| Sl No | Name | Tenure | |
| 1 | Rear Admiral J.T.S. Hall | 15 August 1947-14 August 1948 | |
| 2 | Admiral Sir Edward Parry | 15 August 1948-13 October 1951 | |
| 3 | Admiral Sir Mark Pizey | 14 October 1951-21 July 1955 | |
| 4 | Vice Admiral Sir Stephen Carlill | 22 July 1955-21 April 1958 | |
| 5 | Vice Admiral R.D. Katari | 22 April 1958-4 June 1962 | |
| 6 | Vice Admiral B.S. Soman | 05 June 1962-3 March 1966 | |
| 7 | Admiral A.K. Chatterjee | 04 March 1966-27 February 1970 | |
| 8 | Admiral S.M. Nanda | 28 February 1970-28 February 1973 | |
| 9 | Admiral S.N. Kohli | 01 March 1973-28 February 1976 | |
| 10 | Admiral J.L. Cursetji | 01 March 1976-28 February 1979 | |
| 11 | Admiral R.L. Pereira | 01 March 1979-28 February 1982 | |
| 12 | Admiral O.S. Dawson | 01 March 1982-30 November 1984 | |
| 13 | Admiral R.H. Tahiliani | 01 December 1984-30 November 1987 | |
| 14 | Admiral J.G. Nadkarni | 01 December 1987-30 November 1990 | |
| 15 | Admiral Ramdas | 01 December 1990-30 September 1993 | |
| 16 | Admiral V.S. Shekhawat | 01 October 1993-30 September 1996 | |
| 17 | Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat | 01 October 1996-30 December 1998 | |
| 18 | Admiral Sushil Kumar | 31 December 1998 - 29 December 2001 | |
| 19 | Admiral Madhvendra Singh | 29 December 2001 - 31 July 2004 | |
| 20 | Admiral Arun Prakash | 01 August 2004 - 30 October 2006 | |
| 21 | Admiral Sureesh Mehta | 30 October 2006 - 31 August 2009 | |
| 22 | Admiral Nirmal Verma | 31 August 2009- 31 August 2012 | |
| 23 | Admiral Devender Kumar Joshi | 31 August 2012- 26 February 2014 | |
| 24 | Vice Admiral RK Dhowan | 26 February 2014- 31 May 2016 | |
| 25 | Admiral Sunil Lanba | 31 May 2016- 31 May 2019 | |
| 26 | Admiral Karambir Singh | 31 May 2019- Incumbent | |