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The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) is a senior appointment in the
Indian Navy . The DCNS is a PSO (Principal Staff Officer) at Naval Headquarters in
New Delhi .
[1] The office is held by a
Three star officer in the rank of
Vice Admiral . The current DCNS is
Vice Admiral
Tarun Sobti who took over
Vice Admiral
Sanjay Mahindru on 1 October 2023.
History
At the time of
independence of India on 15 August 1947, the Chief of Staff to the
Commander-in-Chief ,
Royal Indian Navy was the de facto
Second-in-command . The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of
Commodore . In 1949, the Chief of Staff was also made Deputy Commander-in-Chief RIN.
[2] In 1955, the post was re-designated Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff .
[3] In 1959, the post was upgraded to
Two-star rank .
[4] In 1967, this post was re-designated to
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and then
Rear Admiral
Sourendra Nath Kohli took over as the first VCNS.
[5]
From 1972
The appointment was brought back in 1972 in the rank of Rear Admiral. The appointment of
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (ACNS) was redesignated DCNS. The DCNS had the directorates of Operations, Intelligence, Signals, Air Staff, Air Materiel and Submarines under him.
[6] In 1984, the post was upgraded to
three-star rank .
[7]
Current organisation
The DCNS heads the Staff Branch-II at the Naval Headquarters. The following Director General/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the DCNS.
[8]
Director General Naval Operations (DGNO)
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Co-operation & Intelligence)
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air)
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air Materiel)
Order of precedence
The DCNS ranks at No. 24 on the
Indian order of precedence , along with
Lieutenant Generals of the
Indian Army and
Air Marshals of the
Indian Air Force .
[9] The DCNS is in the HAG+ pay scale (pay level 16), and draws salary depending on the years in service. However, since they should not draw equivalent or more than the next higher level, the remuneration is capped at ₹224,000.
[10]
[11]
Deputy Chiefs of Naval Staff
1947-1967
1973-present
S.No.
Name
Assumed office
Left office
Notes
1
Rear Admiral
Swaraj Parkash
MVC ,
AVSM (first tenure)
March 1973
November 1973
Later
Director General of the Indian Coast Guard .
[23]
2
Rear Admiral
N. P. Datta
AVSM (first tenure)
November 1973
April 1974
[23]
[24]
3
Rear Admiral
Swaraj Parkash
MVC ,
AVSM (second tenure)
April 1974
March 1976
[25]
4
Vice Admiral N. P. Datta
AVSM (second tenure)
March 1976
November 1977
[26]
[27]
5
Rear Admiral
M. R. Schunker
AVSM
November 1977
February 1978
[28]
6
Rear Admiral D. S. Paintal
AVSM
February 1978
October 1980
[29]
7
Rear Admiral
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
AVSM
4 October 1980
20 February 1982
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[30]
8
Vice Admiral Subimal Mookerjee
AVSM
20 February 1982
27 June 1983
[31]
9
Vice Admiral
Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani
AVSM ,
NM
27 June 1983
28 November 1984
[32]
10
Vice Admiral S. Jain
PVSM ,
AVSM
2 February 1985
20 February 1986
[33]
[34]
11
Vice Admiral
Laxminarayan Ramdas
AVSM ,
VrC ,
VSM
20 February 1986
28 November 1987
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[35]
12
Vice Admiral R. P. Sawhney
28 November 1987
25 February 1989
First
Fortress Commander, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command .
[36]
[37]
13
Vice Admiral
KASZ Raju
AVSM ,
NM
10 March 1989
28 December 1990
Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command .
[38]
[39]
14
Vice Admiral B. Guha
28 December 1990
10 November 1992
[39]
[40]
15
Vice Admiral
Vishnu Bhagwat
AVSM
10 November 1992
31 December 1994
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[40]
[41]
16
Vice Admiral Avnish Rai Tandon
AVSM
1 January 1995
24 April 1996
[42]
17
Vice Admiral
Madhvendra Singh
AVSM
24 April 1996
30 October 1996
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[43]
[44]
18
Vice Admiral Vinod Pasricha
30 October 1996
28 February 1998
[44]
[45]
19
Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh
March 1998
March 1999
[46]
20
Vice Admiral Harinder Singh
March 1999
November 2000
[47]
21
Vice Admiral Raman Puri
24 November 2000
January 2002
[48]
[49]
22
Vice Admiral S. V. Gopalachari
January 2002
August 2004
[50]
23
Vice Admiral
Sureesh Mehta
AVSM
August 2004
27 September 2005
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[51]
24
Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi
UYSM ,
AVSM ,
VSM
27 September 2005
24 July 2006
Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command .
[52]
25
Vice Admiral Raman P. Suthan
AVSM ,
VSM
24 July 2006
26 April 2007
[53]
[54]
[55]
26
Vice Admiral Anup Singh
26 April 2007
30 November 2009
Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command
[53]
27
Vice Admiral
Robin K. Dhowan
AVSM ,
YSM
30 November 2009
16 September 2011
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[56]
28
Vice Admiral
Satish Soni
AVSM ,
NM
16 September 2011
29 May 2012
Later
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command .
[57]
29
Vice Admiral
Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee
AVSM ,
NM
29 May 2012
31 May 2014
Later
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command .
[58]
[59]
30
Vice Admiral
Rama Kant Pattanaik
AVSM ,
YSM
31 May 2014
31 October 2015
[58]
31
Vice Admiral
Karambir Singh
AVSM
31 October 2015
6 June 2016
Later
Chief of the Naval Staff .
[60]
32
Vice Admiral
G. Ashok Kumar
AVSM ,
VSM
6 June 2016
30 January 2019
Later
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff .
[61]
33
Vice Admiral
Murlidhar Sadashiv Pawar
AVSM ,
VSM
3 January 2019
31 May 2021
[62]
34
Vice Admiral
Ravneet Singh
AVSM ,
NM
1 June 2021
31 March 2022
[63]
35
Vice Admiral
Sanjay Mahindru
AVSM ,
NM
1 April 2022
30 September 2023
[64]
36
Vice Admiral
Tarun Sobti
AVSM ,
VSM
1 October 2023
Incumbent
[65]
See also
Notes
^ Post upgraded to Rear Admiral 5 March 1959.
[4]
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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^
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b
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