Sathish graduated from the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1993. He is a specialist in Navigation and Direction. He attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the Naval War College, Goa.[1]
In his staff appointments, Sathish has served in the Directorate of Naval Operations as the War Room Commander, as the Director of Naval Plans and Commodore (Naval Plans) at Naval Headquarters and as the Commodore (Operations) of the Eastern Naval Command. He also served as the Director (Perspective Planning) at the Army headquarters. In addition, he has served as an instructor at his alma maters, the ND school, Kochi and at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington.[2]
In the rank of Commander, Sathish has commanded the Godavari-class guided-missile frigate INS Gomati (F21) and has been the executive officer of the lead ship of her class of frigates INS Talwar (F40) . He later commanded the Teg class Frigate INS Tarkash (F50) in the rank of Captain. During his command, in 2019, Tarkash had a long Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia. She called on many cities including Dakar, Lagos, Walvis Bay, Helsinki, Cádiz and Saint Petersburg.[3][4][5][6] She also participated in the Russian Navy Day celebrations.[7] He was awarded the Nau Sena Medal on 26 January 2022 for devotion to duty.[8]
Sathish was promoted to flag rank on 1 March 2024 and was appointed Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group and Advisor Offshore Security and Defence to the Government of India. After a short stint, he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat Naval Area (FOGNA), one of the five naval area commanders. He took over from Rear Admiral Anil Jaggi on 24 August 2024 at Porbandar.[9] On 1 November 2025, he relinquished charge of Gujarat Naval Area to Rear Admiral Sritanu Guru. On 15 November, he took over as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of the Western Naval Command.[10]
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Rear Admiral
