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Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India)

October 16, 2023

The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) is a statutory position in the Indian Armed Forces, that is usually held by a three star vice admiral. The Vice Chief is the deputy of the Chief of the Naval Staff and is usually the second highest ranking officer of the Indian Navy. The current VCNS is Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh who took over from Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade on 1 April 2023.[1]

Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
Flag of the Vice Admiral
Incumbent
Sanjay Jasjit Singh
since 1 April 2023
 Indian Navy
TypePrincipal Staff Officer
StatusVice Chief
AbbreviationVCNS
Reports toChief of the Naval Staff
SeatNaval Headquarters, New Delhi
Formation11 May 1967
First holderSourendra Nath Kohli
Salary₹225,000

History Edit

At the time of independence of India on 15 August 1947, the Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy was the de facto Second-in-command. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of Commodore. In 1949, the Chief of Staff was also made Deputy Commander-in-Chief RIN.[2] In 1955, the post was re-designated Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[3] In 1959, the post was upgraded to Two-star rank.[4]

On 11 May 1967, the office was re-designated to Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. It was first held by Sourendra Nath Kohli. The appointment was then in the two-star rank of rear admiral.[5] 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.[6]

Organisation Edit

The VCNS heads the Staff Branch-I at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the VCNS.[7]

  • 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 Edit

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).[8] The VCNS is at the Apex Pay grade (Grade 17), with a monthly pay of ₹225,000 (US$3,200).[9]

Appointees Edit

The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.

S.No. Name Assumed office Left office Notes
1 Rear Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli 11 May 1967 11 December 1967 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[5]
2 Vice Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan PVSM, DSC 12 December 1967 [n 1] 20 February 1970 Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[10][11]
3 Vice Admiral Jal Cursetji PVSM 20 February 1970 26 February 1973 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[12]
4 Vice Admiral V. A. Kamath PVSM 31 March 1973 31 March 1977 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.[13]
5 Vice Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira AVSM 5 April 1977 28 February 1979 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[14]
6 Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash PVSM, MVC, AVSM 1 March 1979 31 March 1980 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.[15]
7 Vice Admiral M. R. Schunker PVSM, AVSM 1 April 1980 1 March 1982 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.[16]
8 Vice Admiral Sardari Lal Sethi AVSM, NM 1 March 1982 30 May 1983 [17][18]
9 Vice Admiral Subimal Mookerjee AVSM 31 May 1983 29 April 1984 [19]
10 Vice Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani PVSM, AVSM 2 May 1984 27 November 1984 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[20]
11 Vice Admiral K. K. Nayyar PVSM, AVSM 28 November 1984 28 February 1986 [21]
12 Vice Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM 28 February 1986 30 November 1987 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[22][23]
13 Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani PVSM, AVSM, NM 8 December 1987 28 February 1989 [24]
14 Vice Admiral S. C. Chopra PVSM, AVSM, NM 28 February 1989 30 June 1990 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[25]
15 Vice Admiral H. Johnson PVSM, VSM 30 June 1990 31 December 1990 [26][27]
16 Vice Admiral Suren P. Govil PVSM, AVSM 31 December 1990 31 October 1992 [28]
17 Vice Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat PVSM, AVSM, VrC 31 October 1992 30 September 1993 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[29]
18 Vice Admiral S. K. Chand PVSM, AVSM 15 October 1993 30 November 1995 [30]
19 Vice Admiral Kailash K. Kohli AVSM 30 November 1995 19 October 1996 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard.[31]
20 Vice Admiral Sushil Kumar PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, NM 19 October 1996 31 March 1998 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[32]
21 Vice Admiral P. J. Jacob AVSM, VSM 31 March 1998 28 February 2001 [33]
22 Vice Admiral Madhvendra Singh PVSM, AVSM 1 March 2001 1 January 2002 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[33]
23 Vice Admiral John Colin De Silva PVSM, AVSM 1 January 2002 30 September 2003 [34]
24 Vice Admiral Arun Prakash PVSM, AVSM, VrC, VSM 17 October 2003 30 July 2004 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[35]
25 Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad PVSM, AVSM, VSM 30 July 2004 31 October 2005 [36]
26 Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan PVSM, AVSM, VSM 31 October 2005 30 November 2006 [37]
27 Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma PVSM, AVSM 30 November 2006 1 April 2008 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[38]
28 Vice Admiral R. P. Suthan 30 April 2008 30 July 2009 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[39]
29 Vice Admiral D. K. Dewan 1 September 2009 30 August 2011 [40]
30 Vice Admiral Robin K. Dhowan PVSM, AVSM, YSM 31 August 2011 16 April 2014 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[41][42]
31 Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba PVSM, AVSM 2 June 2014 30 March 2015 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[43][44]
32 Vice Admiral Parasurama Naidu Murugesan AVSM, VSM 31 March 2015 30 May 2016 [45][46]
33 Vice Admiral Karambir Singh PVSM, AVSM 31 May 2016 30 October 2017 Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[47]
34 Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P PVSM, AVSM, VSM 30 October 2017 30 January 2019 Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.[48]
35 Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM 30 January 2019 31 July 2021 [49]
36 Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC 31 July 2021 31 March 2023 [50]
37 Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh AVSM, NM 1 April 2023 Incumbent

