Chief of the Naval Staff (India)
Chief of the Naval Staff (India)
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Navy (IN), the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. Customarily held by a four-star admiral), the CNS is the senior-most operational officer of the IN, tasked with the roles of overseeing the force's overall functioning during states of peace and conflict, along with the realization of India's strategic maritime objectives, namely, the defence of the country's sovereignty against maritime threats and the security of international sea lines in the Indo-Pacific.
Chief of the Naval Staff (India)
Being a permanent member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and the National Security Council) (NSC), the CNS also bears the responsibility of advising the nation's civilian leadership i.e., the Government of India on all matters privy to the IN.
Chief of the Naval Staff (India)
Statutorily, the CNS ranks 12th-overall in the Indian order of precedence, and is the IN's status-equivalent of the Chief of Defence Staff), the Chief of the Army Staff) and the Chief of the Air Staff) - all three positions of which are also occupied by four-star officers from the armed forces.
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