INS Dronacharya

Indian Navy gunnery school

INS Dronacharya
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Part of कुरु प्रहार प्रथमे
Fort Kochi, Kerala
Type	Naval gunnery school
Site information
Controlled by	Indian Navy
Site history
Battles/wars	War memorial of goa operation and 1971 war
Garrison information
Current commander	^[1]

INS Dronacharya is the gunnery school of the Indian Navy.^[2] It is located in Kochi, Kerala.^[3] It's commissioned on 27 November 1978. It is responsible for training 820 officers and 2100 sailors and Agniveer as well as personal of indian coast guard per year in small-arms, naval missiles, artillery, radar and defensive countermeasures.^[4] Friendly Foreign country officers come for training every year.on 16 march 2023 ins dronacharya got Award of President Colour by the honourable President of India Droupadi Murmu.In January 2024 INS Dronacharya got Award of UNIT CITATION 2023-24

References

^ "Navy's missile school gets new CO". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 26 September 2017.
^ "INS Dronacharya". Indian Navy. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
^ "INS Dronacharya". Indian Navy.
^ Anandan, S. (17 August 2012). "INS Dronacharya surges ahead". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

"Commodore Sunil Kumar Roy takes charge as Commanding Officer, INS Dronacharya - The Economic Times".^{[dead link]}

Indian Navy

Leadership

Minister of Defence
Chief of the Naval Staff
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
FOCs-in-C (Naval Commanders)
DCNS
COP
COM
FOCWF
FOCEF
FOMA
FOGNA
FOK
FOTNA
FODAG
FOSM
FOST
ACNS
Serving admirals
Navy MCPO

Components
and
Commands

Naval Commands

Operational	Western Naval Command Eastern Naval Command Southern Naval Command
Joint	Andaman and Nicobar Command Strategic Forces Command Defence Cyber Agency Defence Space Agency Armed Forces Special Operations Division

Fleets

Western Fleet
Eastern Fleet

Bases

New Delhi	INS India
Western Naval Command	INS Dwarka INS Sardar Patel INS Kadamba INS Vajrakosh INHS Patanjali INS Gomantak INS Hansa INHS Jeevanti INS Angre INS Abhimanyu INS Agnibahu INHS Asvini INS Kunjali INS Shikra INS Tanaji INS Trata INS Tunir INS Vajrabahu
Southern Naval Command	INS Dweeprakshak INS Minicoy INS Androth INS Bitra INS Garuda INHS Sanjivani INS Venduruthy INS Dronacharya INS Chilka INHS Nivrani INS Mandovi INS Hamla INS Shivaji INHS Kasturi INS Valsura INS Agrani INS Zamorin INS Satavahana INS Vishwakarma INS Jatayu
Eastern Naval Command	INS Circars INS Dega INS Virbahu INHS Kalyani INS Kalinga INS Eksila INS Karna INS Adyar INS Rajali INS Parundu INS Kattabomman INS Tuticorin INS Netaji Subhash INS Paradip INS Bhubaneswar INS Varsha
Andaman and Nicobar Command	INS Kardip INS Jarawa INS Utkrosh INS Baaz INHS Dhanvantari INS Campbell Bay INS Kohassa

Equipment

Aircraft Squadrons

Fighter	300 303
Airborne Early Warning (AEW)	339
Anti-submarine (ASW)	330 333 336
Reconnaissance	342 343 344
Maritime patrol	312 315 318 550 313
Electronic Warfare	310 311
Multirole helicopter	322 323 334 350
Search & Rescue	321
Training	551 552 561

Military Academies

Education & Training	Sainik School Armed Forces Medical College Ajmer Military School Bangalore Military School Belgaum Military School Chail Military School Dholpur Military School Rashtriya Indian Military College
Schools & Colleges	Indian Naval Academy Naval War College
Tri-Service Institutions	Defence Services Staff College National Defence Academy National Defence College College of Defence Management Military Institute of Technology