National Ship Design
and Research Centre (NSDRC), Visakhapatnam an autonomous society,
functioning under the Ministry of Shipping earned a foreign exchange
of US $ 11,27,300 for the Design and Consultancy Services and
supply of module to the customer, and earned a total income of
Rs. 10.225 crore mainly from project consultancy and hauling of
submarine. The centre received the Best Invention Award at the
52nd All India Industrial Exhibitions at Hyderabad
in February 2002.
NSDRC Visakhapatnam
was set up in 1989 with objective to promote and develop design
and research activities for Shipping and Ship Building to improve
efficiency in shipping sector, preparation of long and short term
plans for research and development in maritime sector; to provide
consultancy and training facilities in various fields connected
with shipping.
In order to give
better and augmented service in the shipping sector, during the
year 2001-2002, NSDRC created new Service Divisions such as Ship
and Offshore Engineering, Construction Supervision, Port &
Infrastructure, Software development & IT, Network & Process
Control, Electronic and Telecommunications, Environmental Engineering
and Maritime Education & Training.
NSDRC has entered
into a MoU with KSRI (Krylov Shipbuilding and Research Institute)
and Inter Tech Services, Russia for taking up collaborative work
in the field of Ship Design and Infrastructure Development. The
centre has also entered into an MoU with Environmental Protection
Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) for taking up collaborative
work in the field of Environmental Engineering. It also undertook
the work of improving the ship handling services at offshore tanker
terminal at Visakhapatnam port.
NSDRC undertook major
repair of ORV Sagar Kanya, a research vessel belonging to the
Department of Ocean Development, Government of India. It also
supervised the eighteen passenger vessels being built at various
yards including four passenger vessels construted and delivered
to A&N Administration, 400 Ton cargo vessel being built at
Shalimar (Works) Ltd., Kolkata, two of Orissa Fisheries Control
Boats under construction at Wadia Boat Builders in addition to
repair work of OSV MV Sindhu-II at Mazagon Dock Ltd. The centre
is assisting Research and Development Establishment (Engineers)
Pune, to develop an Amphibious Floating Bridge cum Ferry System.
In the field of Electronics
and Telecommunication the division has designed and developed
the unit that can authenticate the currency note. The equipment
is designed to check currency note of 20 different countries each
country having typically five currency denominations. It can detect
counterfeits through simultaneous data comparison methods using
3 types of sensors: IR, UV and Magnetic. It can check one currency
note at a time.
It is actively involved
in the Design and Development of "Currency counting and Detection
System (CCDS)" which is designed to count and authenticate Indian
Currency notes in denomination of Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000/- upto about
150 notes at a time. A microprocessor based control system for
control of steering gear and stabiliser system is also being developed
by the centre.
The centre is also
actively involved in social activities such as pulse polio immunisation
and conducting medical camps as part of village development activity.
