Admiral Gurtej Singh Pabby is presently the Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy based at Naval Headquarters in New Delhi. He spearheads the Strategic Guidance, Apex Policy level Decision making and Future Acquisition Plan of Warships and equipment of the Indian Navy. He graduated from NIT (Erstwhile REC) Kurukshetra in 1980 and did his post-graduation in System and Control Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1987.nnAdmiral has steered many challenging professional issues and has left lasting footprints with his clear thought process and telescopic vision. He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in 2009 and was appointed as the Chief Staff Officer (Technical) at Western Naval Command. Thereafter, he took on as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam, where he provided Technical Leadership in early completion of refits of ships and submarines. As Director General Naval Projects at Mumbai, he oversaw the creation of major repair and Marine infrastructure. As a Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition, he has steered large indigenization projects of warship and submarine construction.