Vice Admiral C. R. Praveen Nair, NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy.

He served as the Directing Staff at Naval War College, Goa and as the Officer-in-Charge Signal School in Kochi.

[10][11] He has been a member of the Navy’ s premier Think-Tank, the Indian Naval Strategic and Operational Council (INSOC) for over three years.

[13][14] He took over as the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet on 10 November 2023 from Rear Admiral Vineet McCarty.

[15] After a nine-month tenure as FOCWF, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and appointed Commandant of Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala.