Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi is DGNO

KShanmugam, Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu has recently commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship C-449 at Chennai, the forty ninth amongst fifty four in the series being designed and built by Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Hazira (Surat). The induction of this ship is a part of the Coast Guard’s strengthening of maritime & coastal security along the coast of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh. Commissioned by Assistant Commandant Ashish Sharma, the ship will be based at Krishnapatnam under the administrative and operational control of the Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters No.6 at Visakhapatnam.

Exercise INDRA NAVY-20

1th edition of Exercise INDRA NAVY, a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian and Russian Navies took place in the Bay of Bengal from 4-5 September 2020. “Initiated in 2003, Ex INDRA NAVY epitomises the long-term strategic relationship between the two Navies.” This exercise has matured over the years with increase in scope, complexity of operations, and level of participation. The scope of this edition includes wide-ranging and diverse activities across the spectrum of maritime operations.

The Indian Navy had deployed its guided missile destroyer INS Ranvijay, indigenous frigate INS Sahyadri and fleet tanker INS Shakti, along with their integral helicopters. The Russian Federation Navy participated with their destroyers Admiral Vinogradov, Admiral Tributs and fleet tanker Boris Butoma of the Pacific Fleet, based at Vladivostok.

Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumed charge as Director General Naval Operations on 13 August 2020. The Flag Officer is a specialist in Communication and Electronic Warfare and has served on frontline warships of the Navy as Signal Communication Officer and Electronic Warfare Officer, and later as the Executive Officer and Principal Warfare Officer of the guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai.

He has commanded INS Vinash, INS Kirch and INS Trishul and has held various important operational and staff appointments which include Fleet Operations Officer of the Western Fleet at Mumbai, Captain (Naval Operations), Cmde (Network Centric Operations), Principal Director Naval Plans and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy and Plans) at Naval Headquarters.

The Flag Officer has commanded the Eastern Fleet and on promotion to Vice Admiral, was appointed as Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala.

MV Raja Shekhar is Director (R&D) of BEL

MV Raja Sekhar took charge as Director ( R& D) of Bharat Electronics (BEL). He was earlier Chief Scientist of BEL’s Central Research Laboratory (CRL)-Bangalore and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at BEL’s Corporate Office, before his elevation. He has been involved in the testing of Communication products such as Static and Digital Mobile Tropo-scatter Communication & Satcom Networks, Radar Displays and Command & Control Systems during his tenure at BEL’s Ghaziabad Unit. In 2000, he moved to Hyderabad Unit and worked on the testing and commissioning of various Electronic Warfare systems. In 2004, he was transferred to Machilipatnam Unit where he contributed to the design and development of Night Vision Devices supplied in large quantities to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Indian Army.

Vice Admiral SR Sarma is Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy

Vice Admiral SR Sarma has assumed charge as Chief of Materiel Indian Navy from 1 September 2020. During his career spanning over three and a half decades, the Admiral has served