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The '''Chief of Materiel''' (COM) is a senior [[Indian Navy]] appointment in the rank of [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]]. As a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at Naval Headquarters (NHQ), the COM is responsible for all aspects of maintenance management and life-cycle support of all engineering, electrical, electronic, weapons, sensors, and IT-related systems for ships and submarines, along with responsibility for the creation of major marine and technical infrastructure. The present COM is Vice-Admiral [[Sandeep Naithani]], who succeeded Vice-Admiral S. R. Sarma on 1 June 2021.<ref name="incumbent">{{cite web |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723332 |title=Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani, AVSM, VSM, assumes charge as the Chief of Materiel |author= |date=1 June 2021 |website=Press Information Bureau (Government of India) |publisher=Press Information Bureau |access-date=1 June 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==History==
In 1949, the Naval headquarters was reorganised and appointment of Chief of Material (COM) was created. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of [[Captain (naval)|Captain]]. The COM was to look after the material resources of the service. The Director of Naval engineering, Staff Officer (Dockyard), Director Armament Supply and the Director of Electrical Engineering reported into the COM.<ref name="NHQ reorganised"/>

The appointment was filled by the Chief of Administration as an additional charge until the early 1950s. Captain [[Daya Shankar (admiral)|Daya Shankar]], [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] was the first Indian to serve as the COM full-time.

==Organisation==
The COM heads the Materiel Branch at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the COM.<ref>{{cite web |title=Materiel Branch {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/materiel-branch |website=indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
* Controller of Logistics
** Assistant Controller of Logistics
* Assistant Chief of Materiel (Nuclear System Maintenance)
* Assistant Chief of Materiel (Information Technology & Systems)
* Assistant Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit)
* Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation)

