Standing committee on Defence visits Naval academy

A nine-member Standing Committee on Defence (SCOD) today visited the Indian Naval Academy (INA) at nearby Ezhimala.
The committee, led by Maj Gen B C Khanduri (retd), was on an on-the-spot study visit to the INA, the sole ab-initio Officer Training Academy of the Indian Navy, an academy release said.
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Flag Officer Commanding-in- Chief, Southern Naval Command and Vice Admiral P Ajit Kumar, Commandant, received the members of the committee upon their arrival at INA helipad.
Later, they were briefed on various aspects of infrastructure development, training processes and means adopted to keep training at INA designed to suit the future Navy needs.

The members, who also visited various training facilities and support infrastructure, training area, Cadets' squadrons and outdoor training facilities, were highly appreciative of the world-class facilities and the meticulous training regimen at INA, the release said.
The committee is visiting defence establishments in cities like Bengaluru, Ezhimala, Hyderabad and Port Blair from February 1 to 5 in connection with the examination of various subjects like "Training of Defence Personnel", "Research and Development initiatives", "state of present operational preparedness of the Defence Forces", it said.