INS Dronacharya

{{Short description|Indian Navy gunnery school}}

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|name = INS Dronacharya

|location = Fort Kochi, Kerala

|country = India

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|type = Naval gunnery school

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|used = 27 November 1978 - present

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|operator = Indian Navy

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INS Dronacharya is the gunnery school of the Indian Navy.{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/ins-dronacharya | title=INS Dronacharya | publisher=Indian Navy | accessdate=July 11, 2013}} It is located in Kochi, Kerala.{{cite web | url = http://indiannavy.nic.in/training/navy-training/ins-dronacharya-gunnery-school | work= Indian Navy | title = INS Dronacharya}} It was commissioned on 27 November 1978. It is responsible for training 820 officers and 2100 sailors and Agniveer as well as personnel of Indian coast guard per year in small-arms, naval missiles, artillery, radar and defensive counter measures.{{cite news | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/article3782708.ece | title = INS Dronacharya surges ahead | work = The Hindu | date=17 August 2012 | first=S. | last=Anandan | accessdate=2012-12-28 | location=Chennai, India}} Friendly Foreign country officers come for training every year. On 16 March 2023 INS Dronacharya got the Award of President Colour by the honourable President of India Droupadi Murmu.In January 2024 INS Dronacharya got Award of UNIT CITATION 2023-24.