List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy

This is a list of serving Admirals of the Indian Navy.

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	[1]

Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff	Vice Admiral	Krishna Swaminathan		AVSM, VSM	[2]

Naval Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command	Vice Admiral	Sanjay Jasjit Singh		AVSM, NM	[3]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command		Rajesh Pendharkar		AVSM, VSM	[4]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command		Vennam Srinivas		AVSM, NM	[5]
Commander-in-Chief Strategic Forces Command*		Suraj Berry		AVSM, NM, VSM	[6][7]

*Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Force.

Principal Staff Officers (PSO)

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff	Vice Admiral	Tarun Sobti		AVSM, VSM	[8]
Chief of Personnel		Sanjay Bhalla		AVSM, NM	[9]
Chief of Materiel		Kiran Deshmukh		AVSM, VSM	[10]

Flag Officers of Tri-Services Commands

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Perspective Planning & Financial Development)	Vice Admiral	Sanjay Vatsayan		AVSM, NM	[11]
Additional Secretary Department of Military Affairs	Vice Admiral	Atul Anand		AVSM, VSM	[12]
Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) Department of Military Affairs	Rear Admiral	Vikram Menon		VSM	[13]
Joint Secretary (Maritime Security) National Security Council Secretariat	Rear Admiral	TVN Prasanna		VSM	[14]
Chief of Staff Andaman and Nicobar Command	Rear Admiral	Sandeep Sandhu		NM	[15]

Directors General and Controllers

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Director General Medical Services (Navy)	Surgeon Vice Admiral	Arti Sarin		AVSM, VSM	[16]
Chief Hydrographer	Vice Admiral	Lochan Singh Pathania			[17]
Director General Naval Operations		A. N. Pramod		AVSM	[18]
Director General Project Seabird
Controller Warship Production & Acquisition		B. Sivakumar		AVSM, VSM	[19]
Controller of Logistics		Deepak Kapoor		AVSM	[20]
Inspector General Nuclear Safety
Controller of Personnel Services		Gurcharan Singh		AVSM, NM	[21]
Programme Director, HQ Advanced Tactical Vehicle Project
Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai		Rajaram Swaminathan		AVSM, NM	[22][23]
Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam		G. Srinivasan		AVSM, VSM	[24]
Director General Warship Design Bureau	Rear Admiral	I. B. Uthaiah		AVSM, VSM	[25]
Director General (Submarine Design Group)		Mukul Kapur			[26]

Chiefs of Staff of Naval Commands

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of Staff Western Naval Command	Vice Admiral	Ajay Kochhar		AVSM, NM	[27]
Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command		Sameer Saxena		AVSM, NM	[28]
Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command	Rear Admiral	Upal Kundu			[29]

Leadership of Training Institutions

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Commandant National Defence Academy	Vice Admiral	Gurcharan Singh		AVSM, NM	[30]
Commandant Indian Naval Academy		Vineet McCarty		AVSM	[31][32]
Commandant Naval War College, Goa	Rear Admiral	Arjun Dev Nair		VSM	[33]
Commandant College of Defence Management		Sanjay Datt		VSM	[34]
Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College		Puruvir Das		NM	[35]
Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College		Sanjay Sachdeva		NM	[36]
Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy		Prakash Gopalan			[37]
Principal, Indian Naval Academy		Rajvir Singh			[38]

Flag Officers Commanding Fleets

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet	Rear Admiral	C. R. Praveen Nair		NM	[39]
Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet		Rajesh Dhankhar		NM	[40]

Flag officers Commanding Naval Areas

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area	Rear Admiral	Manish Chadha		VSM	[41]
Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area		Anil Jaggi			[42][43]
Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation		Ajay D. Theophilus			[44]
Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area		K. M. Ramakrishnan		VSM	[45]
Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area		Ravi Kumar Dhingra		VSM	[46]

Assistant Chiefs of the Naval Staff

Assistant Principal Staff Officers

Chief Staff Officers of Naval Commands

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Western Naval Command	Rear Admiral	Vidhyadhar Harke		VSM	[60]
Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Eastern Naval Command		Shantanu Jha		NM	[61]
Chief Staff Officer (Training) Southern Naval Command		Satish Shenai		NM	[62]
Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Western Naval Command		R. Adhisrinivasan			[63]
Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Eastern Naval Command		Nelson D'Souza		NM	[64]
Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Western Naval Command		Rajat Kapoor			[65]
Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Eastern Naval Command		M. Murli Mohan Raju		NM	[66]

Admiral Superintendents Naval Dockyards

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai)	Rear Admiral	Deepak Kumar Goswami		AVSM	[67]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam)		R. Vijay Sekhar		AVSM, NM	[68]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi		Subir Mukherjee		NM	[69]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar		Ashwani Tikoo			[70][71]

Flag Officers with Independent Charge

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group	Rear Admiral	Sathish Vasudev		NM	[72]
Flag Officer Doctrine & Concepts
Joint Chief Hydrographer		Peush Pawsey			[73]
Flag Officer Submarines		K. Venkatraman		VSM	[74]
Flag Officer Sea Training		Susheel Menon		VSM	[75]
Additional Director General National Cadet Corps		Manish Sharma		NM	[76]
Director General Defence Cyber Agency		Mohit Gupta		VSM	[77]
Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment		Ravnish Seth			[78]
Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Navy)		Ajay Patney			[79]
Project Director (Operations & Training) HQ Advanced Tactical Vehicle Project
Project Director (Ship Construction) HQ Advanced Tactical Vehicle Project		M. Nirmal Menon		VSM	[80]
Director General Naval Armament Inspection		Brijesh Vashishta			[81]

Medical Officers

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Command Medical Officer, Western Naval Command	Surgeon Rear Admiral	Anupam Kapur		NM	[82]
Command Medical Officer Eastern Naval Command		R. Ravi			[83]
Commanding Officer, INHS Asvini		Vivek Hande		VSM	[84]
Command Medical Officer, Southern Naval Command		Dilip Raghavan			[85]
Additional Director General Medical Services (Navy)		Manish Honwad			[86]

See also

• List of serving generals of the Indian Army
• List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force

References

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