Cmde Manish Sinha was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy on 01 January 1992 and has specialised in Gunnery and Missiles. He is an alumnus of Naval Academy, INS Dronacharya, Defence Services Staff College (Wellington) and Naval War College (Goa). His educational qualifications include Masters and MPhil degrees from Madras University.

The officer’s background is largely in Operations, Defence Cooperation and Training. He has been privileged to command Coast Guard Ship C-01 followed by IN ships Ajay and Betwa. He has served as Executive Officer on board IN Ships Abhay and Shivalik.

His staff assignments include tenures at the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff/ Defence Intelligence Agency (Defence Protocol & Foreign Liaison); Naval Headquarters (Joint Director Foreign Cooperation) and Headquarters Western Naval Command (Command Ops Officer, Command Plans Officer and Staff Officer to Chief of Staff).

His Training assignments include the 1^st Training Squadron on board INS Tir; Directing Staff and Head of Training Team (Navy) at Defence Services Staff College (Wellington); as also member of the first Indian Military Training Team (IMTT) positioned at the Command and Staff College, Tanzania.

He is an avid reader and wildlife photographer.