Team Herald
VASCO: Giridhar Aramane, IAS, Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Government of India visited the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Vasco, on Monday.
During the visit, the Defence Secretary inaugurated the newly setup Virtual Reality Centre. The Virtual Reality Centre is a state-of-the-art facility that will provide an immersive experience to the designers of GSL in incorporating the requirements of the customer at the drawing board itself, accruing considerable savings and enhancing the efficiency of design process.
The Defence Secretary was briefed by GSL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) B K Upadhyay on progress of ongoing project being undertaken by the GSL for Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard as well as the Shipyard Modernisation Programme at the GSL.
The Defence Secretary interacted with the senior management and was conducted around the shipyard to showcase the Infrastructure facilities that were set up under modernisation programme. He was apprised of the various world-class infrastructure, especially the GRP Composite Facility, which will provide GSL indigenous capability to build weapon intensive and high technology ships for defence and for exports.
The Defence Secretary took keen interest in ongoing construction programme of ships, R&D, innovation and design being done by shipyard and while appreciating the good work done by the Yard, he urged GSL to further increase their productivity, turnover and adopt innovative skills to keep up with the latest emerging technologies in the field of ship building.
