This is a list ofservingadmirals of theIndian Navy.

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of Defence Staff (alsoSecretary,Department of Military Affairs)*	Admiral	Presently tenanted by an Indian Army Officer			[1]

*Rotational appointment among theIndian Armed Forces.

TheChief of the Naval Staff is the only servingfour star admiral in theIndian Navy.

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of the Naval Staff	Admiral	Dinesh Kumar Tripathi		PVSM,AVSM,NM	[2]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff	Vice Admiral	Sanjay Vatsayan		PVSM,AVSM,NM	[3][4]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command	Vice Admiral	Krishna Swaminathan		PVSM,AVSM,VSM	[5]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command		Sanjay Bhalla		AVSM,NM	[6]
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command		Sameer Saxena		AVSM,NM	[7]
Commander-in-Chief Strategic Forces Command**		Presently tenanted by an Indian Army Officer
Chief of Integrated Defence Staff**		Presently tenanted by an Indian Air Force Officer
Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command**		Ajay Kochhar		PVSM,AVSM,NM	[8][9]
Director General Armed Forces Medical Services**	Surgeon Vice Admiral	Arti Sarin		PVSM,AVSM,VSM	[10]

**Rotational command among the three services of theIndian Armed Forces.

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff	Vice Admiral	Tarun Sobti		UYSM,AVSM,VSM	[11]
Chief of Personnel		Gurcharan Singh		AVSM,NM	[12]
Chief of Materiel		B. Sivakumar		AVSM,VSM	[13]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Deputy Chief ofIntegrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning & Force Development) PP & FD	Vice Admiral	Vineet McCarty		AVSM	[14]
Additional Secretary Department of Military Affairs	Vice Admiral	Atul Anand		PVSM,AVSM,VSM	[15]
Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) Department of Military Affairs	Rear Admiral	Kunal Singh Rajkumar		VSM	[16]
Joint Secretary (Maritime Security) National Security Council Secretariat	Rear Admiral	TVN Prasanna		VSM	[17]
Chief of Staff Andaman and Nicobar Command	Rear Admiral	Presently served by an Indian Army officer			[18]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Director General Medical Services (Navy)	Surgeon Vice Admiral	Kavita Sahai		AVSM,SM,VSM	[19]
Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces)		Anupam Kapur		NM	[20]
Director General Naval Operations	Vice Admiral	A. N. Pramod		AVSM,YSM	[21]
Chief Hydrographer		Lochan Singh Pathania			[22]
Director General Project Seabird		Rajesh Dhankhar		NM	[23]
Controller Warship Production & Acquisition		Sanjay Sadhu		AVSM,NM	[24]
Controller of Logistics		Rajat Kapoor		AVSM	[25]
Inspector General Nuclear Safety		A. Y. Sardesai		AVSMVSM	[26]
Controller Personnel Services		C. R. Praveen Nair		AVSM,NM	[27]
Programme Director, Advanced Technology Vessel Project
Director General Naval Projects,Mumbai		Ankur Sharma		NM	[28]
Director General Naval Projects,Visakhapatnam		K. Srinivas		AVSM	[29]
Director General Warship Design Bureau	Rear Admiral	Sujit Bari			[30]
Additional Director General Warship Design Bureau		Iftekhar Alam		NM	[31]
Director General (Submarine Design Group)		SL Saji
Director General Weapons & Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment		T Ajit			[32]
Director General Project 75		R Vaidhyanathan

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief of Staff Western Naval Command	Vice Admiral	Rahul Vilas Gokhale		YSM,NM	[33]
Chief of Staff Eastern Naval Command		Susheel Menon		AVSM,VSM	[34]
Chief of Staff Southern Naval Command	Rear Admiral	Prakash Gopalan			[35]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
CommandantNational Defence Academy	Vice Admiral	Anil Jaggi		AVSM	[36][37]
CommandantIndian Naval Academy		Manish Chadha		AVSM,VSM	[38]
Commandant Naval War College, Goa	Rear Admiral	Arjun Dev Nair		VSM	[39]
CommandantMilitary Institute of Technology		V Ganapathy		NM	[40]
Chief Instructor (Navy) Defence Services Staff College		R. Vinod Kumar			[41]
Senior Directing Staff (Navy) National Defence College		Sandeep Singh Sandhu		NM	[42]
Deputy Commandant of Indian Naval Academy		Happy Mohan		VSM	[43]
Principal,Indian Naval Academy		G. Rambabu			[44]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet	Rear Admiral	Vivek Dahiya		NM	[45][46]
Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet		Alok Ananda		YSM	[47]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area	Rear Admiral	Shantanu Jha		NM	[48]
Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area		Sritanu Guru		VSM	[49]
Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area & Flag Officer Naval Aviation		Ajay D. Theophilus		VSM	[50]
Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area		Vikram Menon		VSM	[51]
Flag Officer Commanding Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Naval Area		Upal Kundu		VSM	[52]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy & Plans)	Rear Admiral
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air)		Biplab Hota		VSM	[53]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)		VR Peshwae		VSM	[54]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Special Submarine Projects)		Sriram Amur		VSM	[55]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence)		Srinivas Maddula		VSM	[56]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Communications, Space & Network Centric Operations)
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air Materiel)		Anshuman Chauhan			[57]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Staff Requirements)		Prashant Handu			[58]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Western Naval Command	Rear Admiral	Sathish Vasudev		NM	[68]
Chief Staff Officer (Ops) Eastern Naval Command		Manoj Jha		VSM	[69]
Chief Staff Officer (Training) Southern Naval Command		B S Sodhi			[70]
Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Western Naval Command		Arvind Rawal		VSM	[71]
Chief Staff Officer (Tech) Eastern Naval Command		Gautam Marwaha		VSM	[72]
Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Western Naval Command		Sundeep K Verma		NM	[73]
Chief Staff Officer (Personnel & Administration) Eastern Naval Command		M. Murli Mohan Raju		NM	[74]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai)	Rear Admiral	Ajay Patney			[75]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam)		R. S. Dhaliwal		NM	[76]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi		Subir Mukherjee		NM	[77]
Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar		Ravnish Seth			[78]

Post	Rank	Name	Photo	Decorations	Reference
Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group	Rear Admiral	Rahul Shankar		NM	[79]
Flag Officer Doctrine & Concepts
Joint Chief Hydrographer		Peush Pawsey			[80]
Flag Officer Submarines		Chetan C Chandegave			[81]
Flag Officer Sea Training		Vidhyadhar Harke		VSM	[82]
Additional Director General National Cadet Corps		Manish Sharma		NM	[83]
Director General Defence Cyber Agency		Mohit Gupta		VSM	[84]
Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment		Ashwani Kumar Tikoo		VSM	[85]
Additional Director General Quality Assurance (Navy)		Iqbal Singh Grewal			[86]
Project Director (Operations & Training) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project
Project Director (Ship Building Center) HQ Advanced Technology Vessel Project				NM	[87]
Director General Naval Armament Inspection		Rupak Barua		VSM	[88]

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