About the Speaker

Captain Abhishek Pathak graduated from National Defence Academy, Pune in 2001 and was commissioned into the Executive branch of the Indian Navy on 01 July 2002.

He is a Navigation and Direction specialist and has served on a number of frontline ships, including two aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy.  He has been the Executive Officer of the guided missile destroyer INS Kochi and has commanded a Mine Counter-Measures Vessel (MCMV), INS Kakinada, and the Landing Ship Tank (Large), INS Shardul.

He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, where he was subsequently appointed as a Directing Staff.  He attended the Higher Command Course at Japan in 2022-23 and is currently the Captain, Naval Operations (Policy) at the Directorate of Naval Operations at IHQ MoD (Navy).