Nirmal Kumar Verma

Admiral
Nirmal Kumar Verma
PVSM, AVSM
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma PVSM, AVSM
	Admiral Verma as CNS 2009.
24th High Commissioner of India to Canada
	In office; November 2012 – November 2014
Appointed by	President of India (then, Pranab Mukherjee)
Preceded by	Shashishekhar M. Gavai
Succeeded by	Vishnu Prakash
51st Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
	In office; 30 July 2011 – 31 August 2012
President	Pratibha Patil; Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Pradeep Vasant Naik
Succeeded by	N. A. K. Browne
20th Chief of the Naval Staff (India)
	In office; 31 August 2009 – 31 August 2012
President	Pratibha Patil; Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Sureesh Mehta
Succeeded by	Devendra Kumar Joshi
Personal details
Born	14 November 1950 (age 73)
Relations	Vice Admiral Bimal Verma (brother)
Alma mater	Royal Naval Staff College
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Navy
Years of service	1970 – 2012
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Chief of Naval Staff; Eastern Naval Command; INS Viraat; INS Ranvir; INS Udaygiri
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Operation Lal Dora
Award(s)	Param Vishist Seva Medal; Ati Vishist Seva Medal; Sangram Medal;
Later work(s)	CNO, US Naval War College

Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma (born 14 November 1950)^[1] is a former senior naval officer who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy, from 31 August 2009 to 31 August 2012. In November 2012, he was appointed the High Commissioner to Canada.

Early life

Born on 14 November 1950, he joined the Indian Navy at the age of 19.^[2] He studied at Goethals Memorial School Kurseong, Royal Naval Staff College in the United Kingdom, and the Naval War College in 1993 in the United States.^[3]

Military career

Verma took charge of the Naval Academy in Goa, and subsequently became commander of a series of Indian Navy ships, including INS Ranvir (D54) and INS Viraat, at that time India's only aircraft carrier. He then took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Eastern Naval Command, and was appointed Chief of the Indian Navy upon the retirement of Sureesh Mehta on 31 August 2009. During his career he has been awarded several decorations, including the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.^[4] He took over as the Chairman, Chief's of Staff Committee on 30 July 2011 from the then outgoing Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal P V Naik.^[5]

Awards

Param Vishisht Seva Medal	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal	Poorvi Star	Paschimi Star
Special Service Medal	Sangram Medal	Operation Parakram Medal	Videsh Seva Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal	25th Anniversary of Independence Medal		30 Years Long Service Medal
	20 Years Long Service Medal	9 Years Long Service Medal

Post Retirement

Adm Verma was appointed High Commissioner of India to Canada in 2012.^[6] He is currently a CNO Distinguished International Fellow at the US Naval War College.^[7]

References

^ "Nirmal Kumar Verma named Navy chief". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ "Nirmal Kumar Verma named Navy chief". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
^ hameed farista (3 December 2009). "Govt names Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma as the next Navy chief". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
^ "Vice Admiral NK Verma named next Navy Chief". Zeenews.com. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
^ "Admiral Nirmal Verma takes over as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee". India strategic. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ "Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma appointed as High Commissioner of India to Canada".
^ "160922-N-RX668-008". Flickr. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

Military offices
Preceded by Pradeep Vasant Naik	Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee 2011 - 2012	Succeeded by Norman Anil Kumar Browne
Preceded by Sureesh Mehta	Chief of the Naval Staff 2009–2012	Succeeded by Devendra Kumar Joshi
Preceded by Prem Suthan	Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command 2008-2009	Succeeded by Anup Singh
Preceded by R. C. Kochhar	Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area 2002-2003	Succeeded by M. P. Taneja
Preceded by Vijay Shankar	Commanding Officer INS Viraat 1996-1997	Succeeded by S. K. Damle

[1] "Nirmal Kumar Verma named Navy chief". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

[2] "Nirmal Kumar Verma named Navy chief". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

[3] rista (3 December 2009). "Govt names Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma as the next Navy chief". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

[4] "Vice Admiral NK Verma named next Navy Chief". Zeenews.com. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

[5] "Admiral Nirmal Verma takes over as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee". India strategic. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[6] "Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma appointed as High Commissioner of India to Canada".

[7] "160922-N-RX668-008". Flickr. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

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v t e Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces
Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (1947–2019)	Sir Rob Lockhart Sir Thomas Elmhirst Sir Edward Parry K. M. Cariappa Sir Charles Pizey Subroto Mukerjee Kodandera Subayya Thimayya Ram Dass Katari Aspy Engineer Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri Arjan Singh Adhar Kumar Chatterji Sam Manekshaw Gopal Gurunath Bewoor Om Prakash Mehra Sourendra Nath Kohli Tapishwar Narain Raina Hrushikesh Moolgavkar Jal Cursetji Om Prakash Malhotra Idris Hasan Latif Ronald Lynsdale Pereira K. V. Krishna Rao Dilbagh Singh Oscar Stanley Dawson Arun Shridhar Vaidya Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani Denis La Fontaine Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni Surinder Mehra Sunith Francis Rodrigues Laxminarayan Ramdas Bipin Chandra Joshi S. K. Kaul Vijai Singh Shekhawat Shankar Roychowdhury Satish Sareen Ved Prakash Malik Sushil Kumar Sundararajan Padmanabhan Madhvendra Singh Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy Nirmal Chander Vij Arun Prakash Shashindra Pal Tyagi Joginder Jaswant Singh Sureesh Mehta Deepak Kapoor Pradeep Vasant Naik Nirmal Kumar Verma Norman Anil Kumar Browne Bikram Singh Arup Raha Sunil Lanba Birender Singh Dhanoa Bipin Rawat
Chief of Defence Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (2020–2021)	Bipin Rawat
Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (2021–2022)	M. M. Naravane (acting)
Chief of Defence Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (2022–)	Anil Chauhan
(**Seconded from the British Armed Forces)

v t e Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy (1947–1948)	John Talbot Savignac Hall**
Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy (1948-1950)	John Talbot Savignac Hall Edward Parry
Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy (1950-1955)	Edward Parry Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey
Chief of the Naval Staff (1955–present)	Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey Sir Stephen Hope Carlill Ram Dass Katari Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman Adhar Kumar Chatterji Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda Sourendra Nath Kohli Jal Cursetji Ronald Lynsdale Pereira Oscar Stanley Dawson Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni Laxminarayan Ramdas Vijai Singh Shekhawat Vishnu Bhagwat Sushil Kumar Madhvendra Singh Arun Prakash Sureesh Mehta Nirmal Kumar Verma Devendra Kumar Joshi Robin K. Dhowan Sunil Lanba Karambir Singh R. Hari Kumar Dinesh Kumar Tripathi (incumbent)
**Seconded from the Royal Navy