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| honorific_prefix = [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]
| name = Sandeep Naithani
| honorific_suffix = [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]
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[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] '''Sandeep Naithani''', [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] is a serving Flag officer in the [[Indian Navy]]. He currently serves as the [[Chief of Materiel (India)|Chief of Materiel]]. He has earlier served as the Controller Warship Production and Acquisition from 2020 to 2021 and as the Admiral Superintendent [[Naval Dockyard (Mumbai)]] in 2018.

==Early life and education==
He hails from Pauri district of Uttarakhand and has done his schooling from the Government Model High School, Chandigarh and the [[Visakha Valley School]] in Visakhapatnam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=चंडीगढ़ में सरकारी स्कूल के पूर्व छात्र संदीप नैथानी नौसेना में बने चीफ ऑफ मैटेरियल|url=https://www.jagran.com/punjab/chandigarh-sandeep-naithani-an-alumnus-of-a-government-school-in-chandigarh-became-the-chief-of-materials-in-the-navy-21710771.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref> He graduated from the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], [[Pune]] as part of the 65th course.<ref name="DGNP" />

==Naval career==
Naithani was commissioned into the Electrical branch of the Indian Navy on 1 January 1985.<ref name="PIB Bio - COM">{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani, AVSM, VSM, assumes charge as the Chief of Materiel of Indian Navy |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723332 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> He served three tenures on board the [[aircraft carrier]] I{{ship|INS|Viraat|R22}}. Ashore, he has served in the Naval Dockyards at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam. At [[Naval Dockyard (Mumbai)]], he served as the Manager, Electrical and Power Systems. Subsequently, he served as the Assistant General Manager (Planning) at Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam).

Naithani has completed the staff course at the [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]]. He also holds a Master's degree in Radar and communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He also attended the National Defence College, New Delhi.<ref name="IT - COM">{{cite web |last1=DelhiJune 1 |first1=Manjeet Negi New |title=Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani assumes charge as Chief of Materiel of Navy |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/vice-admiral-sandeep-naithani-assumes-charge-as-chief-of-materiel-of-navy-1809445-2021-06-01 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

===Flag rank===
On promotion to flag rank, Naithani was appointed Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation) at Naval headquarters (NHQ). He then moved to the Western Naval Command as the Chief Staff Officer (Technical) to the [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fast Attack Craft Tarasa handed over to Indian Navy |url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/jul01-17/Sainik%201-15%20July.pdf |website=sainiksamachar.nic.in}}</ref> In January 2018, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard (Mumbai).<ref>{{cite tweet |author=SpokespersonNavy |user=indiannavy |number=952072715640307712 |date=13 January 2018 |title=Rear Admiral Sandeep Naithani, VSM takes over as the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Mumbai @SpokespersonMoD https://t.co/CUWQekikQ6 |language=en |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703115941/https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/952072715640307712 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and took over as the Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai.<ref name="DGNP">{{cite web |title=Sandeep Naithani takes over as DG Naval Projects |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/vice-admiral-sandeep-naithani-701825.html |website=Deccan Herald |language=en |date=2018-11-06}}</ref>

For his tenure as Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard Mumbai, Naithani was awarded the [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] on 26 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Service and Gallantry Award Winners on Republic Day 2019 |url=https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1561429 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> He subsequently was appointed Programme Director of the Advanced Technology Vessel project. On 12 June 2019, Naithani took over as the Controller Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A) at NHQ, from Vice Admiral S. R. Sarma.

On 1 June 2021, he was appointed Chief of Materiel, a principal staff officer (PSO) at NHQ. He also is the Senior most Technical Officer in the Indian Navy.<ref name="PIB Bio - COM" />

==Awards and decorations==
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND Operation Parakram medal.svg|width=106}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|width=106}}
|-
|Colspan=4|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND_30_Years_Long_Service_Ribbon.svg|width=106}}{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg|width=106}}
|}

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|-
|[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Vishisht Seva Medal]]
|[[Operation Parakram Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Service and campaign medals|50th Anniversary of Independence Medal]]
|-
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|30 Years Long Service Medal]]
|colspan='2'|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|20 Years Long Service Medal]]
|[[Indian military decorations#Long service awards|9 Years Long Service Medal]]
|}

==Personal life==
He is married to Manju Naithani and the couple has two daughters - Pyuli and Palek.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

== References ==
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[[Category:National Defence Academy (India) alumni]]
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[[Category:Chiefs of Materiel (India)]]
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