- Domestic training
- Bilateral Exercise
- Multiple-party exercise
- It attempts to improve internal interactions and may include inter-services or intra-services based on the purpose and application.
- Paschim Lehar
- Gandiv Vijay
- These exercises are those that take place between two countries.
| Exercise Name | Nations Involved |
| CORPAT | India and Thailand |
| Hand in Hand | India and China |
| Shakti | India and France |
| Yudh Abhyas | India and USA |
| Mitra Shakti | India and Sri Lanka |
| Vajra Prahar | India and USA |
| Sampriti | India and Bangladesh |
| Dharma Guardian | India and Japan |
| SIMBEX | India and Singapore |
| Surya kiran | India and Nepal |
| Exercise name | Nations involved |
| Malabar Exercise | India, Japan, and the United States |
| RIMPAC | Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Thailand, China, Colombia, Netherlands, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Norway, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States |
| Samvedna | South Asian nations |
- Malabar is a multinational naval combat exercise that began in 1992. It commenced as a bilateral engagement between India's and the United States' warships.
- After two additional iterations of the exercise in 1995 and 1996, there was a halt until 2002 in the wake of India's nuclear tests.
- The exercise has been held every year since 2002. Japan and Australia were the first to participate in 2007; since 2014, India, the United States, and Japan have attended every year.
- It is one of the major multinational naval exercises led by the United States.
- RIMPAC began in 1971 as an annual exercise between the United States, Australia, and Canada. However, beginning in 1974, the marine drill had become a biennial event.
- Its goal is to improve interoperability and create confidence among friendly foreign navies.
- India first took part in RIMPAC in 2014 with the domestically built Shivalik-type stealth cruiser INS Sahyadri.
- The Indian Fleet's INS Satpura and 1 P8I marine surveillance aircraft are competing in the current edition.
| Exercise Name | Countries taking part alongside India |
| Bold Kurukshetra | Singapore |
| Garuda Shakti IV | Indonesia |
| Indra | Russia |
| Lamitye | Seychelles |
| Mitra Shakti | Sri Lanka |
| Nomadic Elephant | Mongolia |
| Surya Kiran | Nepal |
| Prabal Dostyk | Kazakhstan |
| Maitree | Thailand |
| Khanjar | Kyrgyzstan |