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	\| deputy = [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]		\| deputy = [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]
	\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| salary = {{INRConvert\|250000}} monthly<ref name="7 Pay Commission Report">{{cite web\|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|title=Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India\|publisher=Seventh Central [[Pay Commission]], [[Government of India]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf\|archive-date=20 November 2015\|url-status=dead\|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":India Today 7CPC">{{Cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets/1/703452.html\|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?\|date=June 29, 2016\|editor-last=Biswas\|editor-first=Shreya\|website=[[India Today]]\|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
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	==Office of the Chief of the Naval Staff==		==Office of the Chief of the Naval Staff==
	At Independence, the head of the Navy was designated the "'''Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy'''."<ref>{{cite web\|title=Press Note\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-02-10_056.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=10 February 1947\|access-date=16 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> On 21 June 1948, the title of "Chief of the Naval Staff" was added,<ref>{{cite web\|title=Press Communique\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-06-21_287.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=21 June 1948\|access-date=21 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> with a re-designation to "'''Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy'''".		At Independence, the head of the Navy was designated the "'''Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy'''."<ref>{{cite web\|title=Press Note\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-02-10_056.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=10 February 1947\|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> On 21 June 1948, the title of "Chief of the Naval Staff" was added,<ref>{{cite web\|title=Press Communique\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-06-21_287.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=21 June 1948\|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> with a re-designation to "'''Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy'''".

	The "Royal" designation was dropped when India became a republic on 26 January 1950. Thus re-designating the head of Indian Navy to "'''Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy'''".		The "Royal" designation was dropped when India became a republic on 26 January 1950. Thus re-designating the head of Indian Navy to "'''Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy'''".
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	\| term_end = 20 June 1948		\| term_end = 20 June 1948
	\| timeinoffice = {{ayd\|1947\|08\|15\|1948\|06\|20}}		\| timeinoffice = {{ayd\|1947\|08\|15\|1948\|06\|20}}
	\| ref = <ref name=unithistories>{{cite web\|url=http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html\|title=World War II unit histories & officers\|work=unithistories.com}}</ref><ref name="RIN_designation">{{cite web\|title=Press Note\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-02-10_056.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=10 February 1947\|accessdate=26 January ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| ref = <ref name=unithistories>{{cite web\|url=http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html\|title=World War II unit histories & officers\|work=unithistories.com}}</ref><ref name="RIN_designation">{{cite web\|title=Press Note\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-02-10_056.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=10 February 1947\|accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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	\| term_end = 14 August 1948		\| term_end = 14 August 1948
	\| timeinoffice = {{ayd\|1948\|06\|21\|1948\|08\|14}}		\| timeinoffice = {{ayd\|1948\|06\|21\|1948\|08\|14}}
	\| ref = <ref name=unithistories/><ref name="communique">{{cite web\|title=Press Communique\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-06-21_287.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=21 June 1948\|access-date=21 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| ref = <ref name=unithistories/><ref name="communique">{{cite web\|title=Press Communique\|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-06-21_287.pdf\|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive\|date=21 June 1948\|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>
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	\| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)\|Admiral]]		\| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)\|Admiral]]
	\| officeholder = [[Karambir Singh]] {{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|ADC}}		\| officeholder = [[Karambir Singh]] {{post-nominals\|country=IND\|size=75%\|sep=,\|PVSM\|AVSM\|ADC}}
	\| officeholder_note = <ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-appointed-next-navy-chief/article26618416.ece\|title = Vice Admiral Karambir Singh appointed next Navy Chief\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 23 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| officeholder_note = <ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-appointed-next-navy-chief/article26618416.ece\|title = Vice Admiral Karambir Singh appointed next Navy Chief\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 23 March 2019}}</ref>
	\| born_year = 1959		\| born_year = 1959
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2014}}
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| first = [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]] [[John Talbot Savignac Hall]]
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The '''Chief of the Naval Staff''' is the head of the [[military staff]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. The Chief of the Naval Staff is the highest ranking naval officer on active service of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] unless the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence]] is a navy officer. The Chief of Naval Staff is the primary adviser to the [[Government of India]] on naval affairs. The Chief is responsible for governing and directing the naval staff, the supreme decision making body consisting of the highest ranking naval officers of the Indian Navy, who is the navy's [[chief executive]] and the chief naval advisor to the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (India)| Chief of Defence Staff]]. The position is abbreviated '''CNS''' in Indian Navy cables and communication, and is always held by a [[four-star rank|full]] [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] since 1966. The Chief of the Naval Staff is assisted by the [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the navy staff]].

