Biswajit Dasgupta

Dasgupta graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune.

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 Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet
• Eastern Fleet