Chiefs of Naval Staff In India

Chiefs of Naval Staff
No.	Name	Term
1	Vice Admiral R.D. Katari	22 April 1958-4 June 1962
2	Vice Admiral B.S.Soman	5 June 1962-3 March 1966
3	Admiral A.K.Chatterjee	4 March 1966-27 February 1970
4	Admiral S.M. Nanda	1 March 1970-28 February 1973
5	Admiral S.N. Kohli	1 March 1973-28 February 1976
6	Admiral J.L. Cursetji	1 March 1976-28 February 1979
7	Admiral R.L. Pereira	1March 1979-28 February 1982
8	Admiral O.S. Dawson	1March 1982-30 November 1984
9	Admiral R.H. Tahiliani	1 December1984-30 November 1987
10	Admiral J.G. Nadkarni	1 December1987-30 November 1990
11	Admiral Ramdas	1 December1990-30 September 1993
12	Admiral V.S. Shekhawat	1 October1993-30 September 1996
13	Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat	1 October 1996-30 December 1998
14	Admiral Sushil Kumar S	30 December 1998 - 29 December 2001
15	Admiral Madhvendra Singh	29 December 2001- 31 July 2004
16	Admiral Arun Prakash	31 July 2004- 31 Oct 2006
17	Admiral Sureesh Mehta	31 Oct 2006- till date
No.	Name	Term