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{{Infobox official post
| post = Vice Chief
| body = the Naval Staff
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| flag = Vice-Admiral-ensign-Indian-Navy.svg
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| flagcaption = Flag of the Vice Admiral
| image = File:Vice Chief of Naval Staff (VCNS) Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, AVSM, NM.jpg
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| incumbent = [[Satish Namdeo Ghormade]]
| acting =
| incumbentsince = 31 July 2021
| department = {{Navy|India}}
| style =
| type = Principal Staff Officer
| status = Deputy Chief
| abbreviation = VCNS
| member_of =
| reports_to = [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]
| residence =
| seat = Naval Headquarters, [[New Delhi]]
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| formation = 11 May 1967
| first = [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]]
| last =
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| salary = ₹225,000
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The '''Vice Chief of the Naval Staff''' (VCNS) is the second-highest ranking officer of the [[Indian Navy]] and the deputy to the [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the navy]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nanda |first1=S M |title=The man who bombed Karachi : a memoir |date=October 2015 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India |isbn=978-8172235628 |page=113}}</ref><ref name="Kohli_first">{{cite web|title=Admiral Kohli First Naval Vice-Chief|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1967-05-11_158.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=11 May 1967|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> The VCNS is a PSO (Principal Staff Officer) at Naval Headquarters in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Principal Staff Officers {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/principal-staff-officers |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref> The office is held by a [[Three-star rank|Three Star Officer]] in the rank of [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]]. He is responsible for the operation of naval related tasks as well as deputising for the Chief. The current VCNS is [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Satish Namdeo Ghormade]] who took over from [[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[G. Ashok Kumar]] on 31 July 2021.<ref name="toi-310721">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/vice-admiral-sn-ghormade-to-take-charge-as-indian-navy-vice-chief-on-saturday/articleshow/84899950.cms|title=Vice Admiral SN Ghormade to take charge as Indian Navy|publisher=Times of India|date=2021-07-31}}</ref>

==History==

Established on 11 May 1967, the office was first held by [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]], subsequently appointed CNS. The appointment was then in the two-star rank of rear admiral.<ref name="Kohli_first">{{cite web|title=Admiral Kohli First Naval Vice-Chief|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1967-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1967-05-11_158.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=11 May 1967|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> On 12 December 1967, [[Nilakanta Krishnan]] succeeded Kohli as VCNS, with the office being raised to the three-star rank of Vice-Admiral in March 1969.<ref name="VADM">{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Krishnan Promoted Vice-Admiral|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1969-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-VOLK-I/PDF/DEF-1969-03-27_138.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=27 March 1969|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref>

==Organisation==
The VCNS heads the Staff Branch-I at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the VCNS.<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff Branch-I {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/staff-branch-i |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}</ref>
* Chief Hydrographer
* Inspector General Nuclear Safety (IGNS)
* Controller Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A)
* Director General Project Seabird
* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy & Plans)
* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Staff Requirements)
* Principal Director Naval Plans (PDNP)
* Integrated Financial Advisor (Navy)
* Director General of Naval Armament (DGONA)
* Director General Naval Armament Inspectorate (DGNAI)

==Order of precedence==
The VCNS ranks at No. 23 on the [[Indian order of precedence]], along with the Vice Chiefs of Staff of the [[Indian Army]] and [[Indian Air Force]] and the Army Commanders (GOC-in-C), Naval Commanders (FOC-in-C) and Air Commanders (AOC-in-C).<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web |work=Office of the President of India |publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] |access-date=2010-08-05 |date=1979-08-26 |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf |title=President's Secretariat}}</ref> The VCNS is at the Apex Pay grade (Grade 17), with a monthly pay of ₹225,000 (US$3,200).<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of the 7th Central Pay committee |url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf |date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf |archive-date=20 November 2015 }}</ref>

