An inspiring parade marked the culmination of 21 weeks of basic training with a total of 2,435 trainees passing out from the portals of the INS Chilka on Friday. The trainees will now proceed for cadre-specific professional training both at sea and professional training schools of the Indian Navy.
The parade was reviewed by Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni, Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command, Kochi.
PP Kumar Reddy, SSR, Sivasankar M, NAVIK (GD), B Dshalom Raju, Navik (DB) and R Rajasekhar, MR(CK) were adjudged best trainees in their respective categories.
The ceremony was also attended by the parents of trainees' who had come from all parts of the country and senior officers of the Navy and the Indian Coastguard.
The INS Chilka is a premier basic training establishment of the Indian Navy for imparting ab-initio training to sailors and Naviks of the Navy and the Coast Guard, respectively.
The training regimen being followed at INS Chilka is well structured and scientifically prepared to meet the specific objectives of converting raw recruits into confident and well-prepared sailors and Naviks.
Trainees are exposed to service subjects and academic subjects such as English, Computer and Applied Science.
Equal emphasis is laid on toughening the raw recruits both physically as well as mentally through various activities like drill, route-march, cross country, sailing expedition, outdoor camps, weapon firing and swimming, etc.