General Bikram Singh                           June 01, 2012 - July 31, 2014
       General Dalbir Singh                           August 01, 2014 - December 31, 2016
       General Bipin Rawat                            January 01, 2017 - till date
      Source: indianarmy.nic.in
                                        CHIEFS OF NAVAL STAFF
       Name                                                            Tenure
       Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall                       August 15, 1947-August 14, 1948
       Admiral Sir Edward Parry                       August 14, 1948-October 13, 1951
       Admiral Sir Mark Pizey                         October 13, 1951-July 21, 1955
       Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill               July 21, 1955-April 21, 1958
       Vice Admiral R.D. Katari                       April 22, 1958-June 04, 1962
       Vice Admiral B.S. Soman                        June 04, 1962-March 03, 1966
       Admiral A.K. Chatterjee                        March 03, 1966-February 27, 1970
       Admiral S.M. Nanda                             February 28, 1970-February 28, 1973
       Admiral S.N. Kohli                             February 28, 1973-February 28, 1976
       Admiral J.L. Cursetji                          February 29, 1976-February 28, 1979
       Admiral R.L. Pereira                           February 28, 1979-February 28, 1982
       Admiral O.S. Dawson                            February 28, 1982-November 30, 1984
       Admiral R.H. Tahiliani                         November 30, 1984-November 30, 1987
       Admiral J.G. Nadkarni                          November 30, 1987-November 30, 1990
       Admiral L. Ramdas                              November 30, 1990-September 30, 1993
       Admiral V.S. Shekhawat                         September 30, 1993-September 30, 1996
       Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat                         September 30, 1996-December 30, 1998
       Admiral Sushil Kumar                           December 30, 1998 -December 29, 2001
       Admiral Madhvendra Singh                       December 29, 2001 -July 31, 2004
       Admiral Arun Prakash                           July 31, 2004 -October 30, 2006
       Admiral Sureesh Mehta                          October 31, 2006 -August 31, 2009
       Admiral Nirmal Verma                           August 31, 2009 -August 31, 2012
       Admiral D.K. Joshi                             August 31, 2012 - April 16, 2014
       Admiral Robin K. Dhawan                        April 17, 2014 -May 31, 2016