==Appointees==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;"|S.No.
! scope="col" style="width: 450px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Assumed office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Left office
! scope="col" style="width: 500px;" | Notes
|-
|1
|[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]] [[Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman]]
|February 1949
|October 1949
|While also serving as Chief of Administration.<ref name="NHQ reorganised">{{cite web|title=N.H.Q. Reorganised|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1949-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1949-02-03_040.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 February 1949|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="flotilla">{{cite web|title=Frigate Flotilla for the RIN|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1949-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1949-09-29_324.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 October 1949|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]] [[S. G. Karmarkar]]
|October 1949
|October 1950
|While also serving as Chief of Administration.<ref name="flotilla"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=1584 |date=12 November 1949 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1949/O-2356-1949-0000-109477.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]] G. S. Kapoor
|October 1950
|1951?
|While also serving as Chief of Administration.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Indian Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-09-02_223.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 September 1952|access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|4
|[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] Albert Henry Fitch Hunt
|1951?
|1952
|Seconded from the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Officers' Meeting|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-05-30_127.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 May 1952|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] Ian Frederick Montague Newnham
|1952?
|July 1954
|Seconded from the Royal Navy. Last British appointee.<ref name="changes"/>
|-
|6
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Daya Shankar (admiral)|Daya Shankar]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=UK|sep=,|DSC}}}}
|July 1954 {{refn|Post upgraded to Commodore 2nd Class on 24 September 1956.<ref>{{cite web|title=Two New Commodores for Navy - Upgrading of Naval HQ Posts|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-10-10_152.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=10 October 1956|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>|group= n}}
|December 1957
|First Indian appointee.<ref name="changes">{{cite web|title=Changes in Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-07-15_196.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 July 1954|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] B. N. Lele
|December 1957
|January 1962
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Principal Staff Officer at Naval HQ|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1957-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1957-12-17_227.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=17 December 1957|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|8
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]]
|February 1962
|May 1962
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Deputy Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1962-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1962-05-14_188.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 May 1962|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|
|''[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] C. L. Bhandari''
|May 1962
|1963
|Officiating.<ref>{{cite web|title=Navy's New Chief - Admiral Soman's Flag Hoisted at INS India|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1962-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1962-06-05_222.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 June 1962|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|9
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]]
|1963
|January 1965
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Biodata|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1972-JAN-DEC-PAKISTAN-SPEAR-FOR/PDF/DEF-1971-12-23_017.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 December 1971|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] [[P. S. Mahindroo]]
|February 1965{{refn|Post upgraded to Rear Admiral 17 August 1965.<ref name="promotions"/>|group= n}}
|January 1968
|<ref name="promotions">{{cite web|title=Naval Promotions to Flag Rank|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1965-AUG-DECC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1965-08-17_026.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=17 August 1965|access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marshal Zakharov Leaves for Home|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1967-03-08_094.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 March 1967|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Krishnan"/>
|-
|11
|[[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] [[V. A. Kamath|Vasudeva Anant Kamath]]
|December 1967
|December 1968
|<ref name="Krishnan">{{cite web|title=Commodore Krishnan New Navy Vice-Chief|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1967-12-11_192.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=11 December 1967|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|12
|[[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] [[K. L. Kulkarni|Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni]]
|December 1968
|March 1973
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-MAY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-11-03_252.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 November 1968|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Krishnan to Head Cochin Shipyard|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-03-02_108.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 March 1973|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|13
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Rajendra Tandon {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|April 1973 {{refn|Post upgraded to Vice-Admiral in March 1973.<ref name="reorganised"/> |group= n}}
|30 June 1976
|<ref name="reorganised">{{cite web|title=Naval Headquarters Reorganised|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-03-09_111.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 March 1973|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Naval Promotions|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-06-30_156.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 June 1976|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|14
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[J. T. G. Pereira]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|1 July 1976
|30 June 1979
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Naval Promotions|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-06-30_156.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 June 1976|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bhatia"/>
|-
|15
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] A. K. Bhatia {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|1 July 1979
|31 January 1983
|<ref name="Bhatia">{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Bhatia New Chief of Material|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-II/PDF/DEF-1979-07-02_047.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 July 1979|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Bhatia Appointed Captain Commandant of Electrical Branch|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-01-30_060.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 January 1983|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|16
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Narendra Bhalla {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|1 February 1983
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief of Material at Naval Headquarters|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-02-01_066.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 February 1983|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|17
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] L.R. Mehta
|
|February 1986
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-02-03_106.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 February 1986|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|18
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] S.B.N. Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|1 March 1986
|1 April 1988
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief of Material at Naval Headquarters|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-03-05_129.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 March 1986|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|19
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] I. C. Rao {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|1 April 1988
|31 March 1993
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Materials Chief Retires|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-03-25_084.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 March 1993|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|20
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Mauli Bhushan Ghosh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}
|1 April 1993
|31 January 1994
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral M B Ghosh New Chief of Materials|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-04-01_087.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 April 1993|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Change of Guard at Naval Headquarters|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1994-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1994-01-31_058.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 January 1994|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|21
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] A.V.R. Narayana Rao {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|28 March 1994
|31 August 1995
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief of Materials at Naval Headquarters|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1994-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1994-03-28_130.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 March 1994|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|22
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Adolph Britto {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 August 1995
|30 April 1997
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral A. Britto Takes Over as Chief of Material|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1995-DEFENCE%20(2)/PDF/DEF-1995-08-31_040.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 August 1995|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Britto Retires|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1997-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1997-04-30_128.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 April 1997|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|23
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] A. S. R. Krishnan {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|April 1997
|2001
|<ref>{{cite web|title=COTS Seminar|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2001-APRIL-JULY-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-2001-07-19_135.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=19 July 2001|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|24
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Parvesh Jaitly
|July 2001
|2006
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Rear Admiral Varma to take over new charge on Saturday|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rear-admiral-varma-to-take-over-new-charge-on-saturday_17340.html|work=Zee News |date=21 July 2001 |access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|25
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] D. S. P. Verma {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|2006
|1 December 2007
|<ref name="relinquishes"/>
|-
|26
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Birinder Singh Randhawa {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|1 December 2007
|30 December 2008
|<ref name="relinquishes">{{cite news |author= |title=Lt Gen Pande relinqusihes charge as DG Military Operations|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/11/30/lt-gen-pande-relinqusihes-charge-as-dg-military-operations-1196438550.html|work=OneIndia.com |date=30 November 2007 |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|27
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Dilip Deshpande {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 December 2008
|31 October 2009
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Vice Admiral Dilip Deshpande, AVSM,VSM takes over as the Chief of Materiel Branch – Indian Navy|work=Press Information Bureau |location= |date=30 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|28
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Ganesh Mahadevan {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 October 2009
|30 April 2012
|<ref name="Mahadevan">{{cite web |title= Vice Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan takes over as Chief of Material|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2009PR1182|website=Indian Navy |access-date=7 September 2020 |date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|29
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] B. Kannan {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|30 April 2012
|
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Appointments |url=http://www.spsnavalforces.com/ebook/27032012.pdf |work=SP's Naval Forces |date=June–July 2012 |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|30
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] N. N. Kumar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|
|31 March 2014
|<ref name="takes"/>
|-
|31
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] K. R. Nair {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 March 2014
|2015
|<ref name="takes">{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral KR Nair takes over as new Chief of Materiel |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-kr-nair-takes-over-new-chief-materiel |website=Indian Navy |access-date=7 September 2020 |date=31 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|32
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] A. V. Subhedar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|
|31 October 2016
|
|-
|33
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[G. S. Pabby]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 October 2016
|1 September 2020
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral GS Pabby, AVSM, VSM assumes charge as Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-gs-pabby-avsm-vsm-assumes-charge-chief-materiel-indian-navy |website=Indian Navy |access-date=7 September 2020 |date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|34
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] S. R. Sarma {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|1 September 2020
|31 May 2021
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral SR Sarma, AVSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-sr-sarma-avsm-vsm-assumes-charge-chief-materiel-indian-navy|website=Indian Navy |publisher=Ministry of Defence, Government of India |access-date=7 September 2020 |date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="incumbent"/>
|-
|35
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Sandeep Naithani]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|1 June 2021
|Incumbent
|<ref name="incumbent"/>
|-
|}

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