Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

• Droupadi Murmu

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Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi PVSM AVSM NM
Official portrait, 2025 [1]
26th Chief of the Naval Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)
Preceded by	R. Hari Kumar

Military offices
Preceded by Ajendra Bahadur Singh	Commanding Officer INS Trishul 2006 - 2007	Succeeded by Sanjay Jasjit Singh
Preceded by Biswajit Dasgupta	Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet 2018 - 2019	Succeeded by Suraj Berry
Preceded by R. B. Pandit	Commandant, Indian Naval Academy June 2019 - July 2020	Succeeded by M. A. Hampiholi
Preceded by M. A. Hampiholi	Director General Naval Operations 2020 - 2021	Succeeded by Rajesh Pendharkar
Preceded by Ravneet Singh	Chief of Personnel 1 June 2021 – 28 February 2023	Succeeded by Suraj Berry
Preceded by Ajendra Bahadur Singh	Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command 1 March 2023 - 3 January 2024	Succeeded by Sanjay Jasjit Singh
Preceded by Sanjay Jasjit Singh	Vice Chief of the Naval Staff 4 January 2024 - 30 April 2024	Succeeded by Krishna Swaminathan
Preceded by R. Hari Kumar	Chief of the Naval Staff 30 April 2024 - Present	Incumbent