Rear Admiral Kapil Gupta is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College and the Naval War College. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jan 79 and has specialized in Navigation and Direction. His tenures at the sea include Navigating Officer of INS Vindhyagiri and the 19 MCM Squadron and his Commands at sea include IN Ships Cannanore, Savitri and Brahmaputra, the latter a modern state of the art frigate. Whilst commanding Brahmaputra, he participated in Operation Sukoon in the Mediterranean where he was tasked to evacuate Indians and Sri Lankans from war torn Lebanon.

             Rear Admiral Gupta has served in several operational appointments ashore and afloat which include the Fleet Navigating Officer of the Eastern Fleet, Command Operation Officer of Western Naval Command during Op Vijay and Director of Naval Operations at the Naval Headquarters during Op Parakram. He has subsequently served as the Principal Director of Naval Operations and Training at Naval Headquarters.

              Rear Admiral Kapil Gupta, upon promotion to Flag rank, was appointed as the first Deputy Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala where he had the onerous task of setting up the academy, draw up its training curriculum, establish the administrative organisation as also setup an Engineering College since the Navy has made BTech as the basic level of education for all officer entries into the Navy.

              The Flag Officer, as the Assistant Controller of Carrier Projects has been overseeing the Indian Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Projects including the Repair and Re-equipping and modernisation of the erstwhile Russian Helicopter Carrier Gorshkov into Vikramaditya. Simultaneously, he has also overseen the Indian Navy’s shipbuilding projects in India and acquisitions from overseas in his capacity as the Assistant Controller of Warship Production and Acquisitions (ACWP&A) as a dual appointment.

          The Flag Officer has also been India’s Defence Advisor at the Indian High Commission in Kenya. He was responsible for developing defence relations in the East African region and had an area of responsibility extending to Kenya, Tanzania, Seychelles, Eritrea and the Democratic Republic of Cango (DRC).

            Rear Admiral Kapil Gupta was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 1998 and has been commended twice by the Chief of Naval Staff, in 1995 and 1998

             The Flag Officer is married and has two children, a daughter and a son