Chiefs of Naval Staff

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	05 June 1962-3 March 1966
Admiral A.K. Chatterjee	04 March 1966-27 February 1970
Admiral S.M. Nanda	28 February 1970-28 February 1973
Admiral S.N. Kohli	01 March 1973-28 February 1976
Admiral J.L. Cursetji	01 March 1976-28 February 1979
Admiral R.L. Pereira	01 March 1979-28 February 1982
Admiral O.S. Dawson	01 March 1982-30 November 1984
Admiral R.H. Tahiliani	01 December 1984-30 November 1987
Admiral J.G. Nadkarni	01 December 1987-30 November 1990
Admiral Ramdas	01 December 1990-30 September 1993
Admiral V.S. Shekhawat	01 October 1993-30 September 1996
Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat	01 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	01 August 2004 - 30 October 2006
Admiral Sureesh Mehta	30 October 2006 - 31 August 2009
Admiral Nirmal Verma	31 August 2009- Incumbent