Indian Navy Focused on Positive Maritime Environment: CNS

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba during the Navy Day press conference in New Delhi on December 2, 2016.

- Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay

The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Sunil Lanba on the eve of Navy Day launched the redeveloped Indian Navy’s recruitment website, along with an official app, to simplify the application process to join the Indian Navy. Applicants will need to register on the website and will receive automated opportunity and application-processing alerts. Applications will be made completely paperless within two months of the launch. Notably, applicants in remote places would be able to apply for the Indian Navy utilizing the existing network of 1.45 lakh Customer Service Centres, with whom the Indian Navy has signed an MoU.

Addressing his first press conference as CNS, Admiral Lanba mentioned the security scenario in the immediate neighbourhood. In this scenario, the Indian Navy has holistically reviewed its deployment philosophy to proactively deter any menace that may threaten India’s sovereignty. The Navy has over 40 ships, four submarines, and 12 aircraft deployed in the Indian peninsular and island territories. The operational philosophy, war-fighting capabilities and combat tactics of both the fleets are constantly been tested through a series of sea exercises.

It is Indian Navy’s prime responsibility to safeguard national maritime interests and to shape a favourable and positive maritime environment in the Indian Ocean region. The CNS stated: “Towards this end, our ships have established a wide operational footprint carrying the nation’s tricolour across the Indian Ocean region, and even beyond over the last year.”