DGNP to hold golden jubilee seminar, tech exhibition tomorrow

The Director General Naval Projects (DGNP), an organisation which undertakes creation and augmentation of infrastructure for the city-based Eastern Naval Command (ENC), will be celebrating its golden jubilee tomorrow.
As part of the golden jubilee celebrations, a seminar with the central theme 'Modern Trends in Marine Ship Building infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities' and a technical exhibition will be held here, a Defence release said today.
The seminar and the exhibition will be inaugurated by Commander-in-Chief, ENC Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, it said.
The event will give a boost to technical knowledge and support for marine infrastructure by focusing on optimum utilisation of resources to meet various naval operational and administrative tasks on the eastern seaboard, the release added.

Established in June 1967, DGNP has built the Naval Dockyard here and undertaken a large number of marine infrastructure works and other technical works of various shore establishments.
Presently headed by Vice Admiral D M Deshpande, DGNP is handling major projects such as jetties, marine infrastructure up-gradations, ship lifts, bridges and also enhancing the existing support facilities at the various bases and industrial establishments, it added.