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	==Personal life and death==		==Personal life and death==
	Nadkarni married Vimal Divekar in 1956. The couple had two sons, one of whom is the retired [[Rear admiral (India)\|Rear Admiral]] [[Ravindra Jayant Nadkarni]].		Nadkarni married Vimal Divekar in 1956. The couple had two sons, one of whom is the retired [[Rear admiral (India)\|Rear Admiral]] [[Ravindra Jayant Nadkarni]].
	Nadkarni died on 2 July 2018 at ''INHS Asvini'', aged 86.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Navy chief Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passes away at 86 \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/former-navy-chief-admiral-jayant-ganpat-nadkarni-passes-away-at-86-118070201092_1.html \| access-date=19 January 2020 \| agency=IANS \|newspaper=Business Standard \| location=India \|date=2 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Nadkarni died on 2 July 2018 at ''INHS Asvini'', aged 86.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Navy chief Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passes away at 86 \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/former-navy-chief-admiral-jayant-ganpat-nadkarni-passes-away-at-86-118070201092_1.html \| access-date=19 January 2020 \| agency=IANS \|newspaper=Business Standard \| location=India \|date=2 July 2018}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	==Naval career==		==Naval career==
	Nadkarni completed training at ''TS Dufferin'' and joined the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in March 1949. He received his basic training at [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], on the training cruiser {{ship\|HMS\|Devonshire\|39}} and at other establishments of the [[Royal Navy]]. He specialized in navigation and direction. Commissioned on 1 September 1951, he was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 16 May 1953.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=209 \|date=19 September 1953 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		Nadkarni completed training at ''TS Dufferin'' and joined the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in March 1949. He received his basic training at [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], on the training cruiser {{ship\|HMS\|Devonshire\|39}} and at other establishments of the [[Royal Navy]]. He specialized in navigation and direction. Commissioned on 1 September 1951, he was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 16 May 1953.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=209 \|date=19 September 1953 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

	Promoted to lieutenant-commander on 16 May 1961,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=172 \|date=8 July 1961 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1910-1961-0027-85891.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Nadkarni was the Navigating Officer of Cruiser INS Delhi during Liberation of Goa operations. Promoted to commander on 30 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=755 \|date=30 September 1967 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1967/O-1610-1967-0039-72679.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he served as the commanding officer of {{ship\|INS\|Talwar\|1959}} and {{ship\|INS\|Delhi\|1948}}. He was promoted to captain on 30 June 1973.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=1362 \|date=7 December 1974\|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0049-55621.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> His service ashore included Chief Instructor (Navy) at [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington and Chief Instructor Navy at the [[National Defence College, India\|National Defence College]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay\|title=Modest to a Fault - Remembering Admiral Nadkarni\|journal=Quarterdeck 2019\|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India\|volume=2019\|pages=12–13}}</ref>		Promoted to lieutenant-commander on 16 May 1961,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=172 \|date=8 July 1961 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1910-1961-0027-85891.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Nadkarni was the Navigating Officer of Cruiser INS Delhi during Liberation of Goa operations. Promoted to commander on 30 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=755 \|date=30 September 1967 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1967/O-1610-1967-0039-72679.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he served as the commanding officer of {{ship\|INS\|Talwar\|1959}} and {{ship\|INS\|Delhi\|1948}}. He was promoted to captain on 30 June 1973.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=1362 \|date=7 December 1974\|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0049-55621.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> His service ashore included Chief Instructor (Navy) at [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington and Chief Instructor Navy at the [[National Defence College, India\|National Defence College]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay\|title=Modest to a Fault - Remembering Admiral Nadkarni\|journal=Quarterdeck 2019\|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India\|volume=2019\|pages=12–13}}</ref>

	===Flag rank===		===Flag rank===
	As a Rear Admiral, he was appointed the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF) on 30 May 1981. He subsequently was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed [[Chief of Personnel (India)\|Chief of Personnel]] at Naval Headquarters (NHQ). He also served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C), [[Eastern Naval Command]] before being appointed the [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] (VCNS). On 1 December 1987,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=474 \|date=26 March 1988\|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1988/O-0634-1988-0013-28037.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he took command as the ~~14<sup>th</sup>~~ [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Chief of the Naval Staff]] (CNS) until his retirement on 30 November 1990.		As a Rear Admiral, he was appointed the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF) on 30 May 1981. He subsequently was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed [[Chief of Personnel (India)\|Chief of Personnel]] at Naval Headquarters (NHQ). He also served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C), [[Eastern Naval Command]] before being appointed the [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] (VCNS). On 1 December 1987,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=474 \|date=26 March 1988\|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1988/O-0634-1988-0013-28037.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he took command as the 14th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Chief of the Naval Staff]] (CNS) until his retirement on 30 November 1990.

