Vice-Admiral Jonathan Woodcock, Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Royal Navy, is on a two-day visit to Kochi. The Vice-Admiral was in Delhi prior to this.
At the Southern Naval Command in the city, Vice-Admiral Woodcock held discussions with Vice-Admiral A.R. Karve, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Command, and Rear Admiral S.K. Grewal, Flag Officer Sea Training.
Vice-Admiral Woodcock was accompanied by Resident Naval and Air Advisor of the British High Commission in India Captain Stuart Borland and Surgeon Lt. Sophie Hawkins. Vice-Admiral Woodcock is slated to visit the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology and have an interaction with the naval workup team.