Five Focus Areas

Facilitating development of Indigenous Design Ecosystem through collaboration with ship design firms, academia and the maritime industry. Provide advisory services to MoPSW and Institutions of National Importance.

Driving applied R&D in ship hydrodynamics, green propulsion, design tools, energy efficiency, advanced materials, and emerging maritime technologies including AI — contributing to India's national maritime R&D programme.

Establishing national-scale computational and experimental test facilities to serve India's commercial and naval shipbuilding sector.

Oversee the regional capability development centers to build a pipeline of skilled workforce including tradesmen, technicians, naval architects, ship designers, and maritime engineers through structured training programmes, academic partnerships, and engagement with maritime institutions.

Overcoming India's dependence on imported marine components including machinery and systems, through a structured indigenisation programme by mapping import dependencies, facilitating industry-R&D collaborations, supporting testing, certification and type approval of components, engaging startups and promoting a self-reliant Indian marine component manufacturing ecosystem.