Admiral RK Dhowan, the Chief of Naval Staff arrived Kochi on 16 January 2016 to review the progress of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant ‘under construction at Cochin Shipyard limited (CSL). He was received by Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command at the naval air station INS Garuda on his arrival. The Admiral, accompanied by the FOC-in-C South visited the CSL in the afternoon where he had a walk around of the ship to have a firsthand appreciation of the progress of work onboard and was briefed on the various milestone activities of construction. At the shipyard, he also held discussions with Shri Madhu S Nair, Chairman and Managing Director, CSL and other senior officials of Navy and CSL which included Vice Admiral GS Pabby, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition (CWPA).