Chief of Personnel (Indian Navy)

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Chief of Personnel
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Incumbent
Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan
since 6 October 2023
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TypePrincipal Staff Officer
AbbreviationC.O.P
Reports to Chief of the Naval Staff
Seat Naval Headquarters, New Delhi

The Chief of Personnel (COP) in the Indian Navy is a senior appointment in the rank of Vice-Admiral. As a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at Naval Headquarters (NHQ), the COP is responsible for personnel-related matters. The present COP is Vice-Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, who was appointed on 6 October 2023.

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History

At the time of Independence of India, the COP was one of five PSOs at Naval headquarters. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of Captain. On 24 September 1956, the appointment was upgraded to the rank of Commodore (Second Class). [1] [2] [3] The directorates of personnel services, training education, medical services, judge advocate general and the supply branch were under the COP. [4]

In 1965, the appointment was further upgraded to Rear Admiral. Rear Admiral K. R. Nair was the first COP in this rank, when he took over on 17 August 1965. [5] [6] [7] The post was further upgraded to Vice Admiral in March 1973. [8] During this re-organisation, an assistant PSO post was created - Assistant Chief of Personnel (ACOP) - a two-star appointment. In the 1980s, two new directorates were formed under the COP - Financial Planning (Non-public funds) in 1985 and Ex-Servicemen Affairs (DESA) in 1988. [4]

Organisation

The COP heads the Personnel Branch at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the COP. [9]

Appointees

S.No.NameAssumed officeLeft officeNotes
Commodore Henry Richmond Inigo-JonesJanuary 1947August 1947Last British appointee. [10]
1 Captain Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman August 1947February 1949Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [11]
2 Captain Ram Dass Katari February 194914 December 1951Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [12] [13]
3 Captain Benjamin Abraham Samson 14 December 1951June 1954 [14] [15]
4 Commodore Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda September 1954 [n 1] November 1956Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [1] [16]
5 Commodore G. S. KapoorFebruary 195720 November 1959 [6] [3]
6 Commodore Kesavapillai Ramkrishnan Nair (first tenure)20 November 19591963 [5] [3] [7]
7 Commodore Douglas St. John Cameron1963June 1965 [17] [5]
8 Rear Admiral Kesavapillai Ramkrishnan Nair (second tenure)June 1965 [n 2] December 1967 [5]
9 Rear Admiral Jal Cursetji December 196720 February 1970Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [18] [19] [20]
Commodore Elenjikal Chandy Kuruvila 20 February 1970October 1970Officiating. [21]
10 Vice Admiral Rabindra Nath Batra PVSM October 1970 [n 3] March 1976 [22] [23]
11 Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi VrC March 1976March 1977 [24]
12 Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash PVSM , MVC , AVSM March 1977March 1979 [25] [26]
13 Vice Admiral Manohar Prahlad Awati VrC 1 April 1979February 1981 [27]
14 Vice Admiral Sardari Lal Sethi AVSM February 198125 February 1982 [28]
15 Vice Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni AVSM , VSM , NM 16 August 1982April 1984Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [29] [30]
16 Vice Admiral S. M. Gadihoke PVSM 30 June 1984June 1988 [31] [32]
17 Vice Admiral Vasant Laxman Koppikar AVSM 6 July 19881992 [33]
18 Vice Admiral R. B. Suri1992December 1994
19 Vice Admiral Kailash K. Kohli AVSM 5 January 199530 November 1995 [34]
20 Vice Admiral Sushil Kumar UYSM , AVSM , NM 4 December 1995October 1996Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [35] [36]
21 Vice Admiral P. J. Jacob AVSM , VSM 20 November 199631 March 1998 [37] [38]
22 Vice Admiral John Colin De Silva AVSM March 1998March 1999 [39] [40]
23 Vice Admiral Arun Prakash AVSM , VrC , VSM March 19993 October 2001Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [41]
24 Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh3 October 2001May 2002 [42] [43]
25 Vice Admiral Sureesh Mehta AVSM May 2002January 2003Later Chief of the Naval Staff. [44]
26 Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad PVSM , AVSM , VSM January 2003October 2003 [45]
27 Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan AVSM , VSM October 2003August 2005Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [46]
28 Vice Admiral S. K. DamleAugust 2005July 2007 [47]
29 Vice Admiral D. K. DewanJuly 2007September 2009Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [48]
30 Vice Admiral M. P. Muralidharan AVSM , NM September 2009January 2012 [49]
31 Vice Admiral Anurag Gopalan Thapliyal AVSM January 2012March 2013 [50]
32 Vice Admiral Parasurama Naidu Murugesan AVSM , VSM March 201331 July 2015 [n 4] Later Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. [52]
33 Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve AVSM 24 August 201528 May 2016Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command. [53]
34 Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla AVSM , VSM , NM 28 May 20161 August 2018Later Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command. [54]
35 Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar AVSM , VSM 1 August 20182 December 2019Current Chief of the Naval Staff. [55]
36 Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh AVSM , NM 2 December 201931 May 2021Later Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. [56]
37 Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi AVSM , NM 1 June 202128 February 2023Current Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [57]
38 Vice Admiral Suraj Berry AVSM , NM , VSM 1 April 20236 October 2023 [58]
39 Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan AVSM , VSM 6 October 2023Present [59]

Notes

  1. ↑ Post upgraded to Commodore Second Class from 24 September 1956. [1]
  2. ↑ Post upgraded to Rear Admiral 17 August 1965. [5]
  3. ↑ Post upgraded to Vice-Admiral in March 1973. [8]
  4. ↑ Officiating from March-July 2015. [51]

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