Hailing the recent delivery of the 100th indigenously-designed ship into the force, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi called it a 'symbolic testament' in the nation's transition to maritime self-reliance, technological excellence, and strategic foresight.
Speaking on Wednesday at the "Shipbuilding Seminar on Nation Building Through Shipbuilding" hosted at the Manekshaw Centre here by the Navy's Warship Design Bureau (WDB), the Navy chief added that it is not just a numerical achievement.
India's Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) brought out the Navy's Vision 2047 to transform it into an "Aatmanirbhar" force through a leadership-driven focus on "invention, innovation, indigenisation and integration of niche, disruptive and emerging technologies", the Ministry of Defence said.
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What was the seminar about?
The event brought together key stakeholders from the Centre, the Navy, shipyards, industry, classification societies, and academia. The WDB, a premier warship-design organisation under the Naval Headquarters in New Delhi, began its journey as the Central Design Office in 1964 to achieve self-sufficiency in warship design and evolved into the Directorate of Naval Design in 1970.
The seminar enabled effective interactions and fruitful brainstorming sessions with the senior hierarchy of the ministry, the Navy, shipyards, and academia, among others. The occasion also highlighted the design expertise at the WDB and its accumulated experience of more than 60 years in designing technologically potent warships, spanning 20 designs and over 100 vessels, it said.
Additionally, the seminar celebrated the July 1 delivery of Y12652 (Udaygiri), a historic milestone as the 100th warship delivered to the country by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and the Indian Navy.
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In a separate statement, the ministry announced that the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, a tri-services think tank under the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, is organizing a two-day national seminar on "India's Maritime Vision" in New Delhi on July 24-25.
The event is being conducted in collaboration with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Ministry of Culture, with a focus on heritage, security, and the vision for "Viksit Bharat by 2047".
"The seminar is aligned with the vision of a 'whole-of-nation' approach, bringing together strategic, cultural, and developmental stakeholders to explore India's evolving maritime narrative. The event reflects the synergy of defence, diplomacy, academia, industry, and cultural institutions -- a hallmark of comprehensive national power in the making," it said in a statement.
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