A total of 249 aspirants, including 36 women and 64 Coast Guard trainees, would be inducted into the Navy at a Passing Out Parade on June 5 at Ezhimala Naval Academy near Kannur.
Air Marshal VR Iyer, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command, IAF in Bangalore, would review the parade of the 80th NAC and 10th Naval Oreientation Course and witness the stripe shipping ceremony of 187 Sub Lieutenants, a Navy release in Kozhikode said.
The training at the INA is moduled to produce all-rounded Naval and Coast Guard personnel, capable of meeting challenges in the modern day security and technology environment, it said.
The Ezhimala Naval Academy, about 25 KM from Kannur, has capacity to train 600 cadets and is in the process of enhancing it to 750 trainees.