LIST OF INDIAN CHIEF ADMIRALS

The highest ranking officer is that the Chief of Naval Staff within the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNF) could be a four-star admiral, who commands the navy.

The list of Chief Admirals of Indian Navy from 1947-2020 is given below-

Name of CNF	Date of joining the office	Date of leaving the office
Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall	15th August 1947	14th August 1948
Admiral Sir William Edward Parry	15th August 1948	October 13, 1951
Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey	14th October 1951	21st July 1955
Vice-Admiral Sir Stephen Hope Carlill	22nd July 1955	21st April 1958
Vice Admiral Ram Dass Katari	22nd April 1958	4th June 1962
Vice Admiral Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman	5th June 1962	3rd March 1966
Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji	4th March 1966	27th February 1970
Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda	28th February 1970	28th February 1973
Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli	1st March 1973	29th February 1976
Admiral Jal Cursetji	1st March 1976	28th February 1979
Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira	1st March 1979	28th February 1982
Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson	1st March 1982	30th November 1984
Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani	1st December 1984	30th November 1987
Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni	1st December 1987	30th November 1990
Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas	1st December 1990	30th September 1993
Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat	1st October 1993	30th September 1996
Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat	1st October 1996	30th December 1998
Admiral Sushil Kumar	31st December 1998	29th December 2001
Admiral Madhvendra Singh	29th December 2001	31st July 2004
Admiral Arun Prakash	01st August 2004	30th October 2006
Admiral Sureesh Mehta	30th October 2006	31st August 2009
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma	31st August 2009	31st August 2012
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi	31st August 2009	26th February 2014
Vice Admiral Robin K. Dhowan	26th February 2014	31st May 2016
Admiral Sunil Lanba	31st May 2016	31st May 2019
Admiral Karambir Singh	31st May 2019	Incumbent