Indian Navy reviews refit of ships, submarines, infrastructure buildup; Focuses to spirit ‘Make in India’ move

Visakhapatnam, February 19: Viewing to deliberate upon refit plans for all ships and submarines of the Indian Navy, unit's Annual Refit Conference and Annual Infrastructure Conference commenced at Visakhapatnam yesterday. While the two-day conference is chaired by Vice Admiral G S Pabby, it is being attended by all the stakeholders repr"esenting the Naval Headquarters, three Naval Commands, the Tri-Services Andaman & Nicobar Command at Port Blair, Dockyards, Repair Yards and Material Organisations of the Navy.

 

 

"The delegates will deliberate upon refit plans for all ships and submarines of the Indian Navy and formulate plans for infrastructure augmentation to meet the growing requirements of the Indian Navy", the statement read. Delivering the inaugural address, Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain welcomed the delegates and appreciated the dedicated efforts being put in by one and all in ensuring combat availability of Naval platforms. Role of the Naval Repair Yards towards the sustained operation of platforms at sea was also lauded.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Materiel during his address, complimented the forum for ensuring quality refits of ships and submarines, with a focus on the safety of personnel and material. During the course of the conference, technical and logistics aspects concerning refits were deliberated at length with a special emphasis on enhanced capability of sea-going units.

 

He also urged all concerned to focus on greater indigenisation in keeping with the spirit of the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The Annual Infrastructure Conference is slated to review progress towards modernisation and augmentation of repair and refitting infrastructure in order to maintain the lethal edge of combat assets of the Indian Navy.