Naval War College, Goa

The Naval War College (NWC) is a premier training institution of the Indian Navy, located in Goa. The college aims at developing leadership qualities of the officers of the Indian Armed Forces at the strategic and operational level. It is one of the three War Colleges of the Indian Armed Forces, Army War College, Mhow and College of Air Warfare, being the other two.

Naval War College
Former names
  • College of Naval Warfare
Motto
संग्रामॆ नैपुण्यम (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Perfection in War
TypeWar college
Established1988
AffiliationUniversity of Mumbai
CommandantRear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM
Location
Goa
,
India
WebsiteNaval War College

History

The Naval War College was established on 17 September 1988 as the College of Naval Warfare at Karanja in Mumbai. It moved to its new campus in Goa and was renamed Naval War College.

Courses

The NWC conducts the following courses:

The NHCC is the flagship course of NWC which runs for around 37 weeks. The course is attended by Indian Armed Forces Officers of the rank of Captain, Colonel and Group Captain.[1]

Regional Maritime Security Course (RMSC)

The RMSC is conducted over 8 weeks. The course is aimed at Officers of the rank of Colonel, Captain and Group Captain from the maritime security forces of Friendly Foreign Countries, like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, Oman, etc.[2]

Technical Management Course (TMC)

The TMC is a 20-week course conducted jointly by the NWC and Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.[3] The course is attended by Naval officers of the rank of Commander.

Accreditations and Degrees

The participants of the NHCC receive a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) degree from the University of Mumbai, while the participants of the TMC receive the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

Other Events & Programmes

The NWC conducts annually, the Goa Maritime Conclave and Goa Maritime Symposium. These events are organised as a regional cooperation and diplomatic forum on maritime subjects.

The NWC also has a faculty exchange programme with the Naval War College, United States, Naval War College, Tokyo and the Navl War College in Myanmar.

The Commanders' Conclave is held at the NWC annually and is attended by the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Flag Officers Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command, Eastern Naval Command, Southern Naval Command and the Andaman and Nicobar Command.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Inaugural Function of Naval Higher Command Course-32 at Naval War College, Goa | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
  2. "Regional Maritime Security Course (RMSC) Commences at Naval War College, Goa | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
  3. "25th Technical Management Course commences at Naval War College Goa. A 20 week course jointly conducted by @indiannavy & #JamnalalBajajInstituteofMgmtStudies, was formally inaugurated Sh Dharmendra Sharma IAS, Chief Secy Goapic.twitter.com/6fjkaVVmTv". @indiannavy. 14 May 2018.
  4. "Naval War College, Goa | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in.
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