INS Dronacharya

INS Dronacharya
Fort Kochi, Kerala
Type	Naval gunnery school
Site information
Controlled by	Indian Navy
Open to the public	Defence serving personal only
Site history
Built	November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)
In use	Naval Gunnery School

INS Dronacharya is the gunnery school of the Indian Navy.^[1] It is located in Kochi, Kerala.^[2] It was commissioned on 27 November 1978. It is responsible for training 820 officers and 2100 sailors and Agniveer as well as personnel of Indian coast guard per year in small-arms, naval missiles, artillery, radar and defensive counter measures.^[3] Friendly Foreign country officers come for training every year. On 16 March 2023 INS Dronacharya got the Award of President Colour by the honourable President of India Droupadi Murmu.In January 2024 INS Dronacharya got Award of UNIT CITATION 2023-24.

See also

Indian navy

• List of Indian Navy bases
• List of active Indian Navy ships

Integrated commands and units

• Armed Forces Special Operations Division
• Defence Cyber Agency
• Integrated Defence Staff
• Integrated Space Cell
• Indian Nuclear Command Authority
• Indian Armed Forces
• Special Forces of India

Other lists

• Strategic Forces Command
• List of Indian Air Force stations
• List of Indian Navy bases
• India's overseas military bases

References

1. "INS Dronacharya". Indian Navy. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
2. "INS Dronacharya". Indian Navy.
3. Anandan, S. (17 August 2012). "INS Dronacharya surges ahead". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

• "Commodore Sunil Kumar Roy takes charge as Commanding Officer, INS Dronacharya - The Economic Times".^{[dead link‍]}

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