Chiefs Of Naval Staff: India

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Chiefs Of Naval Staff: India

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Name Tenure

Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall ................................................... 15 August 1947-14 August 1948

Admiral Sir Edward Parry ............................................... 15 August 1948-13 October 1951

Admiral Sir Mark Pizey .................................................... 14 October 1951-21 July 1955

Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill ..................................... 22 July 1955-21 April 1958

Vice Admiral R.D. Katari .................................................. 22 April 1958-4 June 1962

Vice Admiral B.S. Soman.................................................. 5 June 1962-3 March 1966

Admiral A.K. Chatterjee ................................................... 4 March 1966-27 February 1970

Admiral S.M. Nanda ......................................................... 28 February 1970-28 February 1973

Admiral S.N. Kohli ............................................................ 1 March 1973-28 February 1976

Admiral J.L. Cursetji ......................................................... 1 March 1976-28 February 1979

Admiral R.L. Pereira ......................................................... 1 March 1979-28 February 1982

Admiral O.S. Dawson ....................................................... 1 March 1982-30 November 1984

Admiral R.H. Tahiliani ..................................................... 1 December 1984-30 November 1987

Admiral J.G. Nadkarni ..................................................... 1 December 1987-30 November 1990

Admiral L. Ramdas ........................................................... 1 December 1990-30 September 1993

Admiral V.S. Shekhawat ................................................... 1 October 1993-30 September 1996

Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat................................................. 1 October 1996-30 December 1998

Admiral Sushil Kumar...................................................... 31 December 1998 - 29 December 2001

Admiral Madhvendra Singh............................................ 29 December 2001 - 31 July 2004

Admiral Arun Prakash ..................................................... 1 August 2004 - 30 October 2006

Admiral Sureesh Mehta .................................................... 31 August 2006 - 31 August 2009

Admiral Nirmal Verma ..................................................... 31 August 2009- 31 August 2012

Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi..............................................31 August 2012- 26 February 2014

Admiral Robin K Dhowan..................................................17 April 2014- 31 May 2016

Admiral Sunil Lanba.................................................................31 May 2016....

Trends in appointment

Superseding the seniority principle, 2014

The Times of India, December 18, 2016

Rajat Pandit

Vice-Admiral Shekhar Sinha was superseded by Admiral Robin Dhowan to become Navy chief in April 2014 after the then chief Admiral D K Joshi resigned taking moral responsibility after a string of warship accidents.

The opposition immediately attacked the Centre for “further politicising“ the armed forces, which are justifiably proud of their apolitical and secular credentials, after it first went to town over the “surgical strikes“ against terror launch pads in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.

But conversely , some experts say , military chiefs are meant to oversee the management of national security and strategy in tune with what has been decided by the top political executive.

“It's actually the ease of doing business. So, the political executive should have no constraints while choosing who it wants to be the next military chief, RBI governor or foreign secretary. That's does not mean that the ones overlooked are less competent,“ said a senior expert.