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 |
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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 |