| List of Chiefs of Naval Staff in India (1947 to 2024) | ||
| Name | Life Period (Born - Died) | Tenure |
| Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy | ||
| Shri John Talbot Savignac Hall | ||
| Sir William Edward Parry | ||
| Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy | ||
| Sir William Edward Parry | ||
| Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey | ||
| Chief of the Naval Staff | ||
| Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey | ||
| Sir Stephen Hope Carlill | ||
| Shri Ram Dass Katari | ||
| Shri Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman | ||
| Shri Adhar Kumar Chatterji | ||
| Shri Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda | ||
| Shri Sourendra Nath Kohli | ||
| Shri Jal Cursetji | ||
| Shri Ronald Lynsdale Pereira | ||
| Shri Oscar Stanley Dawson | ||
| Shri Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani | ||
| Shri Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni | ||
| Shri Laxminarayan Ramdas | ||
| Shri Vijai Singh Shekhawat | ||
| Shri Vishnu Bhagwat | ||
| Shri Sushil Kumar | ||
| Shri Madhvendra Singh | ||
| Shri Arun Prakash | ||
| Shri Sureesh Mehta | ||
| Shri Nirmal Kumar Verma | ||
| Shri Devendra Kumar Joshi | ||
| Shri Robin K Dhowan | ||
| Shri Sunil Lanba | ||
| Shri Karambir Singh | ||
| Shri R. Hari Kumar | ||
