Southern Naval Command

Southern Naval Command
Country	India
Headquarters	Kochi, Kerala
Commanders
Flag Officer Commanding in Chief	Vice Admiral AR Karve
Chief of Staff	Rear Admiral Ravindra Jayanti Nadkarni, VSM[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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:^[4]

Post	Current Holder	References
Flag Officer Commanding in Chief	Vice_Admiral AR_Karve
Chief Of Staff	Rear_Admiral Ravindra Jayanti Nadkarni, VSM
Commandant, Indian Naval Academy	Vice Admiral SV Bhokare	[5]
Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST)	Rear Admiral S K Grewal	[6]
Admiral Superintendent Yards (ASY) - Kochi	Rear Admiral K Ravikiran	[7]
Naval Officer In-Charge (NOIC) - Kerala	Captain Varghese Mathew	[8]
Naval Officer In-Charge (NOIC) - Lakshadweep

Naval Bases

Naval bases under Southern Naval Command are the following^[9]

Base	City	State/Territory	Role
INS Dweeprakshak	Kavaratti	Lakshwadweep	Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Minicoy[10]	Minicoy	Lakshwadweep	Forward Operating Base
INS Androth (Under construction)	Androth	Lakshwadweep	Forward Operating Base and Radar station
INS Garuda	Kochi	Kerala	Naval Air Station
INHS Sanjivani	Kochi	Kerala	Naval Hospital
INS Venduruthy	Kochi	Kerala	Logistics and Administrative support
INS Dronacharya	Kochi	Kerala	Naval Weapons Training
INS Chilka	Chilka	Orissa	Naval Training
INHS Nivrani	Chilka	Orissa	Naval Hospital
INS Mandovi	Panaji	Goa	Naval Training
INS Hamla	Mumbai	Maharashtra	Combined Operations Training
INS Shivaji	Lonavala	Maharashtra	Technical Training
INHS Kasturi	Lonavala	Maharashtra	Naval Hospital
INS Valsura	Jamnagar	Gujarat	Electric Equipment Training
INS Rajali	Arakkonam	Tamil Nadu	Naval Air Base
INS Agrani	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Leadership Training
INS Zamorin	Ezhimala	Kerala	Logistics and Maintenance support to Indian Naval Academy
INS Satavahana	Vishakapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	Submarine Warfare Training

References

1. "New Chief of Staff for Southern Naval Command". Indian Navy. 14 October 2016.
2. "Vice Admiral Girish Luthra Takes Charge of Southern Naval Command". The New Indian Express. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
3. "Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi". Indian Navy.
4. "Organisation: Hierarchical Setup". Indian Navy. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
5. "Rear Admiral B Dasgupta Assumes Command as Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet". Defence Aviation Post. 2016-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
6. "Rear Admiral SK Grewal Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Sea Training". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
7. "Navy to set up watermanship training centre in Kochi". The Hindu. 2014-01-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
8. "Preparedness of coastal security mechanism along Kerala reviewed". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
9. "Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi". Indian Navy. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
10. "Southern Naval command chief reviews security in Lakshadweep". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-03-13.