Commandant Yogesh Datta (Retd.) served in the Indian Coast Guard for 25 years, with rich experience in sea operations, planning, security operations, training and development. His appointments include Executive Officer, Gunnery Officer, Navigating Officer, Communications Officer, Training Officer, Maritime Law Enforcement Officer, Principal Warfare Officer, and Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Defence and Firefighting Officer.

A helicopter pilot who trained and earned his rating in Southampton, United Kingdom, he has completed about 2,000 hours of helicopter sea operations. He served as Joint Director in the Recruitment Directorate and as a Psych Assessor with the Coast Guard Selection Board (CGSB), Noida, and as a training officer aboard Indian Naval and Coast Guard training ships, grooming the cadets who become future Navy and Coast Guard officers.

He holds a master's degree in Applied Psychology with a post-graduation in Guidance and Counselling, and is qualified as a Technical Officer (Psychology Assessor) from the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), Delhi.