Southern Naval Command

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The Southern Naval Command is one of the three, command-level formations of the Indian Navy. Southern Naval Command is the largest naval command in India and it has its headquarters in Kochi, Kerala at INS Venduruthy. It is the Training Command of the Indian Navy.{{cite web |title=The Training Command |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/themes/indiannavy/images/pdf/the-training-command.pdf}}

The Command is commanded by a Three Star Flag Officer of the rank of Vice Admiral with the title Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command (FOC-in-C). Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas, AVSM, NM is the current FOC-in-C SNC, who took over on 31 December 2023.{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL V SRINIVAS TAKES OVER AS THE FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND, KOCHI |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1991948 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=31 December 2023}}

History

File:Robin K. Dhowan visits Southern Naval Command, Kochi in 2015.jpg

After the independence and the partition of India on 15 August 1947, the ships and personnel of the Royal Indian Navy were divided between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The division of the ships was on the basis of two-thirds of the fleet to India, one third to Pakistan.Bhatia (1977), p. 28: "Consequent on the partition of the country on 15 August 1947, two thirds of the undivided fleet and associated assets came to India."

The shore establishments on the southern coast were headed by the Commodore Cochin (COMCHIN), a one star appointment. The COMCHIN directly reported into the Chief of the Naval Staff. In 1967, the Goa Area was included under COMCHIN. On 1 March 1968, the Commodore Cochin (COMCHIN) was re-designated as Commodore Commanding Southern Naval Area (COMSOUTH).{{cite web|title=Reorganisation of Naval Commands|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-JAN-APR-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-03-02_089.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 March 1968|access-date=2 February 2020}} In August 1970, the appointment of COMSOUTH was upgraded to the two-star rank of Rear Admiral and was re-designated Flag Officer Commanding Southern Naval Area (FOCSOUTH).{{cite web|title=Admiral Kamath to Command Southern Naval Area|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1970-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1970-08-08_071.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 August 1970|access-date=3 February 2020}} This appointment was later upgraded, in October 1977, to the three star rank of Vice Admiral and re-designated Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command (FOC-in-C SNC).{{cite web|title=New Naval Command - Southern Naval Area Upgraded|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1977-AUG-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-2/PDF/DEF-1977-10-26_145.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 October 1977|access-date=5 February 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Hiranandani |first1=G M |title=Transition to eminence : the Indian Navy 1976-1990 |year=2005 |publisher=Published by Principal Director of Administration, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy) in association with Lancer Publishers |isbn=9788170622666}} On 1 July 1986, the Southern Naval Command was made the Training Command. All the training establishments were placed under the command as well as the responsibility of formulating and executing of training policy.{{cite book |title=Transition to eminence : the Indian Navy 1976-1990 |year=2005 |publisher=Published by Principal Director of Administration, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy) in association with Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-8170622666}}

Area of responsibility

The Southern Naval Command and is commanded by the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief. The Southern Naval Command is the Training Command of Indian Navy and is responsible for the training of all its personnel, both officers as well as sailors, from basic to advance stages. It has subsidiary units from Jamnagar in Gujarat to Lonavala in Maharashtra, Goa and in Orissa but the majority of training units are in Kochi. The Indian Naval Academy is also placed under the Southern Naval Command.{{cite web |title=SNC Authorities & Units {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1437 |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}

Kavaratti Islands is the home to INS Dweeprakshak, the main naval base of the Southern Naval Command in the Lakshadweep islands.

Capabilities

The Southern Naval Command consists of a Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), a training squadron, training establishments and bases, and land forces and survey ships. It has a naval air station, and a ship repair yard.{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/organisation-southern-naval-command-kochi |title=Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi |work=Indian Navy}}

Organisation

The Southern Naval Command is organised as follows:{{Cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/organisation |title=Organisation: Hierarchical Setup |work=Indian Navy |access-date=2016-10-17}}

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!Current Holder

!References

Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief

|Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas, AVSM, NM

|{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL V SRINIVAS TAKES OVER AS THE FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND, KOCHI |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1991948 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=12 January 2024}}

Chief of Staff

|Rear Admiral Upal Kundu

|{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=The Hindu |title=Rear Admiral Upal Kundu assumes charge as Chief of Staff at Southern Naval Command |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rear-admiral-upal-kundu-assumes-charge-as-chief-of-staff-at-southern-naval-command/article67724665.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en-IN |date=9 January 2024}}

Commandant of Indian Naval Academy

|Vice Admiral C. R. Praveen Nair, NM

|{{cite web |title=VICE ADMIRAL CR PRAVEEN NAIR, NM TAKES OVER AS THE COMMANDANT, INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY, EZHIMALA |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2049761 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=29 August 2024}}

Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST)

|Rear Admiral Srinivas Maddula

|{{cite web |title=Southern Naval Command |url=https://x.com/IN_HQSNC/status/1829896148662047024 |website=x.com |access-date=7 September 2024}}

