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Chief of Personnel (Indian Navy)

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Chief of Personnel
Flag of the Vice Admiral
since 1 November 2025
 Indian Navy
TypePrincipal Staff Officer
AbbreviationC.O.P
Reports toChief of the Naval Staff
SeatNaval Headquarters,New Delhi

TheChief of Personnel (COP) in theIndian Navy is a senior appointment in the rank ofVice-Admiral. As a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at Naval Headquarters (NHQ), the COP is responsible for personnel-related matters. The present COP isVice AdmiralGurcharan Singh who was appointed on 1 November 2025.

History

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At the time ofIndependence of India, the COP was one of five PSOs at Naval headquarters. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank ofCaptain. On 24 September 1956, the appointment was upgraded to the rank ofCommodore (Second Class).[1][2][3] The directorates of personnel services, training education, medical services, judge advocate general and the supply branch were under the COP.[4]

In 1965, the appointment was further upgraded toRear Admiral. Rear AdmiralK. R. Nair was the first COP in this rank, when he took over on 17 August 1965.[5][6][7] The post was further upgraded toVice Admiral in March 1973.[8] During this re-organisation, an assistant PSO post was created - Assistant Chief of Personnel (ACOP) - atwo-star appointment. In the 1980s, two new directorates were formed under the COP - Financial Planning (Non-public funds) in 1985 and Ex-Servicemen Affairs (DESA) in 1988.[4]

Organisation

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The COP heads the Personnel Branch at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the COP.[9]

  • Controller of Personnel Services
  • Director General Medical Services
    • Assistant Director General Medical Services
  • Assistant Chief of Personnel (HRD)
  • Assistant Chief of Personnel (Administration and Civilian)
  • Judge Advocate General

Appointees

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S.No.NameAssumed officeLeft officeNotes
Commodore Henry Richmond Inigo-JonesJanuary 1947August 1947Last British appointee.[10]
1CaptainBhaskar Sadashiv SomanAugust 1947February 1949Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[11]
2CaptainRam Dass KatariFebruary 194914 December 1951Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[12][13]
3CaptainBenjamin Abraham Samson14 December 1951June 1954[14][15]
4CommodoreSardarilal Mathradas NandaSeptember 1954[n 1]November 1956Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[1][16]
5CommodoreGyan Sarup Kapoor18 February 195720 November 1959[6][17][3]
6CommodoreKesavapillai Ramkrishnan Nair (first tenure)20 November 19591963[5][3][7]
7Commodore Douglas St. John Cameron1963June 1965[18][5]
8Rear Admiral Kesavapillai Ramkrishnan Nair (second tenure)June 1965[n 2]December 1967[5]
9Rear AdmiralJal CursetjiDecember 196720 February 1970Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[19][20][21]
CommodoreElenjikal Chandy Kuruvila20 February 1970October 1970Officiating.[22]
10Vice Admiral Rabindra Nath BatraPVSMOctober 1970[n 3]March 1976[23][24]
11Vice AdmiralRustom K. S. GhandhiVrCMarch 1976March 1977[25]
12Vice AdmiralSwaraj ParkashPVSM, MVC, AVSMMarch 1977March 1979[26][27]
13Vice AdmiralManohar Prahlad AwatiVrC1 April 1979February 1981[28]
14Vice Admiral Sardari Lal SethiAVSMFebruary 198125 February 1982[29]
15Vice AdmiralJayant Ganpat NadkarniAVSM, VSM, NM16 August 1982April 1984Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[30][31]
16Vice Admiral S. M. GadihokePVSM30 June 1984June 1988[32][33]
17Vice Admiral Vasant Laxman KoppikarAVSM6 July 19881992[34]
18Vice Admiral R. B. Suri1992December 1994
19Vice Admiral Kailash K. KohliAVSM5 January 199530 November 1995[35]
20Vice AdmiralSushil KumarUYSM, AVSM, NM4 December 1995October 1996Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[36][37]
21Vice Admiral P. J. JacobAVSM, VSM20 November 199631 March 1998[38][39]
22Vice AdmiralJohn Colin De SilvaAVSMMarch 1998March 1999[40][41]
23Vice AdmiralArun PrakashAVSM, VrC, VSMMarch 19993 October 2001Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[42]
24Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh3 October 2001May 2002[43][44]
25Vice AdmiralSureesh MehtaAVSMMay 2002January 2003Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[45]
26Vice Admiral Yashwant PrasadPVSM, AVSM, VSMJanuary 2003October 2003[46]
27Vice Admiral Venkat BharathanAVSM, VSMOctober 2003August 2005LaterVice Chief of the Naval Staff.[47]
28Vice Admiral S. K. DamleAugust 2005July 2007[48]
29Vice Admiral D. K. DewanJuly 2007September 2009LaterVice Chief of the Naval Staff.[49]
30Vice Admiral M. P. MuralidharanAVSM, NMSeptember 2009January 2012[50]
31Vice Admiral Anurag ThapliyalAVSMJanuary 2012March 2013[51]
32Vice AdmiralParasurama Naidu MurugesanAVSM, VSMMarch 201331 July 2015[n 4]LaterVice Chief of the Naval Staff.[53]
33Vice AdmiralAbhay Raghunath KarveAVSM24 August 201528 May 2016LaterFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command.[54]
34Vice AdmiralAnil Kumar ChawlaAVSM, VSM, NM28 May 20161 August 2018LaterFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command.[55]
35Vice AdmiralR. Hari KumarAVSM, VSM1 August 20182 December 2019Later Chief of the Naval Staff.[56]
36Vice AdmiralRavneet SinghAVSM, NM2 December 201931 May 2021LaterDeputy Chief of the Naval Staff.[57]
37Vice AdmiralDinesh Kumar TripathiAVSM, NM1 June 202128 February 2023Current Chief of the Naval Staff.[58]
38Vice AdmiralSuraj BerryAVSM, NM, VSM1 April 20236 October 2023LaterCommander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command.[59]
39Vice AdmiralKrishna SwaminathanAVSM, VSM6 October 202330 April 2024CurrentFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command.[60]
40Vice AdmiralSanjay BhallaAVSM, NM10 May 202431 October 2025CurrentFlag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.[61]
41Vice AdmiralGurcharan SinghAVSM, NM1 November 2025Present[62]

Notes

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  1. ^Post upgraded to Commodore Second Class from 24 September 1956.[1]
  2. ^Post upgraded to Rear Admiral 17 August 1965.[5]
  3. ^Post upgraded to Vice-Admiral in March 1973.[8]
  4. ^Officiating from March-July 2015.[52]

References

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  3. ^abc"Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)"(PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 April 1960. p. 87.
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Bibliography

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  • Hiranandani, G.M. (1999),Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975, Spantech & Lancer,ISBN 978-1897829721
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