== Appointees ==
The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! scope="col" style="width: 20px;"|S.No.
! scope="col" style="width: 500px;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Assumed office
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Left office
! scope="col" style="width: 600px;" | Notes
|-
|1
|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Sourendra Nath Kohli]]
|11 May 1967
|11 December 1967
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref name="Kohli_first"/>
|-
|2
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Nilakanta Krishnan]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}, {{small|{{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|DSC}}}}
|12 December 1967 {{refn|Appointed as rear admiral, appointment raised to the rank of vice-admiral 26 March 1969.<ref name="VADM"/>|group= n}}
|20 February 1970
|Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Naval Command]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<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=9 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=440 |date=3 May 1969 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Jal Cursetji]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|20 February 1970
|26 February 1973
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Cursetji to Head Western Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-02-14_083.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 February 1973|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|4
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[V. A. Kamath]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}
|31 March 1973
|31 March 1977
|Later [[Director General of the Indian Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Kamath to be Naval Vice Chief|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=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Ronald Lynsdale Pereira]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|5 April 1977
|28 February 1979
||Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Pereira Takes Over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1977-04-05_070.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 April 1977|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|6
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Swaraj Parkash]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|MVC|AVSM}}}}
|1 March 1979
|31 March 1980
|Later [[Director General of the Indian Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash To Take Over as Vice Chief of the 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=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[M. R. Schunker]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|1 April 1980
|1 March 1982
|Later [[Director General of the Indian Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Schunker Takes Over as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1980-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1980-04-01_126.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 April 1980|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|8
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Sardari Lal Sethi {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}
|1 March 1982
|30 May 1983
|<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=9 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments From March 1, 1982|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-02-04_071.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 February 1982|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|9
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Subimal Mookerjee {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|31 May 1983
|29 April 1984
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Mookerjee Appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-05-30_195.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 May 1983|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|2 May 1984
|27 November 1984
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Tahiliani New Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-05-01_161.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 May 1984|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|11
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] K. K. Nayyar {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|28 November 1984
|28 February 1986
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Nayyar New Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1984-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1984-11-27_176.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=27 November 1984|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|12
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM|VSM}}}}
|28 February 1986
|30 November 1987
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Nadkarni New Vice Chief of Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1986-JAN-JULY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1986-02-27_123.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=27 February 1986|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Admiral Nadkarni to Take Over as New Naval Chief|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1987-11-29_154.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 November 1987|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|13
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}
|8 December 1987
|28 February 1989
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Chief of Navy Takes Over|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1987-12-08_164.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 December 1987|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|14
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] S. C. Chopra {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}
|28 February 1989
|30 June 1990
|Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Naval Command]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief Takes Over|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1989-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE-I/PDF/DEF-1989-02-28_078.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 February 1989|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|15
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] H. Johnson {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|VSM}}}}
|30 June 1990
|31 December 1990
|<ref>{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief For Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-VOL-I/PDF/DEF-1990-06-13_158.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=13 June 1990|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief, Flag Officer Commanders-in-Chief and Deputy Chief For Indian Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1990-12-28_181.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 December 1990|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|16
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Suren P. Govil {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|31 December 1990
|31 October 1992
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Govil Retires|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1992-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1992-10-30_256.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 October 1992|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|17
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Vijai Singh Shekhawat]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC}}}}
|31 October 1992
|30 September 1993
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Change of Guard at Naval Headquarters|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1992-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1992-10-31_251.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 October 1992|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|18
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] S. K. Chand {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|15 October 1993
|30 November 1995
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral SK Chand PVSM AVSM ADC - Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Retires Today|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1995-DEFENCE%20(2)/PDF/DEF-1995-11-30_167.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 November 1995|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|19
