INDIAN NAVY
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No. IN THE WORLD - 7th
DATE OF FOUNDATION - 4 Dec 1947 SIZE - 58, 350 MOTTO - May the Lord of the Ocean be Auspicious unto us HEADQUARTER - New Delhi , India UNDER - Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces HEAD OF NAVY - President of India CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF - Admiral RK Dhowan VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF - Vice Admiral RK Pattanaik DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF - Vice Admiral Pradeep k. Chatterjee NOTABLE - Admiral SM Nanda FUNCTIONING : - The operational control of the Navy is exercise by the Naval Headquarters in New Delhi through a chain of commands . At the Headquarter , the Chief of Naval Staff is assisted by four principal Staff Officer namely , the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff , Chief of Personnel , Chief of Material and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff . The Navy is organised into three Naval Commands under Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief : Western Naval Command with headquarter at Mumbai , Eastern Naval Command with headquarter at Vishakhapatnam and Southern Naval Command with Headquarter at Cochin. |