Indian Navy’s first international educational program starts

Panaji, Aug 16 (PTI) The first internationaleducational program for naval officers of ‘friendly foreigncountries’ was today inaugurated by former Navy chief AdmiralArun Prakash (retd). Stressing the importance of maritime security innation-building during his speech, Prakash said in adynamically changing geo-political scenario, navies from theIndian Ocean Region must forge stronger ties and develop anefficient security architecture. The programme was organised by the Naval War College atGoa, the Indian Navy’s premier institution of higher militaryeducation. Rear Admiral Monty Khanna, Commandant of the college,welcomed the participating Navy and Coast Guard seniorofficers of Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman and Sri Lanka. Aimed at building consensus among the regional maritimenations towards a collective approach to maritime securityissues, the course curriculum includes international relationstheory, geo-politics of the region, etc. During the 8-week program, the participants wouldvisit Command Headquarters of Indian Navy in Mumbai,Visakhapatnam and Kochi in the first phase. In the second phase, they would be integrated with theNaval Higher Command Course, a flagship program for the Indianofficers scheduled to start in September. PTI RPS KRK SRYBAS