Overview

• The one-day 'Nation Building Through Shipbuilding' seminar begins July 23 at New Delhi’s Manekshaw Centre.
• It commemorates the July 1 delivery of Yard 12652 Udaygiri, the 100th warship designed and delivered by India’s Warship Design Bureau.
• Officials say the event will convene government, naval, industry, classification society and academic representatives to assess shipbuilding’s strategic and economic impact.
• Participants are set to examine policy reforms, global shipbuilding technologies and collaborative models to enhance domestic production standards.
• The seminar underscores India’s pursuit of Aatmanirbharta in defence manufacturing and its ambition to strengthen its maritime power.