G. S. Pabby

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

Early life and education
Vice Admiral GS Pabby is a graduate with a 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 attended the Naval War College and College of Defence Management.

Career
Pabby was commissioned into the Indian Navy in August 1980. During his 35 years of service in the Indian Navy, he served on, along with the Indian crafted and built. While working in the Mumbai Naval dockyard, he was included in the infrastructure planning and creation team. As a director of naval projects, he overwent the construction of new dry dock.

Pabby was appointed as the Chief Staff Officer of Technical branch at Western Naval Command after being promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in December 2009. He was later moved to Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard where he was assigned as the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard. He supervised many Russian submarines. Later Pabby was appointed as the Director General of Naval Projects, Mumbai.

In his prior appointments, Pabby served as a flag officer and has been the controller for the production and purchase 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 regarding the policies and guidelines.

He has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for his service. The admiral became Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy on 31 October 2016.