KOCHI: The Annual Command Meeting (ACM-18) of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) was held at Puzhamukam Hall, Naval Base, here, on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Vice-Admiral A K Chawla, AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, SNC, and attended by all Flag Officers, Commanding Officers, Officers-in-Charge and other Heads of various units under the SNC.
During the meeting, various operational, technical, personnel and administrative issues concerning the SNC were discussed.
On the occasion, the ‘Dakshin Nausena Kaman Raj Bhasha Rolling Trophy’ for the promotion of Hindi language in official work was awarded to INS Chilka while the FOC-in-C (South) Rolling Trophy for Best Green Practices was awarded to Naval Ship Repair Yard (Kochi) in the industrial category.
Indian Naval ships Shardul and Sutlej were handed over a certificate of merit and a memento each by the IMD for achieving excellence in meteorological observations.
The ACM is an annual activity at all Commands of the Indian Navy wherein a stocktaking of all the issues concerning the units of the respective Commands is carried out for analysis and course correction if any.