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| name = Vivek Dahiya<br />
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[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] '''Vivek Dahiya''', [[Nao Sena Medal|NM]] is a serving Flag officer in the [[Indian Navy]]. He currently serves as the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]]. He earlier commanded the [[guided missile destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Chennai|D65}}.<br />
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==Naval career==<br />
Dahiya attended the Naval Academy, Goa and was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy]] on 1 July 1993. He later specialised in Navigation and Direction. He has served as the Navigating Officer of the [[Kora-class corvette]] {{ship|INS|Kora|P61}}, the [[Delhi-class destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Delhi|D61}}, the [[Godavari-class frigate]] {{ship|INS|Godavari|F20}}, the [[Delhi-class destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Mumbai|D62}} and the [[aircraft carrier]] {{ship|INS|Viraat|R22}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy Leadership: Rear Admiral Vivek Dahiya Leads Western Fleet |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/rear-admiral-vivek-dahiya-assumes-command-of-navys-western-fleet-3746225 |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=3 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2005, Dahiya was selected to attend the Advanced Command and Staff Course at the [[Joint Services Command and Staff College]] (JSCSC), [[Shrivenham]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. He served in the Directorate of Operations at naval headquarters. He commanded the [[Kora-class corvette]] {{ship|INS|Karmuk|P64}}. As a [[commander]], he served as the Fleet Navigation Officer (FNO) of the [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Vivek Dahiya assumes command of Indian Navy’s Western Fleet |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/rear-admiral-vivek-dahiya-assumes-command-of-indian-navys-western-fleet-23596213 |website=Mid-day |access-date=3 October 2025 |language=en |date=28 September 2025}}</ref> <br />
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Dahiya attended the naval higher command course at [[Naval War College, Goa]]. He took over as the Officer-in-charge of his alma mater, the Navigation and Direction School. He also served as the Command Plans Officer of the [[Eastern Naval Command]] as well as the Naval Assistant (NA) to the [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mumbai: Rear Admiral Vivek Dahiya Takes Command Of Indian Navy's Western Fleet |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-rear-admiral-vivek-dahiya-takes-command-of-indian-navys-western-fleet |website=Free Press Journal |access-date=3 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
[[File:FOCWF handover 2025.jpg|right|thumb|[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear Admiral]] [[Gokhale|Rahul Vilas Gokhale]] (left) hands over command of Western Fleet to Rear Admiral Dahiya]]<br />
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In 2018, Dahiya was appointed [[commanding officer]] of the [[Kolkata-class destroyer|Kolkata-class]] [[guided-missile destroyer]] {{ship|INS|Chennai|D65}}. During his command tenure, ''Chennai'' was adjudged the Best Ship of the Western Fleet.<ref>{{cite web |title=REAR ADMIRAL VIVEK DAHIYA ASSUMES COMMAND OF WESTERN FLEET |url=https://indiannavy.gov.in/content/rear-admiral-vivek-dahiya-assumes-command-western-fleet |website=indiannavy.gov.in |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref> As a [[Commodore (India)|Commodore]], Dahiya served as the Commodore Workup at the Indian Naval Workup Team, and as the Chief Staff Officer to the [[Flag Officer Sea Training (India)|Flag Officer Sea Training]] (FOST). FOST's charter includes the conduct of the operational sea training of all ships of the [[Indian Navy]] and the [[Indian Coast Guard]]. It also includes enhancing crew proficiency in all aspects, including safe navigation practices, damage control and firefighting drills, weapon firings as well as seamanship training.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, VSM assumes Charge as Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) |url=https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1568986 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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In 2021, Dahiya was selected to attend the [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]]. He also served as the Commodore (Staff Requirements) at NHQ.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rear Admiral Vivek Dahiya assumes command of Navy's Western Fleet |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/rear-admiral-vivek-dahiya-assumes-command-of-navys-western-fleet20250928231522/ |website=ANI News |access-date=3 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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===Flag rank===<br />
Dahiya was promoted to flag rank in November 2023 and was appointed [[Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff]] (Staff Requirements) at NHQ. On 27 September 2025, he took command of the [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]] as the [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]] from Rear Admiral [[Rahul Vilas Gokhale]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Syndication |first1=T. S. G. |title=Rear Admiral Vivek Dahiya assumes command of Navy's Western Fleet |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/rear-admiral-vivek-dahiya-assumes-command-of-navys-western-fleet20250928231522-153044/ |website=The Sunday Guardian |access-date=3 October 2025 |language=en |date=28 September 2025}}</ref> Within a week of taking over as FOCWF, he led the Western Fleet in Exercise Konkan, the biennial bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=India-UK Exercise KONKAN-2025 Commences Off Western Coast of India |url=https://www.newsonair.gov.in/india-uk-exercise-konkan-2025-commences-off-western-coast-of-india/ |website=newsonair.gov.in |access-date=23 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EXERCISE KONKAN - 2025 COMMENCES ON THE WESTERN SEABOARD |url=https://indiannavy.gov.in/content/exercise-konkan-2025-commences-western-seaboard |website=indiannavy.gov.in |access-date=23 October 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and decorations==<br />
Dahiya was awarded the [[Nao Sena Medal]] (Devotion to duty) in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medal Winners |url=https://indiannavy.gov.in/content/medal-winners-0 |website=indiannavy.gov.in |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=75th REPUBLIC DAY PRESIDENT APPROVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND GALLANTRY AWARDS TO INDIAN NAVY PERSONNEL |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1999696 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet]]<br />
* [[Western Fleet (India)|Western Fleet]]<br />
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