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Appointed as rear admiral, appointment raised to the rank of vice-admiral 26 March 1969.[6]

** Went on to become Chief of the Naval Staff.

References Edit

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  2. ^ "NHQ REORGANISATION" (PDF). pibarchive.nic.in. 3 February 1949.
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  4. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 23 May 1959. p. 124.
  5. ^ a b "Admiral Kohli First Naval Vice-Chief" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 11 May 1967. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Rear Admiral Krishnan Promoted Vice-Admiral" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 27 March 1969. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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  11. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)". The Gazette of India. 3 May 1969. p. 440.
  12. ^ "Admiral Cursetji to Head Western Naval Command" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 14 February 1973. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Admiral Kamath to be Naval Vice Chief" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 March 1973. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Admiral Pereira Takes Over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 5 April 1977. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash To Take Over as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 22 February 1979. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Vice Admiral Schunker Takes Over as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 April 1980. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Admiral Sethi Appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 25 February 1982. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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  19. ^ "Admiral Mookerjee Appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 May 1983. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Vice Admiral Tahiliani New Vice Chief of Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 May 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Vice Admiral Nayyar New Vice Chief of Naval Staff" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 27 November 1984. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  22. ^ "Vice Admiral Nadkarni New Vice Chief of Navy" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 27 February 1986. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  23. ^ "Admiral Nadkarni to Take Over as New Naval Chief" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 29 November 1987. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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  28. ^ "Vice Admiral Govil Retires" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 October 1992. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  29. ^ "Change of Guard at Naval Headquarters" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 31 October 1992. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  30. ^ "Vice Admiral SK Chand PVSM AVSM ADC - Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Retires Today" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 November 1995. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  31. ^ "Admiral Kohli Appointed As New Vice Chief of Indian Navy" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 23 November 1995. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  32. ^ "Navy Vice Chief Appointed" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 19 October 1996. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  33. ^ a b "Major shake up in naval command structure". Rediff.com. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  34. ^ "VICE ADMIRAL JOHN C DESILVA, PVSM, AVSM, ADC VICE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF RETIRES". pibarchive.nic.in.
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  39. ^ "New Vice Admiral R P Suthan".
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  43. ^ "Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba appointed new Vice Chief of Naval Staff". Firstpost. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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  45. ^ "Indian Navy aspires to achieve 90% self-reliance in production of warships, says Vice Admiral Murugesan | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  46. ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  47. ^ "Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, AVSM assumes charge as Vice Chief of Naval Staff | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  48. ^ "Press Information Bureau". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  49. ^ "Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff". Zee News. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff VCNS is a statutory position in the Indian Armed Forces that is usually held by a three star vice admiral The Vice Chief is the deputy of the Chief of the Naval Staff and is usually the second highest ranking officer of the Indian Navy The current VCNS is Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh who took over from Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade on 1 April 2023 1 Vice Chief of the Naval StaffFlag of the Vice AdmiralIncumbentSanjay Jasjit Singhsince 1 April 2023 Indian NavyTypePrincipal Staff OfficerStatusVice ChiefAbbreviationVCNSReports toChief of the Naval StaffSeatNaval Headquarters New DelhiFormation11 May 1967First holderSourendra Nath KohliSalary 225 000 Contents 1 History 2 Organisation 3 Order of precedence 4 Appointees 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesHistory EditAt the time of independence of India on 15 August 1947 the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief Royal Indian Navy was the de facto Second in command The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of Commodore In 1949 the Chief of Staff was also made Deputy Commander in Chief RIN 2 In 1955 the post was re designated Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff 3 