INS Shivaji
03-07-2023
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Overview:
The Marine Engineering Specialisation Course (MESC) at INS Shivaji recently celebrated the graduation of 39 officers, hailing from various naval forces.
About INS Shivaji:
- It is an Indian Naval station in Lonavala, Maharashtra.
- It homes the Naval College of Engineering which trains officers of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
- The Indian Navy already operates a primary damage manipulator, Akshat at INS Shivaji to train its officers and sailors on damage manage on a warship at sea.
- The Indian Navy's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence School and Center for Marine Engineering Technology are also based here.
- INS Shivaji had its humble beginning as a replacement for the ‘Stokers’ Training School’ at HMIS Dalhousie, in Naval Dockyard, Bombay.
- Commissioned with the aid of the then Governor of Bombay, Sir John Colville, as HMIS Shivaji on 15 February 1945, it have become INS Shivaji on 26 January 1950.
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Q1) What is the Naval College of Engineering ?
The Naval College of Engineering set up in the year 1997, situated in INS Shivaji is a College with a naval force foundation. It is partnered to the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Source: Pune: 39 Officers Complete Marine Engineering Course At INS Shivaji