Dinesh K Tripathi


Dinesh K tripathi, AVSM, NM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He has served as the Commandant of Indian Naval Academy and as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet.

Early life & education

Tripathi graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune.

Naval career

Tripathi 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,.
He has completed the staff course at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington Cantonment where he won the Thimayya Medal, the higher command course at the Naval War College, Goa. He has also attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island in the United States when he was awarded the Robert E Bateman International Prize.
Tripathi has commanded the Veer-class missile vessel, the Kora-class corvette and the Talwar-class Guided missile frigate. He has also served as the Second-in-command of the Delhi-class Guided missile destroyer.
Tripathi has served as the Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. In his staff appointments, he has served as the Director of Naval Operations and as the Principal Director Network Centric Operations. He also served as the Principal Director Naval Plans at Naval HQ.
On promotion to Flag Rank, Tripathi took over as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff at Naval HQ. He then assumed the office of Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet on 15 January 2018. For his command of the Eastern Fleet, Vice Adm Dinesh K Tripathi was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2019.
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.