G. S. Pabby

Vice Admiral G. S. Pabby is the current Chief of Material of the Indian Navy.[1]

Vice Admiral

G. S. Pabby

AVSM, VSM
Vice Admiral G. S. Pabby
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Navy
Years of serviceAugust 1980 – present
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldChief of Material
Awards

Early life and education

Vice Admiral GS Pabby is a graduate with an honours degree in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his Master of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) in Systems and Controls specialization. He has been recognised as a Distinguished Alumnus by IIT(Mumbai) and NIT Kurukshetra. He attended the Naval War College and College of Defence Management.[2][3]

Career

Pabby was commissioned into the Indian Navy in August 1980. During his more than 40 years of service in the Indian Navy, he served on Petya-class frigate, Kashin-class destroyer along with the Indian crafted and built Delhi-class destroyer. While working in the Mumbai Naval dockyard, he was included in the infrastructure planning and creation team.

Pabby was appointed as the Chief Staff Officer ( Technical) at Western Naval Command after being promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in December 2009.[4] He was later moved to Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard where he took over the assignment of the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard. He supervised major refits and weapon system upgrades of many ships and Russian submarines. Later Pabby was appointed as the Director General of Naval Projects (Mumbai), where he steered the construction of new dry dock.

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In his prior appointments, Pabby served as a flag officer and has been the controller for the production and acquisition of warships. In order to encourage the Indian industries into the construction of ship equipment and submarines, the admiral interacted with many industries and other professional bodies mainly focusing the micro, small and medium enterprises and was instrumental in revising policies and guidelines.[2][3]

He has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Param Vishisht Seva Medals for his distinguished service. The admiral became Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy on 31 October 2016.[2][8][9][10]

Awards and Decoration
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal Samanya Seva Medal Operation Vijay Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal
  • Indian Navy Vice Admiral GS Pabby with U.S. Navy RAdm Thomas J Moore
  • Vice Admiral GS Pabby, Chief of Material receiving batton from Vice Admiral AV Subhedar
  • CNS Reviews the progress of INS Vikrant in Kochi
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References
  1. "Navys two-day meet to review works on ships, subs". Outlook India. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  2. "Chief of Materiel (COM)". Indian Navy. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "Vice Admiral GS Pabby, AVSM, VSM assumes charge as Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy". Indian Navy. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. "Rear admiral G S Pabby takes charge as Dockyard chief". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. "Chief of Materiel (COM)". Indian Navy. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. "Vice Admiral GS Pabby, AVSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy". Ministry of Defence Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. "Vice Admiral GS Pabby, AVSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy". Ministry of Defence Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. "Vice Admiral Pabby takes charge as Navys Chief of Materiel". India Today. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. IANS (2016-10-31). "Navy gets new Chief of Materiel". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  10. Navatra (2018-10-15). EDRISTI CURRENT AFFAIRS Q & A YEARLY 2018: EDRISTI CURRENT AFFAIRS Q & A YEARLY 2018. E-dristi Navatra Publication.
Military offices
Preceded by
AV Subhedar		 Chief of Material
1 August 2018 - present		 Incumbent
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