Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Army	NATO equivalent	India · Army 🇮🇳
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Field marshal
General	OF-9 General	General
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Lieutenant general
Major general	OF-7 Major General	Major general
Brigadier	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant colonel
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Captain
Lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant
No equivalent	OF-D Student Officer	Officer cadet
Enlisted ranks
Warrant officer class I	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Subedar Major
Warrant officer class II	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Subedar
Staff sergeant	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Naib Subedar
Sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Havildar
Corporal / Bombardier	OR-4 Corporal	Naik
Lance corporal / Lance bombardier	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Lance Naik
Private	OR-1 Private	Sepoy

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.