Vice Admiral DK Tripathi to be next Chief of Naval Staff

The central government on Thursday (18.04.2024) appointed Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi as the next Chief of Naval Staff (CNS). Currently serving as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Tripathi will succeed incumbent CNS Admiral R Hari Kumar, who is scheduled to retire on 30 April.

Vice Admiral Tripathi took over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff on 04 Jan 2024. Admiral Hari Kumar, commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 January 1983, took over as CNS on 30 November 2021, becoming the 25th Chief of the Naval Staff.