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The '''Chief of Personnel''' (COP) in the [[Indian Navy]] is a senior appointment in the rank of [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]]. As a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at Naval Headquarters (NHQ), the COP is responsible for personnel-related matters. The present COP is Vice-Admiral [[Dinesh K Tripathi]], who was appointed on 1 June 2021.<ref name="incumbent">{{cite web |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723454 |title=Chief of Personnel: Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi AVSM, NM |author= |date=1 June 2021 |website=Press Information Bureau (Government of India) |publisher=Press Information Bureau |access-date=1 June 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==History==
At the time of [[Independence of India]], the COP was one of five PSOs at Naval headquarters. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of [[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]]. On 24 September 1956, the appointment was upgraded to the rank of [[Commodore (India)|Commodore]] (Second Class).<ref name="gazette_1957"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Navy Makes Rapid Headway|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-12-05_270.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 December 1956|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="gazette_1960"/> The directorates of personnel services, training education, medical services, judge advocate general and the supply branch were under the COP.{{sfn|Hiranandani|1999}}

In 1965, the appointment was further upgraded to [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]]. Rear Admiral [[K. R. Nair]] was the first COP in this rank, when he took over on 17 August 1965.<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 name="changes"/><ref name="Nair"/> The post was further upgraded to [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] in March 1973.<ref name="reorganised"/> During this re-organisation, an assistant PSO post was created - Assistant Chief of Personnel (ACOP) - a [[two-star rank|two-star]] appointment. In the 1980s, two new directorates were formed under the COP - Financial Planning (Non-public funds) in 1985 and Ex-Servicemen Affairs (DESA) in 1988.{{sfn|Hiranandani|1999}}

==Organisation==
The COP heads the Personnel Branch at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the COP.<ref>{{cite web |title=Personnel Branch {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/personnel-branch |website=indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>

* Controller of Personnel Services
* Director General Medical Services
** Assistant Director General Medical Services
* Assistant Chief of Personnel (HRD)
* Assistant Chief of Personnel (Administration and Civilian)
* Judge Advocate General

