In a significant stride towards strengthening India`s maritime defence capabilities, the Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, the first indigenously designed and built Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC). The vessel was formally inducted into the Western Naval Command during a grand ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

The commissioning ceremony was attended by a host of distinguished guests, including the Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, who presided over the event. Also present were Vice-Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command, senior naval officers, officials from Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL), Kochi, and other notable dignitaries.