Indian Navy’s six-member all-women crew arrived today in Goa after circumnavigating the globe in over eight months on board the naval vessel INSV Tarini. The group was congratulated by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba.

The crew left to circumnavigate the globe on September 10 last year. The expedition, christened ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama’, was flagged off from the INS Mandovi boat pool.

Led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, the crew had Lt Commanders Pratibha Jamwal and Swati P, and Lieutenants Aishwarya Boddapati, S Vijaya Devi and Payal Gupta as other members.