The 2023 edition of the Annual Joint HADR Exercise, CHAKRAVAT was conducted at Goa from 09 to 11 Oct 23.
Key points
- The exercise has been conducted by Indian Army, Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Air Force (IAF) in rotation since 2016.
- The last edition of the exercise was conducted at Agra by IAF. The 2023 edition of the exercise was hosted by the Indian Navy at Goa.
- Since the beginning, it has transformed itself into a multi-agency endeavour involving participation of all three Services, Paramilitary Forces, as well as several disaster response organisations, NGOs, academic institutions and international organisations.
- Besides India, eight countries of the Indian Ocean Region also participated in this exercise.
