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The following graphs presents the officer ranks of the Indian Navy. These ranks generally correspond with those of Western militaries, and reflect those of the British military ranks.

Officer ranks

Equivalent ranks of Indian Armed Forces

While the provision for the rank of Admiral of the Fleet exists, it is primarily intended for major wartime use and honour. No officer of the Indian Navy has yet been conferred this rank. Both the Army and Air Force have had officers who have been conferred with the equivalent rank – Field Marshals Sam Manekshaw and K. M. Cariappa of the Army and Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh.

The highest ranked naval officer is the Chief of Naval Staff, who holds the rank of full Admiral.

They are commissioned Sub-lieutenants upon finishing their course of study. The Medical Officers and Dental Officers use the prefix "Surgeon" with all the respective ranks, for example Surgeon Vice Admiral.[1]

Rank group General/flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 Indian Navy[2]
Admiral
एडमिरल 		Vice admiral
वाइस एडमिरल 		Rear admiral
रियर एडमिरल 		Commodore
कमोडोर 		Captain
कैप्टन 		Commander
कमांडर 		Lieutenant commander
लेफ़्टिनेंट कमांडर 		Lieutenant
लेफ्टिनेंट 		Sub-lieutenant
सब लेफ्टिनेंट 		Midshipman
मिडशिपमैन
Honorary/
War time rank 		Held by the
Chief of Defence Staff
and/or the
Chief of the Naval Staff

Other ranks

Chief Petty Officer was the highest non-commissioned rank until December 1968, when the ranks of Master Chief Petty Officer Class II and Master Chief Petty Officer Class I were introduced.[3]

Rank group Junior commissioned officers Non commissioned officer Enlisted
 Indian Navy[2][4]
 No insignia
Master chief petty officer I
मास्टर चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर फर्स्ट क्लास 		Master chief petty officer II
मास्टर चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर सेकेंड क्लास 		Chief petty officer
चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर 		Petty officer
पेटी ऑफिसर 		Leading Seaman
लीडिंग सीमैन 		Seaman Ist class
सीमैन फर्स्ट क्लास 		Seaman IInd class
सीमैन सेकंड क्लास

See also

Notes

  • 1 Honorary/Ceremonial/wartime rank. Has never been awarded.
  • 2 Held by the Chief of the Naval Staff or the Chief of Defence Staff.

References

  1. ^ "Director General Medical Services (Navy)".
  2. ^ a b "Ranks & Insignia". Join Indian Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "New Cadre for Senior Sailors Formed" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 15 December 1968. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Forwarding Nomenclature of Ranks in Navy" (PDF). 23 August 2011.
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