Centre Of Excellence

Centre Of Excellence

Captain MSN Murthy

Captain MSN Murthy is an alumnus of Indian Naval Academy and was commissioned into the Engineering branch of the Navy on 01 Jan 2005. The officer completed his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Naval Collage of Engineering, INS Shivaji, as part of the 94th Basic Engineering Course followed by MESC in 2008. He had undergone 25th Technical Management Course, at Naval War College, Goa. His sea appointments include tenures onboard IN Ships Kora, Ranvir, Mumbai and Shivalik. He had also served onboard INS Kozhikode and INS Sarvekshak. Among the shore appointments, the officer had served as DM MGTMRC, INS Eksila as SI PCT & Cdr PCT at INS Shivaji and as Manager Gas Turbine Repairs & Manager Gearing & Shafting at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. The officer had undergone M.Tech in Thermal and Fluid Engineering from IIT Bombay and is pursuing PhD from IIT Bombay on ‘Gas Turbine Combustion’. He has a patent granted on his name through IIT Bombay on an innovative concept called ‘Part Electric Gas Turbine’ Which has a potential for wider applications of Gas Turbines with a scope for indigenous design and development in a shorter duration and at lower cost. The officer has taken over of Officer-in-Charge, CoE in Aug 23.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (MARINE ENGINEERING)

The Centre of Excellence (Marine Engineering) [CoE (ME)] was established in Jul 14 with a mandate to provide state-of-the-art technology solutions to the field issues of IN ships, create a prolific environment for development of advanced technologies for IN applications, impart world class education in the field of marine engineering and create awareness with technology update courses through a seamless interface between Indian Navy, Academia, R&D Institutions and Industries. Being the nodal agency for initiating, coordinating and monitoring technical projects/research work of scholars/faculty in academia, the CoE(ME) has established academic/industrial collaboration with institutes of high repute such as the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Defence Research & Development Organisation, National Material Research Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Raja Ramanna Centre of Advanced Technology, Indore and Larsen & Toubro.

Professional Domain

CoE(ME) has undertaken studies on multiple subjects pertinent to the Navy. A number of projects pertaining to advanced cooling systems, advanced waster heat recovery systems, study of corrosion in fresh water systems, etc. are currently underway in collaboration with reputed academia.

Academic Domain

The Centre of Excellence (Marine Engineering) also conducts Continuing Education Programmes (CEPs) for mid-level officers on subjects relevant to Naval applications. 11 CEPs have been completed till date on subjects such as Propulsion System Integration, Management of New Construction Projects, Advanced Naval Propulsion Technologies, etc. CoE(ME) also conducts a Bridging Engineering for officers of the Engineering Branch post completion of B.Tech at INA, Ezimala. The 26 week course aims at orienting Indian Naval Marine Engineering Officers toward Core Marine Engineering subjects prior taking on the Marine Engineering Specialisation Course at CMET.