INS Valsura awarded President’s Colour

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