Team Herald
VASCO: Dr Ajay Kumar, IAS, Secretary (Defence Production) Ministry of Defence, Govt of India visited GSL this week. During the visit, Kumar laid the keel for the fourth Coast Guard OPV, under construction at GSL and inaugurated the Foreign Specialist Accommodation at Chicalim.
He was briefed by CMD GSL RAdm Shekhar Mital on progress of ongoing 5 CGOPV project being undertaken by GSL for Indian Coast Guard as well as the ambitious ongoing Shipyard Modernisation at GSL.
Kumar was conducted around the shipyard and was taken to the upcoming infrastructure sites under various phases of modernization programme. He was apprised of the various world-class infrastructures coming up in the yard in next 2-3 years, which would provide GSL indigenous capability to build weapon intensive high tech ships for defence and for exports.
Kumar took keen interest in the ongoing construction of ships, R&D, innovation & 3D design being done by shipyard and urged GSL to use increasingly more and more Artificial Intelligence based technologies.
Secretary (DP) said, “GSL’s unique capability of delivering ships ahead of schedule, while working in the PSU ecosystem, is the most differentiating feature of GSL and an example for other PSUs to follow.”
“Among all DPSUs, GSL’s performance in Exports is exemplary. All DPSUs should leverage the opportunity available in Exports, if they want to grow further,” he added.
Shipyard’s workers led by Kishor Shet felicitated Kumar on his maiden visit to GSL and assured him of maintaining the same culture of advance deliveries of ships, for new works awarded to GSL by MoD.
