K. R. Nair

Rear Admiral Kesavapillai Ramakrishnan "Jerry" Nair PVSM (1915–2007) was a former Flag officer in the Indian Navy who served as the first Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command.

Career Early career Nair was commissioned in the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RINVR) in 1942, and was promoted temporary acting lieutenant on 8 April 1943. In 1944, he attended a specialist anti-submarine course in the United Kingdom.

Post-Independence Nair was promoted to acting commander (paid) on 31 December 1949 and to substantive commander on 30 June 1951. On 3 January 1955, he was appointed CO, INS Venduruthy at Cochin with the acting rank of captain, receiving promotion to the substantive rank on 31 December 1955. He held several important commands, including CO of INS Rana, captain of the 22nd Destroyer Squadron and INS Valsura at Jamnagar. and served until 1963, when he was appointed chief of staff to the Flag Officer Commanding Indian Fleet (FOCIF), 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. He was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) on 26 January 1969, and retired from the Navy in March 1971. He died in 2007.