Английская Википедия:Chief of Materiel (India)

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The Chief of Materiel (COM) is a senior Indian Navy appointment in the rank of Vice-Admiral. As a Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at Naval Headquarters (NHQ), the COM is responsible for all aspects of maintenance management and life-cycle support of all engineering, electrical, electronic, weapons, sensors, and IT-related systems for ships and submarines, along with responsibility for the creation of major marine and technical infrastructure. The present COM is Vice-Admiral Kiran Deshmukh, who succeeded Vice-Admiral Sandeep Naithani on 1 January 2024.

History

In 1949, the Naval headquarters was reorganised and appointment of Chief of Material (COM) was created. The appointment was held by an officer of the rank of Captain. The COM was to look after the material resources of the service. The Director of Naval engineering, Staff Officer (Dockyard), Director Armament Supply and the Director of Electrical Engineering reported into the COM.

The appointment was filled by the Chief of Administration as an additional charge until the early 1950s. Captain Daya Shankar, DSC was the first Indian to serve as the COM full-time.

Organisation

The COM heads the Materiel Branch at the Naval Headquarters. The following Directors General/Controllers/Assistant Principal Staff Officers report into the COM:

• Controller of Logistics
  • Assistant Controller of Logistics
• Assistant Chief of Materiel (Nuclear System Maintenance)
• Assistant Chief of Materiel (Information Technology & Systems)
• Assistant Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit)
• Assistant Chief of Materiel (Modernisation)

Appointees

S.No.	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Notes
1	Captain Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman	February 1949	October 1949	While also serving as Chief of Administration.
2	Captain S. G. Karmarkar	October 1949	October 1950	While also serving as Chief of Administration.
3	Captain G. S. Kapoor	October 1950	1951?	While also serving as Chief of Administration.
4	Captain Albert Henry Fitch Hunt	1951?	1952	Seconded from the Royal Navy.
5	Captain Ian Frederick Montague Newnham	1952?	July 1954	Seconded from the Royal Navy. Last British appointee.
6	Commodore Daya Shankar Шаблон:Small	July 1954 Шаблон:Refn	December 1957	First Indian appointee.
7	Commodore B. N. Lele	December 1957	January 1962
8	Commodore Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda	February 1962	May 1962
	Commodore C. L. Bhandari	May 1962	1963	Officiating.
9	Commodore Sourendra Nath Kohli	1963	January 1965
10	Rear Admiral P. S. Mahindroo	February 1965Шаблон:Refn	January 1968
11	Rear Admiral Vasudeva Anant Kamath	December 1967	December 1968
12	Rear Admiral Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni	December 1968	March 1973
13	Vice Admiral Rajendra Tandon Шаблон:Small	April 1973 Шаблон:Refn	30 June 1976
14	Vice Admiral J. T. G. Pereira Шаблон:Small	1 July 1976	30 June 1979
15	Vice Admiral A. K. Bhatia Шаблон:Small	1 July 1979	31 January 1983
16	Vice Admiral Narendra Bhalla Шаблон:Small	1 February 1983
17	Vice Admiral L.R. Mehta		February 1986
18	Vice Admiral S.B.N. Singh Шаблон:Small	1 March 1986	1 April 1988
19	Vice Admiral I. C. Rao Шаблон:Small	1 April 1988	31 March 1993
20	Vice Admiral Mauli Bhushan Ghosh Шаблон:Small	1 April 1993	31 January 1994
21	Vice Admiral A.V.R. Narayana Rao Шаблон:Small	28 March 1994	31 August 1995
22	Vice Admiral Adolph Britto Шаблон:Small	31 August 1995	30 April 1997
23	Vice Admiral A. S. R. Krishnan Шаблон:Small	April 1997	2001
24	Vice Admiral Parvesh Jaitly	July 2001	2006
25	Vice Admiral D. S. P. Verma Шаблон:Small	2006	1 December 2007
26	Vice Admiral Birinder Singh Randhawa Шаблон:Small	1 December 2007	30 December 2008
27	Vice Admiral Dilip Deshpande Шаблон:Small	31 December 2008	31 October 2009
28	Vice Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan Шаблон:Small	31 October 2009	30 April 2012
29	Vice Admiral B. Kannan Шаблон:Small	30 April 2012
30	Vice Admiral N. N. Kumar Шаблон:Small		31 March 2014
31	Vice Admiral K. R. Nair Шаблон:Small	31 March 2014	2015
32	Vice Admiral A. V. Subhedar Шаблон:Small		31 October 2016
33	Vice Admiral G. S. Pabby Шаблон:Small	31 October 2016	1 September 2020
34	Vice Admiral S. R. Sarma Шаблон:Small	1 September 2020	31 May 2021
35	Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani Шаблон:Small	1 June 2021	31 December 2023
36	Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh Шаблон:Small	1 January 2024	Present