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Kailash K. Kohli {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}
|30 November 1995
|19 October 1996
|Later [[Director General of the Indian Coast Guard]].<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=23 November 1995|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|20
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Sushil Kumar (admiral)|Sushil Kumar]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|NM}}}}
|19 October 1996
|31 March 1998
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Navy Vice Chief Appointed|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-III/PDF/DEF-1996-10-19_131.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=19 October 1996|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|21
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] P. J. Jacob {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 March 1998
|28 February 2001
||<ref name="shake_up">{{cite news |author= |title=Major shake up in naval command structure |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/mar/01navy.htm |work=Rediff.com |date=1 March 2001 |access-date=8 February 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|22
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Madhvendra Singh]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|1 March 2001
|1 January 2002
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref name="shake_up"/>
|-
|23
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[John Colin De Silva]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|1 January 2002
|30 September 2003
||<ref>{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL JOHN C DESILVA, PVSM, AVSM, ADC VICE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF RETIRES |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/newsite/archivepage.aspx |website=pibarchive.nic.in}}</ref>
|-
|24
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Arun Prakash]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|VSM}}}}
|17 October 2003
|30 July 2004
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=1868|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
|-
|25
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Yashwant Prasad {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|30 July 2004
|31 October 2005
|<ref>{{cite book |date=2004 |title=Competition Science Vision |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zegDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA854 |location=Agra |publisher=Pratiyogita Darpan |page=854 }}</ref>
|-
|26
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] Venkat Bharathan {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 October 2005
|30 November 2006
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Appointments Announced|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=11492|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 August 2005|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|27
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Nirmal Kumar Verma]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|30 November 2006
|1 April 2008
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=49086|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
|-
|28
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] R. P. Suthan
|30 April 2008
|30 July 2009
|Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Naval Command]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/75740/News/Vice-Admiral-R-P-Suthan.html|title=New Vice Admiral R P Suthan}}</ref>
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|29
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] D. K. Dewan
|1 September 2009
|30 August 2011
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://brahmand.com/news/Vice-Admiral-Dewan-takes-over-a-Vice-Chief-of-Naval-Staff/1921/1/12.html|title=Vice Admiral Dewan takes over a Vice Chief of Naval Staff {{!}} Brahmand News|website=brahmand.com|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
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|30
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Robin K. Dhowan]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|YSM}}}}
|31 August 2011
|16 April 2014
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140425/nation-current-affairs/article/vice-admiral-sunil-lamba-may-be-next-navy-vice-chief|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lamba may be the next navy Vice-chief|date=2014-04-25|work=deccanchronicle.com/|access-date=2017-10-30|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/vice-admiral-dhowan-to-take-over-as-vice-chief-of-navy-10331.html|title=Vice Admiral Dhowan To Take Over As Vice Chief Of Navy|access-date=2017-10-30|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|31
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Sunil Lanba]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|2 June 2014
|30 March 2015
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/vice-admiral-sunil-lanba-appointed-new-vice-chief-of-naval-staff-1551347.html|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba appointed new Vice Chief of Naval Staff|date=2014-05-31|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-10-30|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-sunil-lanba-takes-over-vcns|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over as VCNS {{!}} Indian Navy|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
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|32
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Parasurama Naidu Murugesan]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|31 March 2015
|30 May 2016
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-indian-navy-aspires-to-achieve-90-self-reliance-in-production-of-warships-says-vice-admiral-murugesan-2188158|title=Indian Navy aspires to achieve 90% self-reliance in production of warships, says Vice Admiral Murugesan {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|website=dna|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=117850|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
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|33
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Karambir Singh]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}
|31 May 2016
|30 October 2017
|Later [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-avsm-assumes-charge-vice-chief-naval-staff|title=Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, AVSM assumes charge as Vice Chief of Naval Staff {{!}} Indian Navy|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
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|34
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Ajit Kumar P]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|30 October 2017
|30 January 2019
|Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Western Naval Command]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx|title=Press Information Bureau|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
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|35
|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[G. Ashok Kumar]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}
|30 January 2019
|31 July 2021
|<ref name="Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff">{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/vice-admiral-g-ashok-kumar-assumes-charge-as-vice-chief-of-the-naval-staff-2175393.html |website=Zee News |access-date=30 January 2019 |date=30 January 2019}}</ref>
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|[[Vice Admiral (India)|Vice Admiral]] [[Satish Namdeo Ghormade]] {{small|{{postnominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}
|31 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
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==See also==
* [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]]
* [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]]
* [[Vice Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Army Staff]]
* [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]]

==Notes==
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> Went on to become [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]].

==References==
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{{Indian Navy}}

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[[Category:Indian Navy admirals|*]]
[[Category:Vice Chiefs of Naval Staff (India)]]
[[Category:Vice chiefs of staff]]
[[Category:Indian military appointments]]
[[Category:Indian Navy appointments]]

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