Defence Correspondents Course conducted by Ministry of Defence for selected journalists from National and Regional Media organisations, commenced at Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam on August 21.
Kohima, August 23 (MExN): The 2023 edition of Defence Correspondents Course (DCC), a three week course conducted by the Ministry of Defence, for selected journalists from National and Regional Media organisations, commenced at Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Visakhapatnam on August 21.
The PRO (Defence), Kohima & Imphal stated in a press release that Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena AVSM, NM Chief of Staff, ENC delivered the inaugural address and A Bharat Bhushan Babu, Spokesperson (MoD) and Additional Director General (Media & Communication) gave an insight into Defence Journalism of the course at the Maritime Warfare Center.
One journalist each from Nagaland and Manipur are attending this course that includes Army, Navy and Air Force phases. During the course the candidates will be visiting major military stations across country to get an insight into the organisation and functionality of these elite forces of the country.
The aim of the course is to bring media and military closer and enable a pool of journalists at all levels to have better appreciation of the Armed Forces and are cognizant of the domain when reporting on stories relating to the maritime environment.
During the one-week naval phase, the participants will be addressed by subject matter experts from within the Navy and the Coast Guard. They will acquaint the journalists with various aspects of the Navy including Naval Operations, Naval Diplomacy, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and the Organisational Structure of the Navy and Coast Guard. As part of the course, the participants visited the Indian Naval ship and submarine on August 21 and they were briefed on various facets of life onboard.
The participants will also have a scheduled tour at Naval Dockyard, Naval Air Station and onboard Coast Guard ships at Visakhapatnam in this week. A sea sortie onboard a front-line warship of the Indian Navy is the highlight of the naval leg of the course, which will provide the journalists an insight into naval operations at sea.
