Surgeon Vice Admiral Tapan Sinha, SM is the Director General Medical Services of the Indian Navy[1] and a former Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (MR).

Sinha is an alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and pursued an MS (General Surgery) from the University of Pune followed by a Master of Chirurgiae (Urology) from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.

[2] Sinha was commissioned into Army Medical Corps on 27 February 1977.

Later he was appointed as the Additional Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (MR) in the office of Directorate General Armed Forces Medical Services & Additional Directorate General Medical Service (Army) and also worked in the office of Directorate General Medical Service (Army).

He was awarded a COAS Commendation Card in 2001 and 2002 and received the Sena Medal for distinguished service in 2005.