# 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 | |

## Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

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

## Naval Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Sanjay Jasjit Singh | AVSM, NM |
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Rajesh Pendharkar | AVSM, VSM |
| Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Vennam Srinivas | AVSM, NM |
| Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command* | Vice Admiral | Suraj Berry | AVSM, NM, VSM |
| Chief of Integrated Defence Staff* | Vice Admiral | Presently tenanted by an Army Officer | |
| Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command* | Vice Admiral | Presently tenanted by an Air Force Officer | |
| Director General Armed Forces Medical Services* | Surgeon Vice Admiral | Arti Sarin | AVSM, VSM |
*Rotational Command among the Indian Armed Force.

## Principal Staff Officers (PSO)

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff | Vice Admiral | Tarun Sobti | AVSM, VSM |
| Chief of Personnel | Vice Admiral | Sanjay Bhalla | AVSM,NM |
| Chief of Materiel | Vice Admiral | Kiran Deshmukh | AVSM, VSM |

## Flag Officers of Tri-Services Commands

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Perspective Planning & Financial Development) | Vice Admiral | Sanjay Vatsayan | AVSM, NM |
| Additional Secretary Department of Military Affairs | Vice Admiral | Atul Anand | AVSM, VSM |
| Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) Department of Military Affairs | Rear Admiral | Vikram Menon | VSM |
| Joint Secretary (Maritime Security) National Security Council Secretariat | Rear Admiral | TVN Prasanna | VSM |
| Chief of Staff Andaman and Nicobar Command | Rear Admiral | Biplab Hota | VSM |

## Directors General and Controllers

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Director General Medical Services (Navy) | Surgeon Vice Admiral | Kavita Sahai | SM, VSM |
| Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) | Surgeon Vice Admiral | Anupam Kapur | NM |
| Chief Hydrographer | Vice Admiral | Lochan Singh Pathania | |
| Director General Naval Operations | Vice Admiral | A. N. Pramod | AVSM |
| Director General Project Seabird | Vice Admiral | Rajesh Dhankhar | NM |
| Controller Warship Production & Acquisition | Vice Admiral | Rajaram Swaminathan | AVSM, NM |
| Controller of Logistics | Vice Admiral | Deepak Kapoor | AVSM |
| Inspector General Nuclear Safety | Vice Admiral | A. Y. Sardesai | |
| Controller Personnel Services | Vice Admiral | Vineet McCarty | AVSM |
| Programme Director, Advanced Technology Vessel Project | Vice Admiral | | |
| Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai | Vice Admiral | Deepak Kumar Goswami | AVSM |
| Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam | Vice Admiral | B Sivakumar | AVSM, VSM |
| Director General Warship Design Bureau | Rear Admiral | M. Bimal Kumar | |
| Director General (Submarine Design Group) | Rear Admiral | SL Saji | |
| Director General Weapons & Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment | Rear Admiral | T Ajit | |
| Director General Project 75 | Rear Admiral | R Vaidhyanathan | |

## Chiefs of Staff of Naval Commands

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Chief of Staff Western Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Ajay Kochhar | AVSM, NM |
| Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command | Vice Admiral | Sameer Saxena | AVSM, NM |
| Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Upal Kundu | |

## Leadership of Training Institutions

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Commandant National Defence Academy | Vice Admiral | Gurcharan Singh | AVSM, NM |
| Commandant Indian Naval Academy | Vice Admiral | C. R. Praveen Nair | NM |
| Commandant Naval War College, Goa | Rear Admiral | Arjun Dev Nair | VSM |
| Commandant Military Institute of Technology | Rear Admiral | Nelson D’Souza | NM |
| Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College | Rear Admiral | R. Vinod Kumar | |
| Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College | Rear Admiral | Sandeep Singh Sandhu | NM |
| Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy | Rear Admiral | Prakash Gopalan | |
| Principal, Indian Naval Academy | Rear Admiral | G. Rambabu | |

## Flag Officers Commanding Fleets

| Post | Rank | Name | Photo | Decorations | Reference |
| Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet | Rear Admiral | Rahul Vilas Gokhale | | NM | |
| Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet | Rear Admiral | Susheel Menon | | VSM | |

