# Pradeep Kumar Chatterjee
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{{Short description|Indian navy officer}}
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| honorific_prefix = [Vice Admiral](/source/Vice_Admiral_(India))
| name = Pradeep K. Chatterjee
| honorific_suffix = [PVSM](/source/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal) [AVSM](/source/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal) [NM](/source/Nao_Sena_Medal) [ADC](/source/Aide-de-camp)
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| service_years = 1980 - 2016
| rank = [Vice Admiral](/source/Vice_Admiral_(India))
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* [Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command](/source/Commander-in-Chief%2C_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command)
* Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
* [INS Shankush](/source/INS_Shankush_(S45))
* [INS Shankul](/source/INS_Shankul_(S47))
* INS Krishna
* INS Rajput
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* [Param Vishisht Seva Medal](/source/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal)
* [Ati Vishisht Seva Medal](/source/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal)
* [Yudh Seva Medal](/source/Yudh_Seva_Medal)
* [Nao Sena Medal](/source/Nao_Sena_Medal)
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[Vice Admiral](/source/Vice_Admiral_(India)) '''Pradeep Chatterjee''', [PVSM](/source/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal), [AVSM](/source/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal), [NM](/source/Nao_Sena_Medal), [ADC](/source/Aide-de-camp) is a former Flag Officer in the [Indian Navy](/source/Indian_Navy) officer. He served as [Deputy Chief of Naval Staff](/source/Deputy_Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(India)) of the Indian Navy from 29 May 2012 to 31 May 2014 before serving as [Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command](/source/Commander-in-Chief%2C_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command).[{{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}}]
==Military career==
He joined the Indian Navy in July 1977,[{{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}}]
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.[{{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}}]
==Honours and awards==
He has been awarded the [Param Vishisht Seva Medal](/source/Param_Vishisht_Seva_Medal),[{{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}}] [Ati Vishisht Seva Medal](/source/Ati_Vishisht_Seva_Medal), [Yudh Seva Medal](/source/Yudh_Seva_Medal) (YSM)