Commandant Naval War College, Goa

|Rear Admiral Arjun Dev Nair, VSM

|{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Arjun Dev Nair takes charge as commandant of Naval War College in Goa |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/rear-admiral-arjun-dev-nair-takes-charge-as-commandant-of-naval-war-college-in-goa-1503242889.html |website=thestatesman.com |date=22 November 2023 |access-date=26 November 2023}}

Admiral Superintendent Yards (ASY) - Kochi

|Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma

|{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma Took Over as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Ship Repair Yard (KOCHI) {{!}} Indian Navy |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/rear-admiral-sanjay-sharma-took-over-admiral-superintendent-naval-ship-repair-yard-kochi |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in}}

Chief Staff Officer (Training)

|Rear Admiral Satish Shenai, NM

|{{cite web |title=Southern Naval Command |url=https://twitter.com/IN_HQSNC/status/1747630814320308637 |website=twitter.com |access-date=17 January 2024}}

Naval Bases

File:1 TS Ships Presenting Colour Guard at Port Victoria, Seychelles.JPG

Naval bases under Southern Naval Command are the following{{Cite web|title = Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/organisation-southern-naval-command-kochi# |work=Indian Navy |access-date = 2015-12-29}}

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INS Dweeprakshak

|Kavaratti

| rowspan="3" |Lakshwadweep

|Logistics and Maintenance support

INS Minicoy{{Cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/southern-naval-command-chief-reviews-security-in-lakshadweep/articleshow/51363782.cms|title=Southern Naval command chief reviews security in Lakshadweep |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=2016-03-13}}

|Minicoy

|Forward Operating Base

INS Androth (Under construction)

|Androth

|Forward Operating Base and Radar station

INS Garuda

| rowspan="4" |Kochi

| rowspan="4" |Kerala

|Naval Air Station

INHS Sanjivani

|Naval Hospital

INS Venduruthy

|Logistics and Administrative support

INS Dronacharya

|Naval Weapons Training

INS Chilka

| rowspan="2" |Chilka

| rowspan="2" |Odisha

|Naval Training

INHS Nivarini

|Naval Hospital

INS Mandovi

|Panaji

|Goa

|Naval Training

INS Hamla

|Mumbai

| rowspan="3" |Maharashtra

|Combined Operations Training

INS Shivaji

| rowspan="2" |Lonavala

|Technical Training

INHS Kasturi

|Naval Hospital

[https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/insvalsura/ INS Valsura]

|Jamnagar

|Gujarat

|Electric Equipment Training

INS Rajali

|Arakkonam

| rowspan="2" |Tamil Nadu

|Naval Air Base

INS Agrani

|Coimbatore

|Leadership Training

INS Zamorin

|Ezhimala

|Kerala

|Logistics and Maintenance support to Indian Naval Academy

INS Satavahana

|Visakhapatnam

|Andhra Pradesh

|Submarine Warfare Training

List of Commanders

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colspan="6" |Commodore-in-Charge Cochin (COMCHIN)

|Commodore M. H. St. L. Nott {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|DSO|OBE}}}}

|August 1947

|March 1948

|Formerly Royal Indian Navy. Killed in an air accident at Corsica 27 March 1948.

|{{cite web|title=Death of Commodore Nott|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1948-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1948-04-03_190.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 April 1948|access-date=31 January 2020}}

|Commodore Henry Bramhall Ellison

|March 1948

|July 1950

|Seconded from the Royal Navy

|{{cite web|title=A New Commodore For Cochin|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1950-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1950-07-13_213.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=13 July 1950|access-date=31 January 2020}}

|Commodore Eric G. McGregor {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|DSO}}}}

|July 1950

|November 1952

|Seconded from the Royal Navy

|Commodore A. D. H. Jay {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|DSO|DSC}}}}

|November 1952

|January 1954

|Seconded from the Royal Navy

|{{cite web|title=New Commodore For Cochin Naval Base|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1952-JULY-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1952-11-19_291.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=19 November 1952|access-date=31 January 2020}}

|Commodore Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

|January 1954

|October 1956

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=Commodore Soman to Take Over Bombay Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-10-15_166.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 October 1956|access-date=30 January 2020}}

|Commodore Sadashiv Ganesh Karmarkar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|MBE}}}}

|1 May 1957

|April 1960

|{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch) |page=212 |date=31 August 1957 |url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1957/O-2125-1957-0035-96401.pdf|publisher=The Gazette of India}}{{cite web|title=Changes in Senior Naval Appointments|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1956-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1956-11-23_236.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=23 November 1956|access-date=30 January 2020}}

|Commodore R. S. David

|April 1960

|June 1962

|{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Officers to Meet|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1961-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1961-04-29_205.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 April 1961|access-date=1 February 2020}}

