Hi, Warriors! Shipwright School, a premier technical establishment, and alma-mater for Naval Architect Officers, Shipwright Officers and Shipwright Sailors of the Indian Navy, was commissioned as Indian Naval Ship Vishwakarma. The honors were done by Admiral Robin K Dhowan in Vizag.
The event commenced with an impressive parade which was reviewed by the Chief of Naval Staff. Thereafter, Commodore Ajay Ghule, Commanding Officer (Designate) read out the Commissioning Warrant. The ceremony was solemnised by recitation of an invocation in Sanskrit. This was followed by hoisting of the Naval Ensign and playing of the National Anthem.
With the commissioning of INS Vishwakarma as a full-fledged naval training establishment, the Navy will complete the technical training triad of the Indian Navy comprising Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
The Shipwright School was established at INS Shivaji in 1941 for training shipwright artificers. Subsequently, it was shifted to Naval Barracks, Mumbai (now INS Angre) in 1943 and later to the present premises in Visakhapatnam in 1981 as a dedicated training establishment with independent facilities for training of shipwright apprentices.
Over the last seven decades, the school has expanded as the training hub of for Naval Architect Officers.
This will be another training establishment for the Indian Navy apart from the prestigious Indian Naval Academy to train quality officers for the Navy.
The commissioning of INS Vishwakarma would enhance the Navy’s in-house design and maintenance capabilities. This would go a long way in transforming the Indian Navy to a designer’s and builder’s Navy in keeping with the “Make in India” vision.
Emphasis was laid on the quality professional training, the bedrock on which India’s warships, submarines, and aircraft are able to effectively carry out their onerous tasks.
The other training establishments of the navy and their type of training are:
- INS Agrani – Leadership Training
- INS Chilka – Sailors Training
- INS Dronacharya – Gunnery School
- INS Garuda – Aviation
- INS Hamla – Logistics Training
- Institute of Naval Medicine – Medical Corps of the Navy
- INS Kunjali – Music Training School
- INS Mandovi – Provost and Physical Training School
- INS Satavahana – Submarine Training School
- Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology – Education Corps of the Navy
- National Institute of Hydrography
- INS Shivaji – Engineering Training
- INS Valsura – Electrical Training
- INS Venduruthy – Seamen Training
- Inter Services – NDA, Khadakwasla
- Inter Services – DSSC, Wellington
- Inter Services – NDC, New Delhi
