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PM to commission Ezhimala Naval Academy on Jan 8
Ezhimala (PTI): Ezhimala Naval Academy, a project to conduct a host of training courses including research, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on January 8, Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta said on Friday.

"After deciding to set up a full-fledged naval academy at this site, we have come to a stage wherein we are ready to commence training at the academy and the Prime Minister will dedicate the academy to the nation on January 8," he told a press conference here.

The over Rs 720 crore project, billed as Asia's largest is capable of accommodating 750 personnel and about 500 support staff to assist the day-to-day activities of academy.

Flanked by the Arabian Sea, picturesque hills and inland waters, the Academy spread over a 2,452 acres, will be the only centre in India imparting four-year B Tech courses in Electronics and Communications, and Mechanical Engineering for all the newly inducted trainee officers.

The syllabi and the curricula have been drafted keeping in mind the current technical advancements and the skill tests that will be required in handling the future acquisition of the Indian Navy, he said.

"The academy would give a lot more thrust on intellectual works and will have a unique laboratory and plans to allow others to do research works here," Admiral Mehta said.

The ongoing works of the project are scheduled to be completed by April end and the full-fledged courses will start in June next, he said.

The entire training sessions, currently being held at Goa's 'INS Mandovi', would be subsequently shifted to the 'INS Zamorin' at Ezhimala, which is located in Kerala's Kannur district.

shivendrashukla · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject:

Again there's a mistake here. All Navy recruits for Engineering are trained at Naval Engineering College, Lonavala, Near Mumbai and not at Goa.

Cheers
Shivendra

sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

shivendrashukla wrote:
``Again there's a mistake here. All Navy recruits for Engineering are trained at Naval Engineering College, Lonavala, Near Mumbai and not at Goa. ''

No, Shivendra, my friend had his first 6 months training at Verem, Goa - INS Mandovi,
after which they went to INS Shivaji at Lonavla - this was in the late 80s.
Cheers, Sumantra.

shivendrashukla · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

Hey Sumantra,
Yes they go to Goa but in the article it mentions that all the training is conducted there, which is not true. I was referring to that. All the Engineering studies are infact conducted in NEC Lonavala only.

Cheers
Shivendra

sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

Yes, Shivendra - my information is a bit outdated, though - from the late 80s.
My friend who was in the Naval Engineering stream, had his basic science and maths
courses in Verem at that time, before the key Engineering courses - courses involving
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and some Computer Science courses, too -
all came in, at the picturesque INS Shivaji campus (which I've had the opportinuty to
visit twice in the early 2000s!). And BTW, this is the person whom I had queried about
INS Viraat and the arrestor hooks thread - quite a long way back in time, but I failed
to get back with any definitive information since he told me that the configuration was
often dynamic in this respect, and it was not a big deal. The Sea Hawks had been
around a bit after they were officially supposed to be retired - as per the original plan.
Finally - a bit of information about another thread - I have been able to unearth some
information I promised about the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar. I'll try to post it
tomorrow.
Cheers, Sumantra