## Flag officers Commanding Naval Areas

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area | Rear Admiral | Anil Jaggi | |
| Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area | Rear Admiral | Sathish Vasudev | NM |
| Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation | Rear Admiral | Ajay D. Theophilus | |
| Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area | Rear Admiral | K. M. Ramakrishnan | VSM |
| Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area | Rear Admiral | Ravi Kumar Dhingra | VSM |

## Assistant Chiefs of the Naval Staff

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy & Plans) | Rear Admiral | | |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air) | Rear Admiral | Janak Bevli | AVSM, VSM |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines) | Rear Admiral | VR Peshwae | VSM |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Special Submarine Projects) | Rear Admiral | | |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence) | Rear Admiral | Nirbhay Bapna | VSM |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Communications, Space & Network Centric Operations) | Rear Admiral | | |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air Materiel) | Rear Admiral | Anshuman Chauhan | |
| Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Staff Requirements) | Rear Admiral | Vivek Dahiya | NM |

## Assistant Principal Staff Officers

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects | Rear Admiral | Sandeep Mehta | VSM |
| Assistant Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition | Rear Admiral | Sandeep Mehta | VSM |
| Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development) | Rear Admiral | | |
| Assistant Chief of Personnel (Administration and Civilian) | Rear Admiral | Aditya Hara | |
| Judge Advocate General | Rear Admiral | | |
| Assistant Controller of Logistics | Rear Admiral | Neeraj Malhotra | |
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Nuclear System Maintenance) | Rear Admiral | R Raghuram | |
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Information Technology & Systems) | Rear Admiral | Subasish Gantayat | |
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit) | Rear Admiral | Arvind Rawal | |
| Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation) | Rear Admiral | Sanjay Adhana | |

## Chief Staff Officers of Naval Commands

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Western Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Vidhyadhar Harke | VSM |
| Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Eastern Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Shantanu Jha | NM |
| Chief Staff Officer (Training) Southern Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Satish Shenai | NM |
| Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Western Naval Command | Rear Admiral | R. Adhisrinivasan | |
| Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Eastern Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Ravnish Seth | |
| Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Western Naval Command | Rear Admiral | Sundeep K Verma | NM |
| Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Eastern Naval Command | Rear Admiral | M. Murli Mohan Raju | NM |

## Admiral Superintendents Naval Dockyards

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) | Rear Admiral | Ankur Sharma | AVSM |
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam) | Rear Admiral | K. Srinivas | |
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi | Rear Admiral | Subir Mukherjee | NM |
| Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar | Rear Admiral | Ajay Patney | |

## Flag Officers with Independent Charge

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group | Rear Admiral | Rahul Shankar | NM |
| Flag Officer Doctrine & Concepts | Rear Admiral | Kunal Singh Rajkumar | VSM |
| Joint Chief Hydrographer | Rear Admiral | Peush Pawsey | |
| Flag Officer Submarines | Rear Admiral | Chetan C Chandegave | |
| Flag Officer Sea Training | Rear Admiral | Srinivas Maddula | |
| Additional Director General National Cadet Corps | Rear Admiral | Manish Sharma | NM |
| Director General Defence Cyber Agency | Rear Admiral | Mohit Gupta | VSM |
| Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment | Rear Admiral | Ashwani Kumar Tikoo | |
| Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Navy) | Rear Admiral | |
| Project Director (Operations & Training) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project | Rear Admiral | | |
| Project Director (Ship Construction) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project | Rear Admiral | |
| Director General Naval Armament Inspection | Rear Admiral | Brijesh Vashishta | |

## Medical Officers

| Post | Rank | Name | Decorations |
| Command Medical Officer, Western Naval Command | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Krishna Moorthi Adhikari | |
| Command Medical Officer Eastern Naval Command | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Ajit Gopinath | VSM |
| Commanding Officer, INHS Asvini | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Dilip Raghavan | |
| Command Medical Officer, Southern Naval Command | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Rajat Shukla | VSM |
| Additional Director General Medical Services (Navy) | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Manish Honwad | VSM |
| Senior Consultant (Medicine), Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India) | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Vivek Hande | VSM |