From the Wikipedia:
The Indian Navy has been operating carrier battle groups since 1961, with its first carrier battle group formed around the now decommissioned INS Vikrant.
Indian pilots already know carrier landings.
INS Vikrant will be commissioned in 2016 or 2017 (a new ship with a name like an one?)
They also got a former Soviet Kiev-class ship in 2013 they call the INS Vikramaditya
apparently they still have the INS Viraat which was laid down in 1944 as the HMA Hermes or something...
talk about an old ship.
I doubt any of the Sea Hawk pilots are still flying.