Antony Lays Foundation Stone for R&D Centre for Defence Shipbuilding: The DefMin A K Antony laid the foundation stone of the National Institute for R&D in Defence Shipbuilding (NIRDESH) at Chaliyam, near Kozhikode (Calicut) on 4 January 2011. NIRDESH will be funded by the MoD and all the Defence Shipyards in the country. The DefMin will head the Board of Governors as the President, with representations from the MoD, Indian Navy, Coast Guard, and Chairmen of Defence Shipyards. Gyanesh Kumar, Joint Secretary (Naval Systems) in the MoD has been concurrently appointed as the Director General of NIRDESH.
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