Jal Cursetji
| Jal Cursetji | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 20, 1919 Jabalpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British Raj (now Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Allegiance |
 British India (1938-1947) India (from 1947) |
| Service/branch | Indian Navy |
| Years of service | 1938–1979 |
| Rank |
  Admiral
|
| Commands held |
Chief of the Naval Staff FOC-IN-C, Western Naval Command INS Vikrant (R11) HMIS Bombay (J249) |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Liberation of Goa Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Legion of Merit |
Jal Cursetji (born May 20, 1919) is a retired Indian Navy admiral who served as the 10th Chief of the Naval Staff from March 1, 1976 until February 28, 1979. Cursetji's prior commands included those as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C) of the Western Naval Command and the commanding officer of INS Vikrant (R11) and HMIS Bombay (J249). He also served as the Naval Attache to the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and as the Chief Hydrographer of the Indian Navy.
Cursetji was born in 1919 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh in a Parsi family. He attended St.Aloysius Hr.Sec.School in Jabalpur.
Cursetji joined the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve as a cadet in January 1938. He was commissioned as an officer in the RIN in September 1940 as a Sub Lieutenant. He qualified as a Hydrography Specialist in the United Kingdom.
During World War II, Cursetji served in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. In 1944, he took over as the Commanding Officer of HMIS Bombay (J249).
After the independence of India, he opted to join the Indian Navy. He was the senior most Indian officer in the Hydrographic Survey branch, and took part in the coastal surveys of Burma, Malaya and Indonesia. He served as the Surveyor-in-Charge of the Marine Survey of India between 1950 and 1953. He was deputed as the Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India in 1955.
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