Indian Naval Ship Saryu
“Overall, she’s a complete combat-ready package for patrolling the seas”. The Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Ship Saryu, Commander Nilesh Athare tells us proudly. We’re sailing just off the Car Nicobar Island, the northernmost island of the Nicobar group. The island is nestled in the Andaman Sea in the Andaman and Nicobar Command’s (ANC) Area of Responsibility. We’ve been sailing on the Saryu for nine days documenting India’s tri-service springboard, the ANC, in this series, ‘Arc Of Power’.
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Editor’s Note: Since StratNews filmed this episode, Cdr Nilesh Athare has been promoted to a Captain and has taken up a new assignment.
In this conversation, the Saryu’s 11 th Commanding Officer also
elaborates on:
👉Why the vessel is the ‘Most Spirited Ship’.
👉Its role and capabilities.
👉Its legacy and the connection with the Sri Lankan Navy.
👉Complex naval exercises with countries in the region
👉Commanding a ship at sea.
👉The crew that comes from the length and breadth of India.
👉And the ship’s war cry that evokes the Mahabharata and Abhimanyu’s legendary courage in the ‘Chakravyuh’.
‘Arc Of Power’ Series
A StratNews Global team of Amitabh P. Revi, Rohit Pandita and Vashisht Mattoo documented this series. Deepankar Varma provides all the informational graphics.We boarded the INS Saryu in Sri Vijaya Puram (SVP), the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI). SVP was known as Port Blair till September 2024. Our first journey was from SVP to Rutland Island to film tri-service beach assault exercises that we documented in episode I.
From Rutland, she took us to the Aerial Bay Jetty, Diglipur and INS Kohassa in Episode II.
Part III is an extended interview with the then Commander-in-Chief, ANC (CINCAN), Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan on board Saryu.
Part IV is about extended tri-service beach assault exercises on Tarasa Island.
Stay tuned as we continue to document the ANC’s strategic significance in our travels across the seas and islands.
