Navy shifts from re-active to pre-emptive mode: Vice Admiral

KOCHI: The Indian Navy has moved from a reactive safety strategy a few years back to a pro-active stance of pre-emption and prevention, Vice Admiral A K Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, said Thursday.

In his inaugural address at the annual safety review meet here, he said safety and operational effectiveness was mutually inclusive, which means safety provides the organisation the means to minimise loss and consequently enhance the probability of mission success.

Therefore, mission success and safety need to be viewed as complementary to each other, he said.


Top officials of the Navy have assembled here to participate in the meet in which they would review the various safety policies and plansto strengthen safety culture in the defence force, a press release said.

The two-day meeting was being chaired by Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.

The meet was inaugurated by Vice Admiral A K Chawla and was attended by senior officers from Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy), as well as representatives from various Command Headquarters, Area Commanders and safety class authorities, the release said.

The highlights of this years meet were the release of Indian Navy Safety Management Manual and launching of the Indian Navy Safety Website, it said.