A Centre of Cooperation to address the growing need of national maritime technology advancement has been established between the Institute of Marine Engineers (India) and the Institution of Naval Architects (INA) at the IME(I) House Nerul on the 28th January 2023.
The Centre was inaugurated by Prof. R. P. Gokarn, Retd. Prof. Head (NA & ME) & Dean Academics IIT Kharagpur & Retd. Prof. IMU, and a consultant to OERC during its formative years. The inauguration was performed by the significant ‘lighting the lamp’, ushering in the pursuit of knowledge by senior Marine Engineers and Naval Architects also applauded this initiative. The two professional bodies have been collaborating in the past holding INMARCO-INAvation conferences in 2010 and 2014 and are closely working to support the various endeavours by the industry and government over many years.
Among those physically attending the event included other eminent Maritime professionals e.g. Shri M. V. Ramamurthy, Shri Arun Kumar Gupta, Shri Rajeev Nayyar, Shri Bhupesh Tater, Shri Sahai Raj, Shri Naresh Chugh, Shri Ashwini Kumar, Shri A. j. Das, Shri Avinash Upadhye, Shri H. V. Ramesh etc.
