A total of 455 trainees of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard of MR Batch 01/2020 graduated from the INS Chilka at a passing-out Parade held on Tuesday.
The ceremony marked the culmination of 12 weeks of ab-initio sailors' training. The parade was reviewed by Vice-Admiral AK Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command. He awarded medals and trophies to meritorious trainees.
He exhorted them to develop the highest degree of professionalism, knowledge and competence in their respective careers that lay ahead of them.
He also complimented the instructors for having moulded raw recruits into fine young 'Sea Warriors' amidst stringent Covid protocols without compromising on training regimen and quality. Alwin KR, Matric Recruit from Indian Navy and Akshay Kumar, Navik (Domestic Branch) from Coast Guard were adjudged the best trainees in their respective categories. A bilingual e-magazine, "Ankur", was released jointly by AK Chawla and Sapana Chawla, President NWWA Southern Region, in the presence of Commodore Rituraj Sahu, Commanding Officer, INS Chilka, and Sangeeta Sahu, President NWWA, INS Chilka.