Sandeep Naithani

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Sandeep Naithani

Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Materiel.jpg
AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Service/branchNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Years of service1 Jan 1985 - 31 December 2023
Rank British Royal Navy (sleeves) OF-8.svg 13-Indian Navy-VADM.svg Vice Admiral
Commands held Naval Dockyard (Mumbai)
INS Valsura
Awards Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal

Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani, AVSM, VSM is a former Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He last served as the Chief of Materiel. He has earlier served as the Controller Warship Production and Acquisition from 2020 to 2021 and as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) in 2018.

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Early life and education

He hails from Pauri district of Uttarakhand and has done his schooling from the Government Model High School, Chandigarh and the Visakha Valley School in Visakhapatnam. [1] He graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune as part of the 65th course. [2]

Naithani was commissioned into the Electrical branch of the Indian Navy on 1 January 1985. [3] He served three tenures on board the aircraft carrier IINS Viraat (R22). Ashore, he has served in the Naval Dockyards at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam. At Naval Dockyard (Mumbai), he served as the Manager, Electrical and Power Systems. Subsequently, he served as the Assistant General Manager (Planning) at Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam).

Naithani has completed the staff course at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He also holds a master's degree in Radar and communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He also attended the National Defence College, New Delhi. [4]

Flag rank

On promotion to flag rank, Naithani was appointed Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation) at Naval headquarters (NHQ). He then moved to the Western Naval Command as the Chief Staff Officer (Technical) to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. [5] In January 2018, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard (Mumbai). [6] Later that year, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and took over as the Director General Naval Projects, Mumbai. [2]

For his tenure as Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard Mumbai, Naithani was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2019. [7] He subsequently was appointed Programme Director of the Advanced Technology Vessel project. On 12 June 2019, Naithani took over as the Controller Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A) at NHQ, from Vice Admiral S. R. Sarma.

On 1 June 2021, he was appointed Chief of Materiel, a principal staff officer (PSO) at NHQ. He also is the Senior most Technical Officer in the Indian Navy. [3] After a two-and-a-half year tenure, he superannuated on 31 December 2023, after handing over to Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh. [8] [9]

Awards and decorations

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg IND Operation Parakram medal.svg IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg
IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Operation Parakram Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

Personal life

He is married to Manju Naithani and the couple has two daughters - Pyuli and Palek.[ citation needed ]

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  1. "चंडीगढ़ में सरकारी स्कूल के पूर्व छात्र संदीप नैथानी नौसेना में बने चीफ ऑफ मैटेरियल". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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Military offices
Preceded by
S. R. Sarma
Controller Warship Production & Acquisition
June 2019 – May 2021
Succeeded by
Chief of Materiel
June 2021 – December 2023