K. R. Nair

K. R. Nair
Rear Admiral; K. R. Nair
Nickname(s)	Jerry[1]
Born	1915
Died	2007
Allegiance	British Raj; India
Service/branch	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

Rear Admiral Kesavapillai Ramakrishnan "Jerry" Nair (1915–2007) was an Indian Navy admiral and the first FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command.

Career

Early career

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

Nair was promoted captain on 31 December 1955.[5] He held several important commands, including CO of INS Rana, captain of the 22nd Destroyer Squadron, INS Valsura at Jamnagar and INS Venduruthy at Cochin.[2] He was appointed Chief of Personnel (COP) at Naval Headquarters on 20 November 1959, in the rank of commodore,[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] He died in 2007.[1]

References

Govil, Jyotsna (2012). "Admiral "Jerry" Nair" (PDF). Quarterdeck 2012. Noida: The Navy Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
"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)". 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.

Military offices
New title Post upgraded from Flag Officer East Coast	Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command 1968-1971	Succeeded by Nilakanta Krishnan
Preceded by Douglas St. John Cameron (as Commodore East Coast)	Flag Officer East Coast 1967-1968	Succeeded by Post upgraded to FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command
Preceded by Douglas St. John Cameron	Chief of Personnel (second tenure) 1965-1967	Succeeded by Jal Cursetji
Preceded by G. S. Kapoor	Chief of Personnel (first tenure) 1959-1963	Succeeded by Douglas St. John Cameron

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[Quarterdeck-1] Govil, Jyotsna (2012). "Admiral "Jerry" Nair" (PDF). Quarterdeck 2012. Noida: The Navy Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[flag_rank-2] "Naval Promotions to Flag Rank" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 August 1965. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[3] "Officers of The Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve". The Navy List: June 1944. H.M. Government. 1943. p. 1977.

[4] "The Royal Indian Navy". The Navy List: July 1945. H.M. Government. 1945. p. 3443.

[5] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)". The Gazette of India. 14 April 1956. p. 74.

[gazette_1960-6] "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Navy Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 9 April 1960. p. 87.

[7] "Admiral Nair - New Flag Officer, East Coast" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 July 1967. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[8] "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.