Navika Sagar Parikrama

Navika Sagar Parikrama

Navika Sagar Parikrama is a project wherein a team of women officers of the Indian Navy would circumnavigate the globe on an Indian-built sail boat INSV Tarini. This is the first ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew. The vessel was flagged off on 10 Sep 17 from Goa by Hon’ble RM Nirmala Sitharaman.

The crew of INSV Tarini comprises of:-

(a)    Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi (43077-A) - Skipper
(b)    Lt Cdr Pratibha Jamwal (07109-F)
(c)    Lt Cdr P Swathi (07234-R)
(d)    Lt S Vijaya Devi (70712-H)
(e)    Lt B Aishwarya (43151-W)
(f)    Lt Payal Gupta (70724-K)

The vessel arrived at the first port halt Fremantle, (Australia) on 23 Oct 17 and undertook maintenance activities at the Port. The vessel departed for Lyttelton, (New Zealand) on 05 Nov 17 as part of Navika Sagar Parikrama voyage.