Sushil Kumar (admiral)

Sushil Kumar Isaacs
16th Chief of the Naval Staff
In office
30 December 1998 – 29 December 2001
PresidentK. R. Narayanan
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byVishnu Bhagwat
Succeeded byMadhvendra Singh
Personal details
BornNeyyoor, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India
Died(2019-11-27)27 November 2019
New Delhi
AwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Nao Sena Medal
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Navy
Years of service1961 - 2001
Rank Admiral
CommandsChief of the Naval Staff
Southern Naval Command
FORTAN
Battles/warsGoa Liberation of 1961
Indo-Pakistan War of 1965
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Kargil War

Admiral Sushil Kumar Isaacs, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, NM (died 27 November 2019) was an Indian Navy Admiral who served as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of the Indian Navy. He was the Director of Naval Operations during Operation Pawan and Operation Cactus and was the CNS during the Kargil War.