	==Awards and decorations==		==Awards and decorations==
	Nadkarni was a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Nausena Medal]] and the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for his distinguished service.<ref name="irfc-nadkarni" />		Nadkarni was a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Nausena Medal]] and the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for his distinguished service.<ref name="irfc-nadkarni" />

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	==Personal life and death==		==Personal life and death==
	Nadkarni married Vimal Divekar in 1956. The couple had two sons, one of whom is the retired [[Rear admiral (India)\|Rear Admiral]] [[Ravindra Jayant Nadkarni]].		Nadkarni married Vimal Divekar in 1956. The couple had two sons, one of whom is the retired [[Rear admiral (India)\|Rear Admiral]] [[Ravindra Jayant Nadkarni]].
	Nadkarni died on 2 July 2018 at ''INHS Asvini'', aged 86.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Navy chief Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passes away at 86 \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/former-navy-chief-admiral-jayant-ganpat-nadkarni-passes-away-at-86-118070201092_1.html \| access-date=19 January 2020 \| agency=IANS \|newspaper=Business Standard \| location=India \|date=2 July ~~2018~~}}</ref>		Nadkarni died on 2 July 2018 at ''INHS Asvini'', aged 86.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Navy chief Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passes away at 86 \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/former-navy-chief-admiral-jayant-ganpat-nadkarni-passes-away-at-86-118070201092_1.html \| access-date=19 January 2020 \| agency=IANS \|newspaper=Business Standard \| location=India \|date=2 July 2022}}</ref>

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	Nadkarni completed training at ''TS Dufferin'' and joined the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in March 1949. He received his basic training at [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], on the training cruiser {{ship\|HMS\|Devonshire\|39}} and at other establishments of the [[Royal Navy]]. He specialized in navigation and direction. Commissioned on 1 September 1951, he was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 16 May 1953.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=209 \|date=19 September 1953 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>		Nadkarni completed training at ''TS Dufferin'' and joined the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in March 1949. He received his basic training at [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], on the training cruiser {{ship\|HMS\|Devonshire\|39}} and at other establishments of the [[Royal Navy]]. He specialized in navigation and direction. Commissioned on 1 September 1951, he was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 16 May 1953.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=209 \|date=19 September 1953 \|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

	Promoted lieutenant-commander on 16 May 1961,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=172 \|date=8 July 1961 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1910-1961-0027-85891.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Nadkarni was the Navigating Officer of Cruiser INS Delhi during Liberation of Goa operations. Promoted commander on 30 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=755 \|date=30 September 1967 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1967/O-1610-1967-0039-72679.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he served as the commanding officer of {{ship\|INS\|Talwar\|1959}} and {{ship\|INS\|Delhi\|1948}}. He was promoted captain on 30 June 1973.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=1362 \|date=7 December 1974\|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0049-55621.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> His service ashore included Chief Instructor (Navy) at [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington and Chief Instructor Navy at the [[National Defence College, India\|National Defence College]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay\|title=Modest to a Fault - Remembering Admiral Nadkarni\|journal=Quarterdeck 2019\|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India\|volume=2019\|pages=12–13}}</ref>		Promoted to lieutenant-commander on 16 May 1961,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=172 \|date=8 July 1961 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1910-1961-0027-85891.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Nadkarni was the Navigating Officer of Cruiser INS Delhi during Liberation of Goa operations. Promoted to commander on 30 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=755 \|date=30 September 1967 \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1967/O-1610-1967-0039-72679.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he served as the commanding officer of {{ship\|INS\|Talwar\|1959}} and {{ship\|INS\|Delhi\|1948}}. He was promoted to captain on 30 June 1973.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) \|page=1362 \|date=7 December 1974\|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0049-55621.pdf\|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> His service ashore included Chief Instructor (Navy) at [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington and Chief Instructor Navy at the [[National Defence College, India\|National Defence College]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay\|title=Modest to a Fault - Remembering Admiral Nadkarni\|journal=Quarterdeck 2019\|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India\|volume=2019\|pages=12–13}}</ref>

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	Nadkarni was a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Nausena Medal]] and the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for his distinguished service.<ref name="irfc-nadkarni" />		Nadkarni was a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Nausena Medal]] and the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for his distinguished service.<ref name="irfc-nadkarni" />

