ||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) |
VR Peshwae | VSM | [55] | ||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Special Submarine Projects) |
Sriram Amur | VSM | [56] | ||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence) |
Srinivas Maddula |  |
VSM | [57] | |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Communications, Space & Network Centric Operations) |
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| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air Materiel) |
Anshuman Chauhan | [58] | |||
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Staff Requirements) |
Prashant Handu | [59] |
Assistant Principal Staff Officers
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects | Rear Admiral | Sandeep Mehta | VSM | [60] | |
| Assistant Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition | Vishal Bishnoi | [61] | |||
| Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development) |
Sachin Sequeira | SC | [62] | ||
| Assistant Chief of Personnel (Administration and Civilian) |
Aditya Hara | NM | [63] | ||
| Judge Advocate General | |||||
| Assistant Controller of Logistics | Neeraj Malhotra | [64] | |||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Nuclear System Maintenance) |
R Raghuram | [65] | |||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Information Technology & Systems) |
Sarath Aashirvad | [66] | |||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit) |
Vikas Chawla | NM | [67] | ||
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation) |
Sanjay Adhana | [68] |
Chief Staff Officers of naval commands
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Western Naval Command |
Rear Admiral | Sathish Vasudev |  |
NM | [69] |
| Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Eastern Naval Command |
Manoj Jha | VSM | [70] | ||
| Chief Staff Officer (Training) Southern Naval Command |
B S Sodhi | [71] | |||
| Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Western Naval Command |
Arvind Rawal | VSM | [72] | ||
| Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Eastern Naval Command |
Gautam Marwaha | VSM | [73] | ||
| Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Western Naval Command |
Sundeep K Verma | NM | [74] | ||
| Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Eastern Naval Command |
M. Murli Mohan Raju |  |
NM | [75] |
Admiral superintendents of naval dockyards
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) |
Rear Admiral | Ajay Patney | [76] | ||
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam) |
R. S. Dhaliwal | NM | [77] | ||
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi |
Subir Mukherjee |  |
NM | [78] | |
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar |
Ravnish Seth | [79] |
Flag officers with independent charge
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group | Rear Admiral | Rahul Shankar | NM | [80] | |
| Flag Officer Doctrine & Concepts | |||||
| Joint Chief Hydrographer | Peush Pawsey |  |
[81] | ||
| Flag Officer Submarines | Sameer Sanjay Pote | YSM | [82] | ||
| Flag Officer Sea Training | Vidhyadhar Harke |  |
VSM | [83] | |
| Additional Director General National Cadet Corps |
Manish Sharma | NM | [84] | ||
| Director General Defence Cyber Agency |
Mohit Gupta | VSM | [85] | ||
| Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment | Ashwani Kumar Tikoo | VSM | [86] | ||
| Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Navy) |
Iqbal Singh Grewal | [87] | |||
| Project Director (Operations & Training) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project |
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| Project Director (Ship Building Center) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project |
NM | [88] | |||
| Director General Naval Armament Inspection | Rupak Barua | VSM | [89] |
Medical officers
| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director General (Organisation & Personnel), Director General Armed Forces Medical Services |
Surgeon Vice Admiral | Vivek Hande | AVSM, VSM | [90] | |
| Additional Director General Medical Services (Navy) |
Surgeon Rear Admiral | Ajit Gopinath | VSM | [91] | |
| Command Medical Officer Western Naval Command |
Krishna Moorthi Adhikari | [92] | |||
| Command Medical Officer Eastern Naval Command |
Dilip Raghavan | VSM | [93] | ||
| Command Medical Officer Southern Naval Command |
Samir Kapoor | VSM | [94] | ||
| Commanding Officer, INHS Asvini | Manish Honwad | VSM | [95] | ||