The current CNS is [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[Karambir Singh]]. The 24th Navy Chief, he took over from [[Sunil Lanba|Admiral Sunil Lanba]], who retired on 31 May 2019 after four decades of service from the navy.<ref name="Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC assumes command of Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC assumes command of Indian Navy|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145806|website=pib.nic.in|publisher=Government of India|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624155439/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145806|archive-date=24 June 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over as Chief of Naval Staff - The Economic Times">{{cite web|title=Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over as Chief of Naval Staff - The Economic Times|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/admiral-sunil-lanba-takes-over-as-chief-of-naval-staff/articleshow/52517064.cms|website=The Economic Times|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531081531/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/admiral-sunil-lanba-takes-over-as-chief-of-naval-staff/articleshow/52517064.cms|archive-date=31 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Office of the Chief of the Naval Staff==
At Independence, the head of the Navy was designated the "'''Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy'''."<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-02-10_056.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=10 February 1947|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> On 21 June 1948, the title of "Chief of the Naval Staff" was added,<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Communique|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-06-21_287.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=21 June 1948|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> with a re-designation to "'''Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy'''".

The "Royal" designation was dropped when India became a republic on 26 January 1950. Thus re-designating the head of Indian Navy to "'''Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy'''".

The "Commanders-In-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955" re-designated the head of Indian Navy to "'''Chief of Naval Staff'''".<ref name="india-cincact">{{cite web|url=http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/laws/The-Commanders-In-Chief-Change-in-Designation-Act-1955.html|title=The Commanders-In-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955|publisher=VakilNo1.com|access-date=18 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111144149/http://vakilno1.com/bareacts/laws/The-Commanders-In-Chief-Change-in-Designation-Act-1955.html|archive-date=11 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The post was held by a [[three-star rank]] [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] until 1968, when it was upgraded to the [[four-star rank]] of a full [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]].

Appointments to the office are made by the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] (ACC). The Chief of the Naval Staff generally reaches [[superannuation]] upon serving three years or at the age of 62, whichever is earlier.

==Appointees==
{{See also|Royal Indian Navy#Commanding officers}} The following tables chronicle the appointees to the office of the Chief of the Naval Staff and it's preceding positions since the [[independence of India]].

===Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy (1947–1948)===
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| image= John Talbot Savignac Hall.jpg
| military_rank= [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[John Talbot Savignac Hall]] {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|CIE}}
| officeholder_sort = Hall, John Talbot Savignac
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| born_year = 1896
| died_year = 1964
| term_start = 15 August 1947
| term_end = 29 February 1948
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1947|08|15|1948|02|29}}
| ref = <ref name=unithistories>{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html|title=World War II unit histories & officers|work=unithistories.com}}</ref><ref name="RIN_designation">{{cite web|title=Press Note|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1947-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1947-02-10_056.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=10 February 1947|accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>
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===Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy (1948–1950)===
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| image= John Talbot Savignac Hall.jpg
| military_rank= [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[John Talbot Savignac Hall]] {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|CIE}}
| officeholder_sort = Hall, John Talbot Savignac
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1896
| died_year = 1964
| term_start = 1 March 1948
| term_end = 14 August 1948
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1948|03|01|1948|08|14}}
| ref = <ref name=unithistories/><ref name="communique">{{cite web|title=Press Communique|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-06-21_287.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=21 June 1948|access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref>
}}
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| image = blank.png
| military_rank = [[Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer)|William Edward Parry]]
| officeholder_sort = Parry, William Edward
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1893
| died_year = 1972
| term_start = 14 August 1948
| term_end = 25 January 1950
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1948|08|14|1950|01|25}}
| ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Hon’ble President Shri Ram Nath Kovind to award the President’s colour to Indian Naval Academy|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1591924|access-date=2021-03-08|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
}}
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===Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy (1950–1955)===
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| image =
| military_rank = [[Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer)|Sir William Edward Parry]] {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|KCB}} <ref>{{Cite web|title=Hon’ble President Shri Ram Nath Kovind to award the President’s colour to Indian Naval Academy|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1591924|access-date=2021-03-08|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>
| officeholder_sort = Parry, William Edward
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| born_year = 1893
| died_year = 1972
| term_start = 26 January 1950
| term_end = 13 October 1951
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| image =
| military_rank = [[Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Charles Pizey|Charles Thomas Mark Pizey]] {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|CB|DSO1}}
| officeholder_sort = Pizey, Charles Thomas Mark
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1899
| died_year = 1993
| term_start = 13 October 1951
| term_end = 31 March 1955
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1951|10|13|1955|03|31}}
}}
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===Chief of the Naval Staff (1955–present)===
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| order = 1
| image =
| military_rank = [[Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Charles Pizey|Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey]] {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSO1}}
| officeholder_sort = Pizey, Charles
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1899
| died_year = 1993
| term_start = 1 April 1955
| term_end = 21 July 1955
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1955|04|01|1955|07|21}}
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| order = 2
| image =
| military_rank = [[Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Stephen Hope Carlill|Sir Stephen Hope Carlill]] {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=75%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSO1}}
| officeholder_sort = Carlill, Stephen Hope
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1902
| died_year = 1996
| term_start = 21 July 1955
| term_end = 21 April 1958
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1955|07|21|1958|04|21}}
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| order = 3
| image =
| military_rank = [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Ram Dass Katari]]
| officeholder_sort = Katari, Ram Dass
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| born_year = 1911
| died_year = 1983
| term_start = 22 April 1958
| term_end = 4 June 1962
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1958|04|22|1962|06|04}}
}}
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| order = 4
| image =
| military_rank = [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice-Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman]]
| officeholder_sort = Soman, Bhaskar Sadashiv
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1913
| died_year = 1995
| term_start = 4 June 1962
| term_end = 3 March 1966
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1962|06|04|1966|03|03}}
}}
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| order = 5
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]]
| officeholder_sort = Chatterji, Adhar Kumar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1914
| died_year = 2001
| term_start = 3 March 1966
| term_end = 28 February 1970
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1966|03|03|1970|02|28}}
}}
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| order = 6
| image = Nandagoh.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Nanda, Sardarilal Mathradas
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1915
| died_year = 2009
| term_start = 28 February 1970
| term_end = 28 February 1973
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1970|02|28|1973|02|28}}
}}
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| order = 7
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Kohli, Sourendra Nath
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1916
| died_year = 1997
| term_start = 1 March 1973
| term_end = 29 February 1976
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1973|03|01|1976|02|29}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 8
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Jal Cursetji]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Cursetji, Jal
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1919
| died_year = 1991
| term_start = 1 March 1976
| term_end = 1 March 1979
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1976|03|01|1979|03|01}}
}}
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| order = 9
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Ronald Lynsdale Pereira]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Pereira, Ronald Lynsdale
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1923
| died_year = 1993
| term_start = 1 March 1979
| term_end = 28 February 1982
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1979|03|01|1982|02|28}}
}}
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| order = 10
| image = Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson.png
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Oscar Stanley Dawson]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Dawson, Oscar Stanley
