The Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy is the head and in-charge of all the functioning of the Indian Naval Academy. The commandant of the academy is a three-star rank officer holding the rank of

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. He is supported by the deputy commandant, a two-star appointment and the heads of the Academic Wing (

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principal), Training Wing ( commodore rank officer) and the Admin wing ( commodore rank officer). The current Commandant is Vice Admiral C. R. Praveen Nair who took over in January 2024.

History

The Naval Academy (NAVAC) was set up in Cochin in 1969 as a temporary institution, to train officers for the Navy. The first Officer-in-charge (OIC) was

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Laxminarayan Ramdas. The title of the head of the institution changed to commandant in 1980. The academy moved to Goa in 1986 under Commandants Captain M.S. Bedi and Captain O.P. Bansal. In 2008, the academy moved to Ezhimala in Kerala and was re-christened the Indian Naval Academy (INA).

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M. P. Muralidharan took over as the first commandant of INA.

List of Commandants

Deputy Commandants

The list of Deputy Commandants and Chief Instructors of the INA:

References

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