APPOINTMENTS

DRDO gets a new Chief

Distinguished scientist Dr Samir V. Kamat, Director General Naval Systems & Materials (NS & M) has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Goa Shipyard Limited

Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay assumed charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on July 10, 2022. He holds a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Fellow member of Institute of Engineers, Kolkata and Institute of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineers, New Delhi.

36th Tri-Services Commanders’ Conference (TSCC) - South was held at Port Blair on September 12-13, 2022 under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar Command. The two-day conference was hosted by Commander-in-Chief, Andaman Nicobar Command Lt General Ajai Singh. GOC-in-C, Southern Command Lt General J.S. Nain; FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh; FOC-inC, Southern Naval Command Vice Admiral M.A. Hampiholi; AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command Air Marshal J. Chalapati and Chief of Staff, Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan were among those who attended the conference.

The senior leadership deliberated upon various aspects pertaining to the geostrategic situation and infrastructure development in the Indian Ocean Region, coordinating the actions of Regional Command of the three services as well as avenues of augmenting tri-services training and readiness of all components. The conference was aimed at synergising collective strengths and capabilities of India’s littoral service and Integrated-Service commands. It focused on addressing contemporary security paradigms while seeking ways to enhance combat capability and make operations more effective and efficient.