==Appointees==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! scope="col" style="width: 40px;"|S.No.
! scope="col" style="width: 500px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Assumed office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Left office
! scope="col" style="width: 500px;" | Notes
|-
|
|[[Commodore (Royal Navy)|Commodore]] Henry Richmond Inigo-Jones
|January 1947
|August 1947
|Last British appointee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1950-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1950-12-30_334.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 December 1950|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|1
|[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]] [[Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman]]
|August 1947
|February 1949
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref name="soman_bio">{{cite book |editor-last=Nanporia |editor-first=N. J. |title=The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, including Who's Who |publisher=The Times of India Press, Bombay |date=1967 |pages=1034 |chapter=Who's Who in India (Soman, Bhaskar Sadashiv) }}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]] [[Ram Dass Katari]]
|February 1949
|14 December 1951
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHQ 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=3 February 1949|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Captain Katari to Take Over Command of I.N. Destroyer Flotilla|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1951-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1951-11-26_221.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 November 1956|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]] [[Benjamin Abraham Samson]]
|14 December 1951
|June 1954
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief of Personnel for Naval HQ|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1951-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1951-12-14_239.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 December 1951|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=I.N. Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1954%20DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1954-06-25_189.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 June 1954|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|4
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]]
|September 1954{{refn|Post upgraded to Commodore Second Class from 24 September 1956.<ref name="gazette_1957"/>|group= n}}
|November 1956
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref name="gazette_1957">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=107 |date=27 April 1957 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1957/O-2125-1957-0017-96383.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><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=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] G. S. Kapoor
|February 1957
|20 November 1959
|<ref name="changes">{{cite web|title=Changes in Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-11-23_236.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 November 1956|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="gazette_1960"/>
|-
|6
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[K. R. Nair|Kesavapillai Ramkrishnan Nair]] (first tenure)
|20 November 1959
|1963
|<ref name="promotions"/><ref name="gazette_1960">{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=87 |date=9 April 1960 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1960/O-1952-1960-0015-87969.pdf |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref name="Nair">{{cite web|title=Admiral Nair - New Flag Officer, East Coast|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-VOL-2/PDF/DEF-1967-07-17_015.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=17 July 1967|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Douglas St. John Cameron
|1963
|June 1965
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/PRIME%20MINISTER/1964/PRI-1964-05-28_1705.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 May 1964|access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="promotions"/>
|-
|8
|[[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] Kesavapillai Ramkrishnan Nair (second tenure)
|June 1965{{refn|Post upgraded to Rear Admiral 17 August 1965.<ref name="promotions"/>|group= n}}
|December 1967
|<ref name="promotions"/>
|-
|9
|[[Rear admiral|Rear Admiral]] [[Jal Cursetji]]
|December 1967
|20 February 1970
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<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><ref>{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketches|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1970-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1970-02-20_074.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=20 February 1970|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1970-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1970-02-20_073.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=20 February 1970|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|
|''[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Elenjikal Chandy Kuruvila]]''
|''20 February 1970''
|''October 1970''
|Officiating.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Promotions|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1970-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1970-08-07_069.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=7 August 1970|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Rabindra Nath Batra {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|October 1970{{refn|Post upgraded to Vice-Admiral in March 1973.<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=10 September 2022}}</ref> |group= n}}
|March 1976
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1970-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1970-08-08_070.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 August 1970|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Kamath to be Naval Vice Chief: Batra and Tandon Promoted Vice Admiral|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-03-21_118.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=21 March 1973|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Rustom K. S. Ghandhi]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|VrC}}}}
|March 1976
|March 1977
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief for Western Fleet|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-03-03_067.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=3 March 1976|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|12
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Swaraj Parkash]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|MVC|AVSM}}}}
|March 1977
|March 1979
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Parkash Naval Chief of Personnel|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1977-03-08_052.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 March 1977|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash To Take Over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1979-02-22_092.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=22 February 1979|access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|13
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Manohar Prahlad Awati]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|VrC}}}}
|1 April 1979
|February 1981
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Awati Promoted|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1979-03-31_139.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 March 1979|access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|14
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Sardari Lal Sethi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|February 1981
|25 February 1982
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Sethi Appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-02-25_107.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 February 1982|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|15
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM|NM}}}}
|16 August 1982
|April 1984
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral JG Nadkarni New Chief of Personnel|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1980-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-M-II/PDF/DEF-1982-08-16_055.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=16 August 1982|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-04-06_132.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=6 April 1984|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|16
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] S. M. Gadihoke {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|30 June 1984
|June 1988
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral S.M. Gadihoke New Chief of Personnel|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-06-30_216.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 June 1984|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Captain Commandant for the Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1989-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1989-12-28_175.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 December 1989|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|17
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Vasant Laxman Koppikar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|6 July 1988
|1992
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief of Personnel at Naval Headquarters|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1988-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1988-07-06_005.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=6 July 1988|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|18
