Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi is scheduled to visit Mumbai today to review the situation after warship INS Brahmaputra got severely damaged in a fire incident.
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi called on Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood on Wednesday as part of his ongoing visit to the neighbouring country.
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, called on Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as a part of his ongoing visit to the neighbouring nation.
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi interacted with the Commandant of National Defence College Lt Gen Md Saiful Alam, the faculty and staff and provided an overview of flux in the security environment in the broader Indo-Pacific Region from a naval perspective.
The visit is aimed at consolidating bilateral defence relations between India and Bangladesh and exploring new avenues for Naval cooperation, a Navy press release said.
Hailing from the Sainik School Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi and Army Chief Designate Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi were together in the school from class 5th-A in the early 1970s.
In his speech, Admiral Tripathi underscored the Indian Navy's fundamental mission to maintain constant combat readiness to protect the nation's maritime interests under the motto "Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow!"
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumed command of the Indian Navy as the 26th Chief of the Naval Staff on Tuesday. He succeeds Admiral R Hari Kumar, who retires upon superannuation, after an illustrious career in the Indian Navy.
Tripathi is presently the Vice Chief of Navy Staff after having done multiple important assignments in his around 40-year-long vast career and he will assume his new office on April 30.