HYDERABAD: In connection with Navy Day, a Navy Band Concert was conducted at Navy House at Bolarum in Secunderabad on December 12 and 13. As part of the celebrations of Navy Week 2023, there will also be a public concert at the Ambedkar statue near the State Secretariat on Thursday evening in Hyderabad.
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The Concerts are being organised by the Headquarters Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam and hosted by Rear Admiral Ravnish Seth, Station Commander (Indian Navy), Hyderabad, on behalf of the Naval fraternity in Hyderabad.
Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, attended the concert on December 13 at the Navy House. Various standees depicting operations of the Indian Navy were displayed at the venue, highlighting the theme of “Indian Navy – Combat Ready, Credible, Cohesive and Future Proof”.
Navy Day is celebrated on December 4 every year to commemorate the Indian Navy's successful and spectacular execution of "Operation Trident" resulting in India's decisive victory over Pakistan in the Indo-Pak Conflict of 1971.
As part of the Band Concert, an enthralling ensemble of tunes was performed by the Naval Symphonic Band under the baton of Commander Manoj Sebastian, the Principal Conductor and Lieutenant Commander J Padmanabhan, Assistant Principal Conductor.
The score comprised an eclectic range of music including martial tunes, retro Hollywood and Bollywood movie themes, Carnatic fusion and patriotic tunes. The programme was attended by serving Officers of all three services stationed at the twin cities, Heads of Defence Establishments and DRDO laboratories, veteran officers, senior Government Officials and representatives from Industry.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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