Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Tuesday (28.02.2023) took charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Mumbai-headquartered Western Naval Command (WNC). He succeeds Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh who retired from service.
Prior to taking over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Tripathi served as the Chief of Personnel at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Navy).
An alumnus of Sainik School, Rewa and the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, he was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1985. According to the statement, the admiral is a communication and electronic warfare specialist, who served on frontline warships as signal communication and electronic warfare officers, and later as the chief executive officer and principal warfare officer of the guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai.
Apart from commanding warships Vinash, Kirch and Trishul, Tripathi has held a raft of key operational and staff appointments. These include Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet at Mumbai, Director of Naval Operations, Principal Director of Network-Centric Operations, and Principal Director, Naval Plans at New Delhi. His other appointments include Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (policy and plans) and Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet.