In 1959 the post was upgraded to Two star rank 4 On 11 May 1967 the office was re designated to Vice Chief of the Naval Staff It was first held by Sourendra Nath Kohli The appointment was then in the two star rank of rear admiral 5 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 6 Organisation EditThe VCNS heads the Staff Branch I at the Naval Headquarters The following Directors General Controllers Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the VCNS 7 Chief Hydrographer Inspector General Nuclear Safety IGNS Controller Warship Production amp Acquisition CWP amp A Director General Project Seabird Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Policy amp 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 EditThe 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 8 The VCNS is at the Apex Pay grade Grade 17 with a monthly pay of 225 000 US 3 200 9 Appointees EditThe following table chronicles the appointees to the office of the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff S No Name Assumed office Left office Notes1 Rear Admiral Sourendra Nath Kohli 11 May 1967 11 December 1967 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 5 2 Vice Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan PVSM DSC 12 December 1967 n 1 20 February 1970 Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Naval Command during the Indo Pakistani War of 1971 10 11 3 Vice Admiral Jal Cursetji PVSM 20 February 1970 26 February 1973 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 12 4 Vice Admiral V A Kamath PVSM 31 March 1973 31 March 1977 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard 13 5 Vice Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira AVSM 5 April 1977 28 February 1979 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 14 6 Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash PVSM MVC AVSM 1 March 1979 31 March 1980 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard 15 7 Vice Admiral M R Schunker PVSM AVSM 1 April 1980 1 March 1982 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard 16 8 Vice Admiral Sardari Lal Sethi AVSM NM 1 March 1982 30 May 1983 17 18 9 Vice Admiral Subimal Mookerjee AVSM 31 May 1983 29 April 1984 19 10 Vice Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani PVSM AVSM 2 May 1984 27 November 1984 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 20 11 Vice Admiral K K Nayyar PVSM AVSM 28 November 1984 28 February 1986 21 12 Vice Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni PVSM AVSM NM VSM 28 February 1986 30 November 1987 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 22 23 13 Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani PVSM AVSM NM 8 December 1987 28 February 1989 24 14 Vice Admiral S C Chopra PVSM AVSM NM 28 February 1989 30 June 1990 Later Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Naval Command 25 15 Vice Admiral H Johnson PVSM VSM 30 June 1990 31 December 1990 26 27 16 Vice Admiral Suren P Govil PVSM AVSM 31 December 1990 31 October 1992 28 17 Vice Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat PVSM AVSM VrC 31 October 1992 30 September 1993 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 29 18 Vice Admiral S K Chand PVSM AVSM 15 October 1993 30 November 1995 30 19 Vice Admiral Kailash K Kohli AVSM 30 November 1995 19 October 1996 Later Director General of the Indian Coast Guard 31 20 Vice Admiral Sushil Kumar PVSM UYSM AVSM NM 19 October 1996 31 March 1998 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 32 21 Vice Admiral P J Jacob AVSM VSM 31 March 1998 28 February 2001 33 22 Vice Admiral Madhvendra Singh PVSM AVSM 1 March 2001 1 January 2002 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 33 23 Vice Admiral John Colin De Silva PVSM AVSM 1 January 2002 30 September 2003 34 24 Vice Admiral Arun Prakash PVSM AVSM VrC VSM 17 October 2003 30 July 2004 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 35 25 Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad PVSM AVSM VSM 30 July 2004 31 October 2005 36 26 Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan PVSM AVSM VSM 31 October 2005 30 November 2006 37 27 Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma PVSM AVSM 30 November 2006 1 April 2008 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 38 28 Vice Admiral R P Suthan 30 April 2008 30 July 2009 Later Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Naval Command 39 29 Vice Admiral D K Dewan 1 September 2009 30 August 2011 40 30 Vice Admiral Robin K Dhowan PVSM AVSM YSM 31 August 2011 16 April 2014 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 41 42 31 Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba PVSM AVSM 2 June 2014 30 March 2015 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 43 44 32 Vice Admiral Parasurama Naidu Murugesan AVSM VSM 31 March 2015 30 May 2016 45 46 33 Vice Admiral Karambir Singh PVSM AVSM 31 May 2016 30 October 2017 Later Chief of the Naval Staff 47 34 Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P PVSM AVSM VSM 30 October 2017 30 January 2019 Later Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Western Naval Command 48 35 Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar PVSM AVSM VSM 30 January 2019 31 July 2021 49 36 Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade PVSM AVSM NM ADC 31 July 2021 31 March 2023 50 37 Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh AVSM NM 1 April 2023 IncumbentSee also EditChief of the Naval Staff Vice Chief of the Air Staff Vice Chief of the Army Staff Deputy Chief of the Naval StaffNotes Edit Appointed as rear admiral appointment raised to the rank of vice admiral 26 March 1969 6 Went on to become Chief of the Naval Staff References Edit Vice Admiral SN Ghormade to take charge as Indian Navy Times of India 31 July 2021 NHQ REORGANISATION PDF pibarchive nic in 3 February 1949 Nanda S M October 2015 The man who bombed Karachi a memoir HarperCollins Publishers India p 113 ISBN 978 8172235628 Part I Section 4 Ministry of Defence Navy Branch PDF The Gazette of India 23 May 1959 p 124 a b Admiral Kohli First Naval Vice Chief PDF Press Information 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