Biswajit Dasgupta

Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM is a retired officer of the Indian Navy. He served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command. He had earlier served as the Chief of Staff of ENC from 2020 to 2021, Controller of Personnel Services at Naval HQ from 2019 to 2020 and as the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) from 2016 to 2018.

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 missile vessel , the as the commissioning commanding officer, the guided missile frigate and was the 20th commanding officer of the aircraft carrier . He has also served as the second-in-command of the INS Astravahini.

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) (CSO Ops) at the Western Naval Command. As the CSO Ops, he played a pivotal role in planning and conducting Operation Neer. He also led the planning and successful execution of Operation Raahat during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. For these two operations, he was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal (YSM).

The citation for the YSM reads as follows: For his command of the Eastern Fleet, Dasgupta was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2018. He handed over charge of the Eastern Fleet to Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on 15 January 2018.

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

He took over the reins as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command succeeding Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh on 1 December 2021. He superannuated on 31 July 2023, and was succeeded Rajesh Pendharkar.

In April 2025, Dasgupta was appointed the National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC). The NMSC serves as the principal adviser to the government on maritime security matters, operating within the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), headed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

Awards and decorations He was awarded PVSM on 26 January 2023.