
19 Navy, CG officers qualify as observers
The Hindu
As many as 16 officers of the Navy and three of the Coast Guard graduated as observers, airborne tacticians, and were awarded wings at a ceremony held at naval air station INS Garuda on Thursday. Two
As many as 16 officers of the Navy and three of the Coast Guard graduated as observers, airborne tacticians, and were awarded wings at a ceremony held at naval air station INS Garuda on Thursday. Two officers graduated as Qualified Navigation Instructors (QNIs) and were awarded instructional torches. Rear Admiral A.N. Pramod, Deputy Commandant, Indian Naval Academy, was the chief guest for the event and awarded the Instructor Badge to QNIs and Golden Wings to the new observers. Assistant Commandant Gopi Krishnan was awarded the Uttar Pradesh Trophy on being adjudged ‘first in the overall order of merit’ and the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, Trophy for being adjudged the ‘best in flying’.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












