UPSC Articles
INS Valsura awarded President’s Colour
Part of: Prelims
Context: The Indian President Ram Nath Kovind presented the President’s Colour to INS Valsura, the Navy’s premier technological training establishment.
- The President’s Colour is bestowed on a military unit in recognition of the exceptional service rendered to the nation, both in peace and in war.
- INS Valsura trains officers and men on operation and maintenance of sophisticated and technologically advanced equipment on board warships.
- INS Valsura , started on 30 acres of land as a torpedo school in 1942 under the British, has today grown into one of the foremost technological training institutions of the country spread over 600 acres.
News Source: TH
