Biswajit Dasgupta

Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM is a serving Flag officer in the Indian Navy. He currently serves as the Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command. He had earlier served as the Controller of Personnel Services at Naval HQ from 2019 to 2020 and as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) from 2016 to 2018.

Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta AVSM, YSM, VSM
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Navy
Years of service	1985 - present
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Eastern Fleet INS Viraat INS Tabar (F44) INS Karmuk (P64) INS Nishank (K43)
Awards	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Yudh Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal

Early life & education

Dasgupta graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune.

Naval career

Dasgupta was commissioned into the Indian Navy in the Executive branch in 1985. He is a specialist in Navigation and Direction. In the early years of his career, he served as the Navigating Officer of the Pondicherry-class minesweeper INS Bhavnagar, the Arnala-class corvette INS Androth and the Rajput-class guided missile destroyer INS Ranvir. He has served as the flag lieutenant to the Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. He also served briefly as the Deputy Squadron Commander of the Chukar Aerial Target Squadron.[1]

He has completed the staff course at the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the higher command course at the Army War College, Mhow. He has also attended the National Defence College, New Delhi.

Dasgupta has commanded the Veer-class missile vessel INS Nishank, the Kora-class corvette INS Karmuk as the commissioning commanding officer of the Talwar-class guided missile frigate INS Tabar and was the 20th commanding officer of the aircraft carrier INS Viraat. He has also served as the second-in-command of the Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel INS Astravahini.

RAdm Biswajit Dasgupta (FOCEF) (center) with RAdm Yoshihiro Goka (Commander, Escort Flotilla One) (left) and RDML Bill Bryne (Commander, Carrier Strike Group 11) (right) aboard USS Nimitz during Exercise Malabar 2017

Dasgupta has served as the Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet. In his staff appointments, he has served as the Commander Work Up and as the Staff Officer (ND) at Naval HQ. In his instructional appointments, Dasgupta has served as directing staff at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and as the Officer-in-Charge Navigation and Direction School. As a commodore, Dasgupta served as the Naval Assistant (NA) to the Chief of the Naval Staff.

Flag Rank

On promotion to flag rank, Dasgupta took over as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) at the Western Naval Command. He then assumed the office of Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet on 14 October 2016.[2][3] For his command of the Eastern Fleet, Dasgupta was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2019.[4] He handed over charge of the Eastern Fleet to Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on 15 January 2018.[5]

On 12 June 2019, on promotion to the rank of Vice Admiral, Dasgupta took over as the Controller of Personnel Services at Naval Headquarters.[6] On 12 June 2020, he took over as the Chief of Staff of the Eastern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Satish Namdeo Ghormade.[7]

See also

• Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet
• Eastern Fleet

References

1. "Controller of Personnel Services (CPS) | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
2. "Biswajit Dasgupta is chief of Eastern Fleet". The Hindu. 15 October 2016.
3. "Rear Admiral B Dasgupta, YSM, VSM assumes Command as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
4. "Medal Winners: Page 3 of 7 | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
5. "Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi takes over as Eastern Fleet Commander | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
6. "Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta AVSM YSM VSM assumes charge as Controller Personnel Services (CPS) at Naval Headquarters on promotion @HQ_IDS_India @SpokespersonMoD @IAF_MCC @adgpi @IndiaCoastGuardpic.twitter.com/CiQoidv3QK". @indiannavy. 9 August 2018.
7. "Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, AVSM, YSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.