33rd meeting on shipbuilding under IRIGC held

Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC) on Military Technical Cooperation (MTC) is holding a 33rd subgroup meeting on shipbuilding at Goa from February 12-16, 2019. Meetings held twice in a year, alternatively in India and Russia, have proved to be an excellent platform for resolving issues related to ongoing and prospective shipbuilding projects in India. Vice Admiral A K Saxena, CWP&A is the co-chairman of subgroup on shipbuilding from Indian side and L V Strugov, first vice president, United Shipbuilding Cooperation is the co-chairman of IRIGC on MTC from Russian side. Cmde Rakesh Anand, CMD, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) in his welcome address highlighted that after completion of the Mazdock modernisation project, MDL has a capacity to build 10 warships and 11 submarines simultaneously.