6 Indian Women Navy Officers on the Way to first Circumnavigation of the globe.
History is created by the inception of India’s ever first Circumnavigation of the globe which is done by team of women officers of the Indian Navy on an Indian-built sail boat INSV Tarini and the project name is Navika Sagar Parikrama INSV Tarini is a 55-foot sailing vessel which has been built indigenously by Aquarius Shipyard, Goa , and was inducted in the Indian Navy earlier 2017, thus showcasing the ‘Make in India’ initiative on the World forum. INSV Tarini is being skippered by Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi, and the crew comprises Lt. Commander Pratibha Jamwal, Lt. Commander P Swathi, Lieutenant S Vijaya Devi, Lieutenant B Aishwarya and Lieutenant Payal Gupta. The expedition was flagged off by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Goa on September 10, 2017, Their Journey would cover the expedition in five legs with stop-overs at four ports (Fremantle, Australia; Lyttleton, New Zealand; Port Stanley, the Falklands; and Cape town, South Africa) before returning to