Country India Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Vice Admiral AR Karve | Headquarters Kochi, Kerala | |
Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Ravindra Jayanti Nadkarni, VSM | ||
The Southern Naval Command (Malayalam: ദക്ഷിണ നാവികസേന ആസ്ഥാനം, Hindi:दक्षिणी नौसेना कमान) is one of the three main formations of the Indian Navy. It has its Headquarters in Kochi, Kerala at INS Venduruthy, and is commanded by the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief. The Present FOC-in-C is Vice Admiral Girish Luthra.
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The Southern Naval Command consists of Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), a training squadron, training establishments and bases, and land forces and survey ships. It has a naval air station, and a ship repair yard.
The Southern Naval Command is the Training Command of Indian Navy and is responsible for the training of all its personnel, both officers as well as sailors, from basic to advance stages. It has subsidiary units from Jamnagar in Gujarat to Lonavala in Maharashtra, Goa and in Orissa but the majority of training units are in Kochi.
Kavaratti Islands is the home to INS Dweeprakshak, the main naval base of the Southern Naval Command in the Lakshadweep islands.
Organization
The Southern Naval Command is organized as follows:
Naval Bases
Naval bases under Southern Naval Command are the following