Summary
Rear Admiral Kesavapillai Ramakrishnan "Jerry" Nair (1915–2007) was a former Flag officer in the Indian Navy who served as the first Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.
K. R. Nair | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Jerry[1] |
| Born | 1915 |
| Died | 2007 |
| Allegiance |  British Raj India |
| Service/ |  Royal Indian Navy  Indian Navy |
| Years of service | 1942–1971 |
| Rank | 
Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Eastern Naval Command Flag Officer, East Coast INS Venduruthy INS Valsura 22nd Destroyer Squadron INS Rana |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Career edit
Early career edit
Nair was commissioned in the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RINVR) in 1942,[2] and was promoted temporary acting lieutenant on 8 April 1943.[3] In 1944, he attended a specialist anti-submarine course in the United Kingdom.[2] On 21 January 1945, he was posted to HMIS Machlimar at Bombay, whose executive officer was Lieutenant-Commander Ram Dass Katari.[4]
Post-Independence edit
Nair was promoted to acting commander (paid) on 31 December 1949 and to substantive commander on 30 June 1951.[5][6] On 3 January 1955, he was appointed CO, INS Venduruthy at Cochin with the acting rank of captain,[7] receiving promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December 1955.[8] He held several important commands, including CO of INS Rana, captain of the 22nd Destroyer Squadron and INS Valsura at Jamnagar.[2] He was appointed Chief of Personnel (COP) at Naval Headquarters on 20 November 1959, in the rank of commodore,[9] and served until 1963, when he was appointed chief of staff to the Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet (FOCIF),[2] serving under Rear Admirals Adhar Kumar Chatterji and Benjamin Abraham Samson. In June 1965, he was appointed to a second tenure as Chief of Personnel and was promoted rear admiral in August when the post was raised to flag rank.[2]
In July 1967, Nair was appointed the first Flag Officer East Coast, based at Vishakhapatnam.[10] Eight months later, on 1 March 1968, he became the first Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command (FOC-in-C, ENC) when the post was upgraded. After serving for three years, he retired from the Navy in March 1971.[11] He died in 2007.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Govil, Jyotsna (2012). "Admiral "Jerry" Nair" (PDF). Quarterdeck 2012. Noida: The Navy Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Naval Promotions to Flag Rank" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 August 1965. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Officers of The Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve". The Navy List: June 1944. H.M. Government. 1943. p. 1977.
- ^ "The Royal Indian Navy". The Navy List: July 1945. H.M. Government. 1945. p. 3443.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 14 January 1950. p. 93.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 14 July 1951. p. 133.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 29 October 1955. p. 214.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)". The Gazette of India. 14 April 1956. p. 74.
- ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 April 1960. p. 87.
- ^ "Admiral Nair - New Flag Officer, East Coast" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 July 1967. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Admiral Krishnan Takes Over as FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 28 February 1971. Retrieved 16 January 2021.