A Builder’s Navy: The Long Road to Self-sufficiency in Warship Design

India’s maritime rise did not begin with a slogan. It began quietly.

From a total dependence on imported warships in the early sixties, the Indian Navy moved to designing and building its own frigates, destroyers, an aircraft carrier and nuclear submarines, all within six decades.

A Builder’s Navy: The Long Road to Self-sufficiency in Warship Design by Capt. N.S. Mohan Ram is an insider’s candid account of this transformation, told with understated humor. It is a story of patience, calibrated risk and talent nurtured ship class by ship class.

Essential reading for naval officers, historians, management students and curious readers alike.