List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy

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 command 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		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		AVSM, VSM	[5]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command		Rajesh Pendharkar		PVSM, AVSM, VSM	[6]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command		Vennam Srinivas		PVSM, AVSM, NM	[7]
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command*		Suraj Berry		PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM	[8][9]
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff*		Presently tenanted by an  Indian Air Force Officer
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command*		Presently tenanted by an  Indian Army Officer
Director General Armed Forces Medical Services*	Surgeon Vice Admiral	Arti Sarin		AVSM, VSM	[10]

*Rotational command among the Indian Armed Forces.

Principal staff officers (PSO)

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff	Vice Admiral	Tarun Sobti		AVSM, VSM	[11]
Chief of Personnel		Sanjay Bhalla		AVSM, NM	[12]
Chief of Materiel		Kiran Deshmukh		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) PP & FD	Vice Admiral	Vineet McCarty		AVSM	[14]
Additional Secretary Department of Military Affairs	Vice Admiral	Atul Anand		AVSM, VSM	[15]
Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) Department of Military Affairs	Rear Admiral	Vikram Menon		VSM	[16]
Joint Secretary (Maritime Security) National Security Council Secretariat	Rear Admiral	TVN Prasanna		VSM	[17]
Chief of Staff Andaman and Nicobar Command	Rear Admiral	Biplab Hota		VSM	[18][19]

Directors general and controllers

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Director General Medical Services (Navy)	Surgeon Vice Admiral	Kavita Sahai		SM, VSM	[20]
Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces)		Anupam Kapur		NM	[21]
Chief Hydrographer	Vice Admiral	Lochan Singh Pathania			[22]
Director General Naval Operations		A. N. Pramod		AVSM	[23][non-primary source needed]
Director General Project Seabird		Rajesh Dhankhar		NM	[24]
Controller Warship Production & Acquisition		Rajaram Swaminathan		AVSM, NM	[25]
Controller of Logistics		Rajat Kapoor			[26]
Inspector General Nuclear Safety		A. Y. Sardesai			[27]
Controller Personnel Services		C. R. Praveen Nair		AVSM, NM	[28]
Programme Director, Advanced Technology Vessel Project
Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai		Deepak Kumar Goswami		AVSM	[29]
Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam		B Sivakumar		AVSM, VSM	[30][non-primary source needed]
Director General Warship Design Bureau	Rear Admiral	M. Bimal Kumar		NM	[31]
Director General (Submarine Design Group)		SL Saji
Director General Weapons & Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment		T Ajit			[32]
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	Ajay Kochhar		AVSM, NM	[33]
Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command		Sameer Saxena		AVSM, NM	[34]
Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command	Rear Admiral	Upal Kundu		VSM	[35]

Leadership of training institutions

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Commandant National Defence Academy	Vice Admiral	Gurcharan Singh		AVSM, NM	[36]
Commandant Indian Naval Academy		Manish Chadha		AVSM, VSM	[37]
Commandant Naval War College, Goa	Rear Admiral	Arjun Dev Nair		VSM	[38]
Commandant Military Institute of Technology		V Ganapathy		NM	[39]
Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College		R. Vinod Kumar			[40]
Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College		Sandeep Singh Sandhu		NM	[41]
Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy		Prakash Gopalan			[42]
Principal, Indian Naval Academy		G. Rambabu			[43]

Flag officers commanding fleets

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet	Rear Admiral	Rahul Vilas Gokhale		NM	[44]
Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet		Susheel Menon		VSM	[45]

Flag officers commanding naval areas

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area	Rear Admiral	Anil Jaggi			[46]
Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area		Sathish Vasudev		NM	[47]
Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation		Ajay D. Theophilus			[48]
Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area		K. M. Ramakrishnan		VSM	[49]
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)		Janak Bevli		AVSM, VSM	[50]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)		VR Peshwae		VSM	[51]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Special Submarine Projects)
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence)		Nirbhay Bapna		VSM	[52]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Communications, Space & Network Centric Operations)
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air Materiel)		Anshuman Chauhan			[53]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Staff Requirements)		Vivek Dahiya		NM	[54][non-primary source needed]

Assistant Principal Staff Officers

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects	Rear Admiral	Sandeep Mehta		VSM	[55]
Assistant Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition
Assistant Chief of Personnel (Human Resource Development)
Assistant Chief of Personnel (Administration and Civilian)		Aditya Hara			[56]
Judge Advocate General
Assistant Controller of Logistics		Neeraj Malhotra			[57]
Assistant Chief of Materiel (Nuclear System Maintenance)		R Raghuram			[58]
Assistant Chief of Materiel (Information Technology & Systems)		Subasish Gantayat			[59]
Assistant Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit)		Arvind Rawal			[60]
Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation)		Sanjay Adhana			[61][non-primary source needed]

Chief Staff Officers of naval commands

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief staff Officer (Ops) Western Naval Command	Rear Admiral	Vidhyadhar Harke		VSM	[62][non-primary source needed]
Chief staff Officer (Ops) Eastern Naval Command		Shantanu Jha		NM	[63][non-primary source needed]
Chief staff Officer (Training) Southern Naval Command		B S Sodhi			[64][non-primary source needed]
Chief staff Officer (Tech) Western Naval Command		R. Adhisrinivasan			[65][non-primary source needed]
Chief staff Officer (Tech) Eastern Naval Command		Ravnish Seth		VSM	[66]
Chief staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Western Naval Command		Sundeep K Verma		NM	[67]
Chief staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Eastern Naval Command		M. Murli Mohan Raju		NM	[68][non-primary source needed]

Admiral superintendents of naval dockyards

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai)	Rear Admiral	Ankur Sharma		AVSM	[69]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam)		K. Srinivas			[70]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi		Subir Mukherjee		NM	[71]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar		Ajay Patney			[72]

Flag officers with independent charge

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group	Rear Admiral	Rahul Shankar		NM	[73]
Flag Officer Doctrine & Concepts		Kunal Singh Rajkumar		VSM	[74]
Joint Chief Hydrographer		Peush Pawsey			[75]
Flag Officer Submarines		Chetan C Chandegave			[76]
Flag Officer Sea Training		Srinivas Maddula			[77]
Additional Director General National Cadet Corps		Manish Sharma		NM	[78]
Director General Defence Cyber Agency		Mohit Gupta		VSM	[79]
Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment		Ashwani Kumar Tikoo		VSM	[80]
Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Navy)
Project Director (Operations & Training) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project
Project Director (Ship Construction) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project
Director General Naval Armament Inspection		Rupak Barua			[81]

Medical officers

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Additional Director General Medical Services (Navy)	Surgeon Rear Admiral	Manish Honwad		VSM	[82]
Command Medical Officer, Western Naval Command		Krishna Moorthi Adhikari			[83]
Command Medical Officer Eastern Naval Command		Ajit Gopinath		VSM	[84]
Command Medical Officer, Southern Naval Command		Rajat Shukla		VSM	[85]
Commanding Officer, INHS Asvini		Dilip Raghavan			[86]
Senior Consultant (Medicine), Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (India)		Vivek Hande		VSM	[87]

See also

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