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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| name = J G Nadkarni
| honorific_suffix = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Nausena Medal|NM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|12|05|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|07|02|1931|12|05|df=yes}}
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| image = Jayant Nadkarni.jpg
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| allegiance = {{flag|India}}
| branch = [[Indian Navy]]
| serviceyears = 1949–1990
| rank = [[File:IN_Admiral_Shoulder_curl.png|20px]] [[File:14-Indian Navy-ADM.svg|20px]] [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]]
| commands = [[Eastern Naval Command]] [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] {{ship|INS|Delhi|1948}} {{ship|INS|Talwar|1959}}
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| battles = [[Liberation of Goa]] [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
| awards = [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] [[Nausena Medal]] [[Vishisht Seva Medal]]
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[[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] '''Jayant Ganpat ''"Podgy"'' Nadkarni''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Nausena Medal|NM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] (5 December 1931 – 2 July 2018) was an [[Indian Navy]] [[Admiral]] who served as the 13th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] of the Indian Navy from 1 December 1987 to 30 November 1990.

==Early life and education==
Nadkarni was born on 5 December 1931.

He was a graduate of the [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]] and the [[Naval War College]].<ref name=irfc-nadkarni>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=89 |title=Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, ADC |publisher=Information Resource Facilitation Centre, Indian Navy |access-date=2011-10-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419154021/http://www.irfc-nausena.nic.in/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=89 |archive-date=2012-04-19 }}</ref>

==Naval career==
Nadkarni completed training at ''TS Dufferin'' and joined the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in March 1949. He received his basic training at [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], on the training cruiser {{ship|HMS|Devonshire|39}} and at other establishments of the [[Royal Navy]]. He specialized in navigation and direction. Commissioned on 1 September 1951, he was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 16 May 1953.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=209 |date=19 September 1953 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

Promoted lieutenant-commander on 16 May 1961,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=172 |date=8 July 1961 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1961/O-1910-1961-0027-85891.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Nadkarni was the Navigating Officer of Cruiser INS Delhi during Liberation of Goa operations. Promoted commander on 30 June 1967,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=755 |date=30 September 1967 |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1967/O-1610-1967-0039-72679.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he served as the commanding officer of {{ship|INS|Talwar|1959}} and {{ship|INS|Delhi|1948}}. He was promoted captain on 30 June 1973.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=1362 |date=7 December 1974|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1974/O-1255-1974-0049-55621.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> His service ashore included Chief Instructor (Navy) at [[Defence Services Staff College]], Wellington and Chief Instructor Navy at the [[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay|title=Modest to a Fault - Remembering Admiral Nadkarni|journal=Quarterdeck 2019|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India|volume=2019|pages=12–13}}</ref>

===Flag rank===
As a Rear Admiral, he was appointed the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] (FOCWF) on 30 May 1981. He subsequently was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed [[Chief of Personnel (India)|Chief of Personnel]] at Naval Headquarters (NHQ). He also served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C), [[Eastern Naval Command]] before being appointed the [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] (VCNS). On 1 December 1987,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=474 |date=26 March 1988|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1988/O-0634-1988-0013-28037.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> he took command as the 14th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] (CNS) until his retirement on 30 November 1990.

==Awards and decorations==
Nadkarni was a recipient of the [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]], [[Nausena Medal]] and the [[Vishisht Seva Medal]] for his distinguished service.<ref name="irfc-nadkarni" />

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|[[Param Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Nao Sena Medal]]
|[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]
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|[[General Service Medal 1947]]
|[[Paschimi Star]]
|[[Raksha Medal]]
|[[Sangram Medal]]
|-
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Service_and_campaign_medals|Videsh Seva Medal]]
|colspan=2|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Long_service_awards|25th Independence Anniversary Medal]]
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Long_service_awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|-
|
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Long_service_awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Long_service_awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|
|}

==Personal life and death==
Nadkarni married Vimal Divekar in 1956. The couple had two sons, one of whom is the retired [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Ravindra Jayant Nadkarni]].
Nadkarni died on 2 July 2018 at ''INHS Asvini'', aged 86.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Navy chief Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni passes away at 86 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/former-navy-chief-admiral-jayant-ganpat-nadkarni-passes-away-at-86-118070201092_1.html | access-date=19 January 2020 | agency=IANS |newspaper=Business Standard | location=India |date=2 July 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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