Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee

{{Short description|Indian navy officer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Vice Admiral | name = Pradeep K. Chatterjee | honorific_suffix = PVSM AVSM NM ADC | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = File:Vice Admiral Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee PVSM AVSM NM ADC.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | death_date =  | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{IND}} | branch = {{navy|India}} | service_years = 1980 - 2016 | rank = Vice Admiral | service_number =  | unit = | commands = {{plainlist | * Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command * Deputy Chief of Naval Staff * INS Shankush * INS Shankul * INS Krishna * INS Rajput }} | battles = | battles_label = | awards = {{plainlist | * Param Vishisht Seva Medal * Ati Vishisht Seva Medal * Yudh Seva Medal * Nao Sena Medal }} | memorials = | spouse =  | relations = | other_work = | signature = | website =  | module = }}

Vice Admiral '''Pradeep Chatterjee''', PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC is a former Flag Officer in the Indian Navy officer. He served as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from 29 May 2012 to 31 May 2014 before serving as Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command.<ref name="IndNavy2014">{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-rk-pattanaik-new-dcns | title=Vice Admiral RK Pattanaik takes over as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | publisher=Govt. of India | accessdate=29 September 2015 | website=Indian Navy}}</ref>

==Military career== He joined the Indian Navy in July 1977,<ref name="IndNavy2014" /> qualifying as a submariner. He commanded the submarines INS Shankush and INS Shankul.<ref name="IndNavy2014" />

He later served as Commodore Commanding Submarines (West) in Mumbai, and Principal Director Submarine Operations at Naval Headquarters. On reaching flag rank he served as Flag Officer Submarines, Flag Officer Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area and Inspector General Nuclear Safety before his assignment as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.<ref name="IndNavy2014" />

He retired in 2016.<ref name="PIB">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137013 | title=Vice Admiral Bimal Verma AVSM takes over as Commander-in-Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command | publisher=Government of India | date=February 29, 2016 | accessdate=March 1, 2016}}</ref>

The Armed Forces Tribunal imposed a fine of ₹500,000 on him in 2017 for inflating his son-in-law's (Commander AV Agashe) annual confidential reports while spoiling the ones of his fellow officers in the highly specialized field of nuclear reactor operations on submarines.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-07-31 |title=Tribunal slams nepotism in Navy, imposes Rs 5 lakh as fine on Vice-Admiral |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tribunal-slams-nepotism-in-navy-imposes-rs-5-lakh-as-fine-on-vice-admiral/articleshow/59851886.cms |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Honours and awards== He has been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal,<ref name="INavyWhosWho">{{cite web | url=https://ifr16.indiannavy.gov.in/whoiswhodetail.htm?13 | title=Vice Admiral Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee, PVSM, AVSM, NM | publisher=Indian Navy | accessdate=January 27, 2016}}</ref> Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Medal (YSM)<ref name="IndNavy2014" /> and Nao Sena Medal.<ref name="INavyWhosWho" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=A. Y. Kalaskar}} {{s-ttl|title=Flag Officer Submarines|years=2006 - 2008}} {{s-aft|after=M. T. Moraes}} {{s-bef|before=M. P. Muralidharan}} {{s-ttl|title=Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra & Gujarat Naval Area|years=2008 - 2009}} {{s-aft|after=Sunil Lanba}} {{s-bef | before = Satish Soni}} {{s-ttl | title = Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | years = 2012 - 2014}} {{s-aft | after= Rama Kant Pattanaik }} {{s-bef | before = Air Marshal PK Roy}} {{s-ttl | title = Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command | years = 2014 - 2016}} {{s-aft | after = Bimal Verma }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Pradeep}} Category:Living people Category:Indian Navy vice admirals Category:Deputy chiefs of Naval Staff (India) Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal Category:Flag Officers Submarines (India) Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Commanders-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command Category:Recipients of the Nau Sena Medal Category:Flag Officers Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area Category:Inspectors General Nuclear Safety