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] R. B. Suri
|1992
|December 1994
|
|-
|19
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Kailash K. Kohli {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|5 January 1995
|30 November 1995
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Kohli Appointed as New Vice Chief of Indian Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1995-DEFENCE%20(2)/PDF/DEF-1995-11-23_162.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=22 November 1995|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|20
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|UYSM|AVSM|NM}}}}
|4 December 1995
|October 1996
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite web|title=Key Naval Appointments Announced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-10-30_155.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 October 1996|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Chief of Personnel at Naval Headquarters|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1995-DEFENCE%20(2)/PDF/DEF-1995-12-05_174.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 December 1995|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|21
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] P. J. Jacob {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|20 November 1996
|31 March 1998
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral PJ Jacob Takes Over as Chief of Personnel|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-11-20_189.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=20 November 1996|access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top Naval Appointments Announced by the Government|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1998-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1998-02-26_056.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 February 1998|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|22
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[John Colin De Silva]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|March 1998
|March 1999
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral DeSilva Takes Over as New DG Coast Guard|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1999-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1999-03-05_125.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 March 1999|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL JOHN C DESILVA, PVSM, AVSM, ADC VICE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF RETIRES |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2003/rsep2003/30092003/r3009200311.html|website=Press Information Bureau - Archive |date=30 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Arun Prakash]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VrC|VSM}}}}
|March 1999
|3 October 2001
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite web |title=I Reports of the Task Forces on 'Management of Internal Security' and 'Management of Defence' Presented |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/HOME%20AFFAIR/2000-JULY-DEC-HOME-AFFAIRS/PDF/HOM-2000-10-01_083.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |date=1 October 2000}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Madanjit Singh
|3 October 2001
|May 2002
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh Takes Over as Chief of Personnel|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/2001-AUG-OCT-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-2001-10-05_157.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 October 2001|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Mandanjit Singh appointed flag office commander|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/mandanjit-singh-appointed-flag-office-commander_42552.html|work=Zee News |date=21 May 2002 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Sureesh Mehta]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|May 2002
|January 2003
|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=New Coast Guard chief takes over|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/New-Coast-Guard-chief-takes-over/articleshow_new/34243198.cms?from=mdr|work=Times of India |date=13 January 2003 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Yashwant Prasad {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|January 2003
|October 2003
|<ref>{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL YASHWANT PRASAD, PVSM, AVSM, VSM |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2003/roct2003/15102003/r1510200314.html|website=Press Information Bureau - Archive |date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Venkat Bharathan {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|October 2003
|August 2005
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Barthan new Vice Chief of Naval staff|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/barthan-new-vice-chief-of-naval-staff_236780.html|work=Zee News |date=23 August 2005 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] S. K. Damle
|August 2005
|July 2007
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Vice-Admiral Damle takes over as FOC-in-Chief|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/07/28/vice-admiral-damle-takes-over-as-foc-in-c-southern-naval-command-1185607957.html|work=OneIndia.com |date=28 July 2007 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] D. K. Dewan
|July 2007
|September 2009
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Former Vice Admiral DK Dewan appointed new UPSC member|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/education/former-vice-admiral-dk-dewan-appointed-new-upsc-member_860012.html|work=Zee News |date=4 July 2013 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] M. P. Muralidharan {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}
|September 2009
|January 2012
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Vice Admiral Muralidharan is new Navy HR chief|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/vice-admiral-muralidharan-is-new-navy-hr-chief/articleshow/4968627.cms|work=The Economic Times |date=3 September 2009 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Anurag Gopalan Thapliyal {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|January 2012
|March 2013
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Vice-Admiral Thapliyal is Navy's Chief of Personnel|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/viceadmiral-thapliyal-is-navys-chief-of-personnel/article2782893.ece#:~:text=Vice%2DAdmiral%20Anurag%20Gopalan%20Thapliyal,(COP)%20of%20the%20Navy. |work=The Hindu |date=7 January 2012 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Parasurama Naidu Murugesan]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|March 2013
|31 July 2015{{refn|Officiating from March-July 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kulkarni |first=Pranav |date=27 July 2015 |title=Defence Ministry pulls up Navy for leaving HR spot open for 4 months |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/defence-ministry-pulls-up-navy-for-leaving-hr-spot-open-for-4-months/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> |group= n}}
|<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Vice Admiral P Murugesan, AVSM, VSM assumes charge as Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS)|url=http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/vice-admiral-p-murugesan-avsm-vsm-assumes-charge-as-vice-chief-of-naval-staff-vcns/ |work=Indian Defence Review |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Abhay Raghunath Karve]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|24 August 2015
|28 May 2016
|<ref>{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL AR KARVE, AVSM ASSUMES CHARGE AS CHIEF OF PERSONNEL AT NAVAL HEADQUARTERS |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vadm-ar-karve-avsm-assumes-charge-chief-personnel |website=Indian Navy |access-date=8 September 2020 |date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Anil Kumar Chawla]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM|NM}}}}
|28 May 2016
|1 August 2018
|<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-ak-chawla-avsm-vsm-nm-assumes-charge-chief-personnel | title=Vice Admiral AK Chawla, AVSM, VSM, NM assumes charge as Chief of Personnel | publisher=Indian Navy | date=31 May 2016 | access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|35
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|1 August 2018
|2 December 2019
|Current Chief of the Naval Staff.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, AVSM VSM Assumes Charge as Chief of Personnel |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-r-hari-kumar-avsm-vsm-assumes-charge-chief-personnel |website=Indian Navy |publisher=Indian Navy |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|36
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Ravneet Singh (Admiral)|Ravneet Singh]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}
|2 December 2019
|31 May 2021
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh, AVSM, NM|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/375|website=Indian Navy|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
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|37
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Dinesh K Tripathi]] {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}
|1 June 2021
|Incumbent
|<ref name="incumbent"/>
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{citation|first1=G.M.|last1=Hiranandani|title=Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975|year=1999|isbn= 978-1897829721|publisher= Spantech & Lancer}}

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