The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (ACNS) is a senior appointment in the Indian Navy . The ACNS is an assistant PSO (Principal Staff Officer) at Naval Headquarters in New Delhi . At present, there are eight appointments of ACNS who head different directorates. The appointments are held by a Two star officer in the rank of Rear Admiral .
16-652: ACNS may refer to: Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (India) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ACNS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACNS&oldid=1191914101 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
32-564: A Technical Assistant PSO was created under the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff - ACNS (Air Materiel) . The same year, the position of ACNS (Ops) was upgraded to the rank of Vice Admiral and redesignated Director General Naval Operations (DGNO). In 2018, the post of ACNS (Staff Requirements) was created under the Vice Chief of Naval Staff. There are eight appointments of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff at naval headquarters. Four each are under
48-490: A grade higher than other vice admirals. They hold the senior-most appointments like the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and the heads of the three naval commands (styled "flag officer commanding-in-chief"). The three FOC-in-C appointments are: At naval headquarters, the principal staff officers (PSO) are senior vice admirals. The Directors General and Controllers are also officers of the rank of vice admiral. The chiefs of staff of
64-432: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (India) The appointment of ACNS was created in 1967. The Chief of Naval Aviation (CONA) was re-designated Assistant Chief of Naval Staff . The ACNS was responsible for the directorates of Air Staff and Air Materiel and was held by an officer of the rank of Commodore . In 1969, it
80-513: The Indian Army is lieutenant general and in the Indian Air Force is air marshal . Officers in the rank of vice admiral hold important appointments at the naval commands and at the naval headquarters. Admiral Ram Dass Katari was the first Indian to be promoted to the rank of Vice admiral. On 22 April 1958, he took over as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) and promoted to
96-440: The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff . The ACNS (P&P) had the directorates of Plans , Works and Acquisitions under him. A new directorate of Management Services was created in 1974 and placed under ACNS (P&P). In 1984, the appointments of Director Naval Operations (DNO) and Director Naval Air Staff (DNAS) were upgraded to the rank of Rear admiral and designated ACNS (Ops) and ACNS (Air) respectively. They reported into
112-617: The ACNS (AM) are: The directorates under the ACNS (SR) are: Vice admiral (India) Vice admiral is a three-star flag officer rank in the Indian Navy . It is the second-highest active rank in the Indian Navy. Vice admiral ranks above the two-star rank of rear admiral and below the four-star rank of admiral , which is held by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS). The equivalent rank in
128-550: The ACNS (SM) until 2001, when it was created as a separate billet. The post of ACNS (Special Submarine Projects) was created in 2001 and is responsible for all aspects related to the acquisition of special platforms built indigenously or from abroad and creation of related infrastructure for all special projects. The ACNS (SSP) reports into the Inspector General Nuclear Safety. In 2005, a new Assistant PSO position of ACNS (Foreign Cooperation and Transformation)
144-498: The C-in-C grade have additional oak leaves under the three white stars. In addition to this, the double-breasted reefer jacket has three golden sleeve stripes consisting of a broad band with two narrower bands. A vice admiral in the C-in-C grade ranks at No. 23 on the Indian order of precedence , along with lieutenant generals of the Indian Army and air marshals of the Indian Air Force in
160-458: The C-in-C grade. The other vice admirals rank at No. 24 in the order of precedence. Vice admirals in the C-in-C grade are at the apex pay scale (pay level 17), with a monthly pay of ₹225,000 (US$ 3,100). Other vice admirals, in the HAG+ pay scale (pay level 16) draw lesser, depending on the years in service. However, since they should not draw equivalent or more than the next higher level, the remuneration
176-502: The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. In 1996, the submarine arm was reorganised and the appointment of ACNS (Submarines) was created as a class authority coordinating all aspects of submarine operations, logistics and maintenance. The ACNS (SM) would function as the senior submarine advisor at NHQ and report into the Controller Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A). The Flag Officer Submarines dual-hatted as
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#1732851562046192-495: The Staff Branch-I and Staff Branch-II headed by the Vice Chief of Naval Staff and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff respectively. The directorates under the ACNS (P&P) are: The directorates under the ACNS (Air) are: The directorate under the ACNS (Submarines) is: The directorates under the ACNS (SSP) are: The directorates under the ACNS (FCI) are: The directorates under the ACNS (CSNCO) are: The directorates under
208-646: The Western Naval Command and the Eastern Naval Command are also vice admirals. The flag of a vice admiral has a gold-blue octagon bearing naval crest in the middle, and three blue stars placed vertically at hoist side. The badges of rank have a crossed sword and baton over three eight-pointed stars and the Ashoka emblem above, on a golden shoulder board. A vice admiral wears gorget patches which are golden patches with three white stars. Naval commanders in
224-503: The substantive rank of Vice Admiral . From 1948 to 1968, the appointment of CNS, the professional head of the Indian Navy was held by a vice admiral. The position of the CNS was upgraded from vice admiral to admiral in 1968. The first officer to hold the rank was Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji who was promoted to the rank while he served as the CNS. Senior vice admirals who are in the C-in-C grade (naval commanders), are considered to be in
240-662: Was created with the Directorates of Foreign Cooperation (DFC), Foreign Liaison (DFL) and Strategy, Concepts and Transformation (DSCT) under it. A year later, it was rechristened ACNS (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence) with the Directorate of Intelligence under it. In 2012, the post of ACNS (Communications, Space and Network Centric Operations) was created with a plan to seamlessly integrate all combat platforms and terrestrial nodes through state-of-the art communications and space systems towards network-centric operations. In 2013,
256-426: Was decided to redistribute responsibilities amongst appointments at naval headquarters. The directorates of Submarines , Acquisition project and Meteorology were added to the ACNS. In 1972, the appointment was re-designated Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (India) and upgraded to the rank of Rear Admiral. An assistant PSO in the rank of Rear admiral was created and called ACNS (Policy & Plans) , reporting to
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