[4] The Rana, Ranjit, Kuthar, destroyer INS Mysore, tanker INS Jyoti and Indian naval aircraft represented the Indian Navy at the first 2007 edition of the Malabar naval exercise held off the coast of Okinawa Island from 6 to 11 April.

[6] The Rana, Ranjit, Kuthar, Mysore and Jyoti along with multiple naval aircraft represented the Indian Navy at Indra 2007, an annual bilateral exercise between India and Russia.

The Russian Navy was represented by the two anti-submarine destroyers Marshal Shaposhnikov and Admiral Vinogradov, the Dubna-class tanker Pechenga, one missile boat, one diesel submarine, several minesweepers and a pair of tugboats, all unnamed, along with two Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters and an IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft.

[9] From 5–6 June 2010, she made a friendly visit to Fremantle, Australia to enhance bilateral cooperation between the Indian and Australian navies.

The other three ships were the Shakti, a Deepak-class fleet tanker, the Shivalik, a stealth frigate, and the Karmuk, a Kora-class corvette.

These exercises aimed to increase naval interoperability, enabling the two navies to function together smoothly during possible disaster-relief operations.

[15][16] The four ships entered Tokyo on 5 June after visiting Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines and Republic of Korea.

Then Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command also visited Tokyo to witness the first JIMEX.

[19][20] As part of India's Look East policy, the ships visited the Shanghai port on 13 June 2012, for a five-day goodwill tour.

[22] Before leaving the port, the ships conducted routine passage exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy.

This was the last port call of the battle group, after which it returned to the Eastern fleet of the Indian Navy, after being on a two-month-long deployment which started in May 2012.

The three ships conducted tactical manoeuvres, replenishment at sea approaches, air defence drills and cross deck helicopter operations.

[38] On Thursday, 1 June 2017, a 21-year-old naval sailor, Vikash Yadav, of Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, an electrical mechanic of power class 1, was found dead at 5 am, with bullet injuries, on board the INS Rana in Visakhapatnam, while on duty as a security sentry.