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1923
| died_year = 2011
| term_start = 1 March 1982
| term_end = 30 November 1984
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1982|03|01|1984|11|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 11
| image = Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Tahiliani, Radhakrishna Hariram
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1930
| died_year = 2015
| term_start = 1 December 1984
| term_end = 30 November 1987
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1984|12|01|1987|11|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 12
| image = Jayant Nadkarni.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Nadkarni, Jayant Ganpat
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1931
| died_year = 2018
| term_start = 1 December 1987
| term_end = 30 November 1990
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1987|12|01|1990|11|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 13
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Laxminarayan Ramdas]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Ramdas, Laxminarayan
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1933
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 December 1990
| term_end = 30 September 1993
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|12|01|1993|09|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 14
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Vijai Singh Shekhawat]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Shekhawat, Vijai Singh
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1937<ref>Service Chiefs of India, S.Sartaj Alam Abidi & Satinder Sharma P. 127</ref>
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 October 1993
| term_end = 30 September 1996
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1993|10|01|1996|09|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 15
| image =
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Vishnu Bhagwat]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Bhagwat, Vishnu
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1939<ref>Service Chiefs of India, S.Sartaj Alam Abidi & Satinder Sharma P. 131</ref>
| died_year =
| term_start = 1 October 1996
| term_end = 30 December 1998
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1996|10|01|1998|12|30}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 16
| image = Admiral Sushil Kumar.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|NM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Kumar, Sushil
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1940
| died_year = 2019<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-indian-navy-chief-sushil-kumar-dies-1622954-2019-11-27</ref>
| term_start = 30 December 1998
| term_end = 29 December 2001
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1998|12|30|2001|12|29}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 17
| image = Admiral Madhvendra Singh.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Madhvendra Singh]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Singh, Madhvendra
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1942<ref>Service Chiefs of India, S.Sartaj Alam Abidi & Satinder Sharma P. 135</ref>
| died_year =
| term_start = 29 December 2001
| term_end = 31 July 2004
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2001|12|29|2004|07|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 18
| image = Arun Prakash.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Arun Prakash]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Prakash, Arun
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1944
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 July 2004
| term_end = 31 October 2006
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2001|12|29|2004|07|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 19
| image = SureeshMehta (cropped).jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Sureesh Mehta]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Mehta, Sureesh
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1947
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 October 2006
| term_end = 31 August 2009
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2006|10|31|2009|08|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 20
| image = Admiral DK Joshi the new CNS being presented with a ceremonial Telescope by Outgoing CNS Admiral Nirmal Verma at South Block, New Delhi (cropped).jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Nirmal Kumar Verma]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}
| officeholder_sort = Verma, Nirmal Kumar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1951
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 August 2009
| term_end = 31 August 2012
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2009|08|31|2012|08|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 21
| image = DK Joshi official portrait.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Devendra Kumar Joshi]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|YSM|NM|VSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Joshi, Devendra Kumar
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1954
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 August 2012
| term_end = 26 February 2014
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2012|08|31|2014|02|26}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = –
| image = RK Dhowan.JPG
| military_rank = [[Vice Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Robin K. Dhowan]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|YSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Dhowan, Robin
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1954
| died_year =
| term_start = 26 February 2014
| term_end = 17 April 2014
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|02|26|2014|04|17}}
| acting = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 22
| image = RK Dhowan.JPG
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Robin K. Dhowan]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|YSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Dhowan, Robin
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1954
| died_year =
| term_start = 17 April 2014
| term_end = 31 May 2016
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2014|04|17|2016|05|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 23
| image = Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chairman COSC and Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Sunil Lanba]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_sort = Lanba, Sunil
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1957
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 May 2016
| term_end = 31 May 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2016|05|31|2019|05|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 24
| image = Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC.jpg
| military_rank = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| officeholder = [[Karambir Singh]] {{post-nominals|country=IND|size=75%|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|ADC}}
| officeholder_note = <ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-appointed-next-navy-chief/article26618416.ece</ref>
| born_year = 1959
| died_year =
| term_start = 31 May 2019
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2019|05|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==See also==
* [[Royal Indian Navy#Commanding officers|Royal Indian Navy Commanders]] - for the naval chiefs before 1950
* [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]
* [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]
* [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
* [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]]
* [[Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee]]
* [[Chief of Integrated Defence Staff]]
* [[Chief of the General Staff (India)|Chief of the General Staff]]
* [[Commander-in-Chief, India|Commander-in-Chief of India]]
* [[List of serving admirals of the Indian Navy]]

==References==
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