Navy orphaned for next 50 days

The Navy, in the absence of its Chief, is over a barrel tending to its diplomatic commitments overseas.

The country may go unrepresented at the Naval Chiefs' Conclave of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), an initiative that was kicked off by the Indian Navy in 2008, when it convenes at Perth in Australia, sources said here. The event will be held from March 25 to 28, and only chiefs of navies of the Indian Ocean littoral nations are eligible to participate.

As the name suggests, IONS is a forum of the Indian Ocean littoral navies and was conceptualised by the Navy for cooperation among the navies of the region in the wake of the 2004 Tsunami that claimed several thousands of lives in the region.

The Navy currently has a three-star officiating chief Vice Chief Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, who is not a four-star Admiral. Dhowan is said to be the front-runner though to be named the next Navy chief, succeeding Admiral D K Joshi, who resigned on February 26 in the wake of the INS Sindhuratna submarine gas leak that claimed the lives of two naval officers.

India is likely to go unrepresented when it participates in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS).

This time, just a warship from the Navy will participate in the event steered by the US, but hosted this time by China.


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