The newly appointed Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, AVSM, NM called on Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. It was a courtesy call.
About Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi: Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, AVSM, NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He earlier served as the Chief of Personnel (COP) and as the Director General of Naval Operations (DGNO) at Naval HQ. His earlier appointments include Commandant of Indian Naval Academy and Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet.
Vice Admiral Tripathi graduated from the Sainik School Rewa, and National Defence Academy, Pune. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the Executive branch on 1 July 1985. He is a specialist in Communication and Electronic warfare. In the early years of his career, he served as a Signals Communication officer and Electronic Warfare Officer of the Guided missile destroyer, INS Mumbai (D62). He has completed the staff course at the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) in Wellington Cantonment where he won the Thimayya Medal, the higher command course at the Naval War College, Goa. He also attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island in the United States when he was awarded the Robert E Bateman International Prize.
In his career, he has commanded the Veer-class missile vessel INS Vinash (K47), the Kora-class corvette INS Kirch (P62) and the Talwar-class Guided missile frigate INS Trishul. He has also served as the Second-in-command of the Delhi-class Guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai.
On 12 June 2019, on promotion to the rank of Vice Admiral, Tripathy took over as the Commandant of Indian Naval Academy from Vice Admiral R. B. Pandit. Under him, the INA was presented with the President’s Colour, on 20 November 2019. On 13 August 2020, he assumed charge as the Director general Naval Operations (DGNO) at Naval HQ. He assumed the charge of Chief of Personnel on 1 June 2021 succeeding Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh. After about 2 years as COP, he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command. He took over from Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh on 1 March 2023.
Personal life: Tripathi is married to Shashi Tripathi, an artist and homemaker. The couple have a son, a lawyer.
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