|Commodore G. S. Kapoor

|June 1962

|December 1965

|{{cite web |title=KERALA GOVERNOR PRAISES ARMED FORCES |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1965-AUG-DECC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1965-12-03_415.pdf |website=archive.pib.gov.in |access-date=22 May 2025}}

|Commodore J. D. Mody

|December 1965

|February 1968

|{{cite web|title=Senior Naval Officers Meet|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1966-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1966-05-10_232.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=10 May 1966|access-date=1 February 2020}}

colspan="6" |Commodore Commanding Southern Naval Area (COMSOUTH)

|Commodore Inder Singh

|March 1968

|November 1970

|{{cite web|title=Reorganisation of Naval Commands|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1968-JAN-APR-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1968-03-02_089.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 March 1968|access-date=2 February 2020}}

colspan="6" |Flag Officer Commanding Southern Naval Area (FOCSOUTH)

|Rear Admiral V. A. Kamath {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}

|November 1970

|March 1973

|{{cite web|title=Rear-Admiral V. A. Kamath|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1971-SEPT-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1971-12-07_188.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=7 December 1971|access-date=3 February 2020}}

|Rear Admiral Elenjikal Chandy Kuruvila {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|March 1973

|October 1973

|{{cite web|title=Admiral Krishnan To Head Cochin Shipyard|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-03-02_108.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 March 1973|access-date=3 February 2020}}

|Rear Admiral S. H. Sarma {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}

|October 1973

|January 1975

|{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Sarma to Head Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1973-JUNE-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1973-09-30_111.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 September 1973|access-date=3 February 2020}}

|Rear Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}

|January 1975

|16 April 1976

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Admiral Pereira to Take Over Southern Naval Area|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1975-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1975-01-08_007.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=8 January 1975|access-date=4 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=Admiral Barboza to Take Over Southern Naval Area|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-15_097.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 April 1976|access-date=4 February 2020}}

|Rear Admiral V. E. C. Barboza {{small|AVSM *}}

|16 April 1976

|26 October 1977

|{{cite web|title=Admiral Barboza to Take Over Southern Naval Area|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1976-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1976-04-15_097.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 April 1976|access-date=4 February 2020}}

colspan="6" |Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command (FOC-in-C SNC)

|Vice Admiral V. E. C. Barboza {{small|AVSM *}}

|26 October 1977

|3 March 1979

|{{cite web|title=Defence Snippets|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1979-JAN-MAY-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1979-04-09_152.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=9 April 1979|access-date=5 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|30 March 1979

|26 February 1982

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral OS Dawson PVSM AVSM, CNS Designate|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-02-27_112.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=27 February 1982|access-date=26 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}

|26 February 1982

|30 March 1983

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Admiral Tahiliani Takes Over Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1982-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1982-02-24_104.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=24 February 1982|access-date=26 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral K. K. Nayyar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}

|30 March 1983

|28 November 1984

|Later Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff.

|{{cite web|title=Admiral Nayyar Takes Over Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1983-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1983-03-30_101.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 March 1983|access-date=26 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral G. M. Hiranandani {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|28 November 1984

|30 November 1987

|Later Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff

|Vice Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|VrC|VSM}}}}

|30 November 1987

|25 February 1989

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief of Navy, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command and Deputy Chief of Navy Announced|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1987-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-/PDF/DEF-1987-11-28_153.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 November 1987|access-date=29 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral R. P. Sawhney {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM}}}}

|25 February 1989

|30 September 1990

|{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief, FOC-in-C (East) and FOC-in-C (South) for Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1989-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE-I/PDF/DEF-1989-02-20_065.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=20 February 1989|access-date=29 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Suren P. Govil {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 October 1990

|30 December 1990

|{{cite web|title=New Commander-in-Chief for Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1990-10-01_099.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 October 1990|access-date=29 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Govil Retires|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1992-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1992-10-30_256.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 October 1992|access-date=8 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral KASZ Raju {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|30 December 1990

|29 August 1992

|{{cite web|title=New Vice Chief, Flag Officer Commanders-in-Chief and Deputy Chief for Indian Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1990-JULY-DEC-DEFENCE-II/PDF/DEF-1990-12-28_181.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=28 December 1990|access-date=29 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral S. K. Chand {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|29 August 1992

|14 October 1993

|Later Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral SK Chand Takes Over Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1992-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1992-08-29_193.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 August 1992|access-date=29 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Chand is New Vice Chief of Naval Staff|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-10-14_256.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=14 October 1993|access-date=29 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Inderjit Bedi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|17 October 1993

|30 April 1996

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Inderjit Bedi is New FOC-in-C, Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1993-JAN-DEC-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1993-10-17_257.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=17 October 1993|access-date=29 February 2020}}{{cite web|title=New Commander-in-Chief Southern Naval Command|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1996-JAN-JUNE-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1996-04-30_123.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=30 April 1996|access-date=27 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral A. R. Tandon {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}

|30 April 1996

|23 October 1996

|Vice Admiral Madhvendra Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}

|23 October 1996

|31 March 1998

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=VICE ADMIRAL MADHVENDRA SINGH, VSM,AVSM,ADC TO BE NEXT CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2001/roct2001/29102001/r2910200110.html|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=29 October 2001|access-date=13 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Sushil Kumar {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|31 March 1998

|30 December 1998

|Later Chief of the Naval Staff

|{{cite web|title=Top Naval Appointments Announced by the Government|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1998-JAN-JUNE-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1998-02-26_056.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=26 February 1998|access-date=8 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral R. N. Ganesh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|8 March 1999

|March 2001

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral De Silva Takes Over as New DG Coast Guard |url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1999-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1999-03-05_125.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=5 March 1999|access-date=1 March 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Harinder Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|March 2001

|May 2002

|{{cite news |author= |title=Naval reshuffle on cards|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001010/nation.htm#3|work=The Tribune - Chandigarh |date=9 October 2000 |access-date=1 March 2020 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Vice-admiral Harinder Singh seeks premature retirement|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/10navy.htm|work=Rediff.com |date=10 March 2002 |access-date=1 March 2020 }}

|Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}

|31 May 2002

|1 October 2003

|{{cite web|title=Appointments of Flag Ranks in the Navy|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2003/rsep2003/21092003/r210920032.html|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=21 September 2003|access-date=13 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|15 October 2003

|1 August 2004

|{{cite web|title=Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad, PVSM, AVSM, VSM|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2003/roct2003/15102003/r1510200314.html|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=15 October 2003|access-date=13 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral S. C. S. Bangara {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|1 August 2004

|31 July 2006

|{{cite news |author= |title=Vice Admiral JS Bedi to head S Naval Command |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/vice-admiral-js-bedi-to-head-s-naval-command/story-KSEeKN6gaOltkvywm9JjEL.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=28 July 2006 |access-date=10 February 2020 }}

|Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|UYSM|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|31 July 2006

|28 July 2007

|{{cite web|title=Appointment|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2007/aug01-07/h16.htm|website=Sainik Samachar|date=August 2007|access-date=10 February 2020}}

|Vice Admiral Sunil Kumar Damle {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM|VSM}}}}

|28 July 2007

|31 August 2009

|Vice Admiral K. N. Sushil {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|1 September 2009

|31 May 2012

|Vice Admiral Satish Soni {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|31 May 2012

|2014

|Later served as FOC-in-C of the Eastern Naval Command

|Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|2014

|2015

|Later served as FOC-in-C of the Western Naval Command

|{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vadm-sps-cheema-takes-over-foc-cwest-0|title=VAdm SPS Cheema takes over as FOC-in-C(West) {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=117823|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over from Vice Admiral SPS Cheema as the Commander-in-Chief of Southern Naval Command|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM}}}}

|1 February 2016

|31 May 2016

|Later served as Chief of Naval Staff and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee

|{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135947|title=Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba Takes Over Western Naval Command|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral Girish Luthra {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|VSM}}}}

|2016

|29 May 2016

|Later served as FOC-in-C of the Western Naval Command

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-girish-luthra-takes-over-western-naval-command|title=Vice Admiral Girish Luthra takes over Western Naval Command {{!}} Indian Navy|website=www.indiannavy.nic.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145783|title=Vice Admiral Girish Luthra Takes Over Western Naval Command|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2017-10-24}}

|Vice Admiral AR Karve {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM}}}}

|29 May 2016

|30 July 2018

|{{cite tweet|user=indiannavy|number=1090817788447518720|date=2019-01-31|title=VAdm P Ajit Kumar PVSM, AVSM, VSM takes over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, the premier Command of #IndianNavy in an impressive ceremony at Mumbai. Returns where he has commanded two frontline Destroyers + stealth frigate & was Chief Staff Offr (Ops)}}

|Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM|VSM}}}}

|30 July 2018

|30 November 2021

|Vice Admiral M A Hampiholi {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|PVSM|AVSM|NM}}}}

|30 November 2021

|31 December 2023

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/new-chief-for-southern-naval-command/article37759027.ece|title=New chief for Southern Naval Command|newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 November 2021 |publisher=The Hindo|access-date=2021-11-29}}

|Vice Admiral Vennam Srinivas {{small|{{post-nominals|country=IND|sep=,|AVSM|NM}}}}

|1 January 2024

|31 October 2025

|{{cite web | url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/vice-admiral-dinesh-tripathi-to-be-the-new-vice-chief-of-naval-staff-666300 | title=Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi to be the new Vice Chief of Naval Staff | date=5 December 2023 }}

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