Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee

Indian navy officer

Vice Admiral

Pradeep K. Chatterjee

PVSM AVSM NM ADC

Allegiance|  India
Service / branch|  Indian Navy
Years of service| 1980 - 2016
Rank| Vice Admiral
Commands|

* Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command
* Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
* INS Shankush
* INS Shankul
* INS Krishna
* INS Rajput

Awards|

* Param Vishisht Seva Medal
* Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
* Yudh Seva Medal
* Nao Sena Medal

Vice Admiral Pradeep Chatterjee, PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC is a former Flag Officer in the Indian Navy officer. He served as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from 29 May 2012 to 31 May 2014 before serving as Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command.[1]

## Military career

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He joined the Indian Navy in July 1977,[1] qualifying as a submariner. He commanded the submarines INS Shankush and INS Shankul.[1]

He later served as Commodore Commanding Submarines (West) in Mumbai, and Principal Director Submarine Operations at Naval Headquarters. On reaching flag rank he served as Flag Officer Submarines, Flag Officer Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area and Inspector General Nuclear Safety before his assignment as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.[1]

He retired in 2016.[2]

The Armed Forces Tribunal imposed a fine of Rs. 500,000 on him in 2017 for inflating his son-in-law's (AV Agashe) annual confidential reports while spoiling the ones of his fellow officers in the highly specialized field of nuclear reactor operations on submarines.[3]

## Honours and awards

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He has been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal,[4] Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Medal (YSM)[1] and Nao Sena Medal.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Vice Admiral RK Pattanaik takes over as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff". Indian Navy. Govt. of India. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
2. ^ "Vice Admiral Bimal Verma AVSM takes over as Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command". Government of India. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
3. ^ "Tribunal slams nepotism in Navy, imposes Rs 5 lakh as fine on Vice-Admiral". The Times of India. 31 July 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
4. ^ a b "Vice Admiral Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee, PVSM, AVSM, NM". Indian Navy. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

Military offices

Preceded by

A. Y. Kalaskar

|  Flag Officer Submarines
2006 - 2008  | Succeeded by

M. T. Moraes

Preceded by

M. P. Muralidharan

|  Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra & Gujarat Naval Area
2008 - 2009  | Succeeded by

Sunil Lanba

Preceded by

Satish Soni

|  Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
2012 - 2014  | Succeeded by

Rama Kant Pattanaik

Preceded by

Air Marshal PK Roy

|  Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command
2014 - 2016  | Succeeded by

Bimal Verma

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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

Recipients|

* Abhay Krishna
* Abhay Raghunath Karve
* Ajendra Bahadur Singh
* Anil Chauhan
* Anil Chopra
* Anil Khosla
* Anil Yashwant Tipnis
* Arun Prakash
* Arup Raha
* Bipin Rawat
* Birender Singh Dhanoa
* Brijesh Dhar Jayal
* Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar
* Dalbir Singh
* Deependra Singh Hooda
* Denis La Fontaine
* Denzil Keelor
* Devraj Anbu
* Dilbagh Singh
* E. P. R. Nair
* Girish Luthra
* Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani
* Harish Bisht
* H. L. Kapur
* Ian Cardozo
* Iqroop Singh Ghuman
* Jaswinder Singh Sandhu
* Kamal Jit Singh
* Kapil Kak
* Karambir Singh
* Kirpal Singh
* Konsam Himalay Singh
* Krishan Kant Saini
* Krishnan Narayan Nair
* Kuldip Singh Brar
* Lakshman Madhav Katre
* Man Mohan Singh Rai
* Man Mohan Sinha
* Manohar Lal Chibber
* Manoj Mukund Naravane
* Narayan Menon
* Nirbhay Sharma
* Nirmal Chandra Suri
* Norman Anil Kumar Browne
* Om Prakash
* P M Hariz
* Parasurama Naidu Murugesan
* Pradeep Chauhan
* Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee
* Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar
* Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
* Rama Kant Pattanaik
* Ranbir Singh
* Ravinder Kumar Dhir
* Robin K. Dhowan
* S R K Nair
* Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan
* Sanjeev Bhasin
* Sarath Chand
* Satish Soni
* Shekhar Sinha
* Shirish Baban Deo
* Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha
* Sunil Lanba
* Trilochan Singh Brar
* Vijay Kumar Datta

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