July 2009

 

30th July, 2009

Lieutenant General VK Singh, General Officer Commanding - in - Chief, Eastern Command, accompanied by his wife Mrs. Bharti Singh, President, Army Wives Welfare Association (Eastern Command) arrived Visakhapatnam on 29th July, 09, on a two day visit to the Eastern Naval Command. On arrival, the General Officer called on with Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.

Later in the day, the General visited the frontline Destroyer INS Rana, where he inspected a Guard of Honour presented by men of the Eastern Fleet. The first couple of the Eastern Army Command then interacted with Rear Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, and Mrs. Rachna Thapliyal onboard the Destroyer, where they also met with other officers and ladies of the Fleet and attended the Sunset ceremony.

During his stay here, the General Officer also visited the Escape Training School at INS Satavahana, the Joint Operations Center and the Dolphin Hill Married Accommodation Complex. The Flag Officer is scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam on Thursday, 30th July, 2009.

 

27th July, 2009
Raksha Mantri, Shri.AK Antony welcomed by Chief of Naval Staff. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh welcomed by Chief of Naval Staff. Prime Minister welcomed by Flag Officer Commanding in Chief.
Raksha Mantri, Shri.AK Antony welcomed by Chief of Naval Staff. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh welcomed by Chief of Naval Staff. Prime Minister welcomed by Flag Officer Commanding in Chief.
PM addresses the gathering at Arihant launch Dignitaries at the Arihant launch. Smt. Gursharan Kaur carrying out the naming ceremony.
PM addresses the gathering at Arihant launch. Dignitaries at the Arihant launch. Smt. Gursharan Kaur carrying out the naming ceremony.

ARIHANT LAUNCHED AT VISAKHAPATNAM: India's first indigenously built nuclear propelled strategic submarine named Arihant meaning Destroyer of the Enemies was launched on 26th July, 2009, at the Ship Building Center, Visakhapatnam. India has thus joined a select group of nations which have the technological capability to build and operate nuclear propelled submarines.

The launch ceremony was attended by the prime Minister. Dr. Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Smt. Gursharan Kaur, Raksha Mantri Shri.AK Antony, Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr. YS Rajasekhar Reddy, Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri MM Pallam Raju, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D Purandareswari, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta and high ranking officials from the Navy, Department of Atomic Energy, and Defence Research and Development Organisation.

 

25th July, 2009

A review meeting held on 24th July, 2009 at Collectorate Conference hall with District Collector Mr. J. Syamala Rao, IAS and other officials of Irrigation Department against the development of works in Tribal Welfare, R&B, Panchayat Raj and Irrigation departments.

 

17th July, 2009

Vice Admiral Sunil K Damle, PVSM AVSM NM VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, accompanied by his wife Mrs. Alka Damle, President, Navy Wives Welfare Association (Southern region) arrived Visakhapatnam on 16th July, 2009, on a two day visit to the Eastern Naval Command. On arrival, the Flag Officer called on Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command. He also visited INS Satavahana later in the day. Vice Admiral and Mrs. Damle are scheduled to depart Visakhapatnam on Friday, 17th July, 2009.

 

16th July, 2009
A two-day Coastal Security Exercise off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, codenamed ‘Exercise Barrier,’ conducted under the Command of Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, concluded on 15th July, 2009. Personnel, Units, Ships and Aircraft from the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and the State Police participated in the Exercise. This Exercise is the second in of the series that has been scheduled with the aim of integrating the efforts of all agencies involved in Coastal Security in all the states on the East coast.

 

13th July, 2009
Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, lightening the lamp at inaugural function of  Gangavaram Port on 12th July, 2009 Human Resoures Minister Purandareswari lightening the lamp C.M. Inaugurated Gangavaram Port
Gangavaram port Chairman  presenting Memonto to C.M. CM giving cheques at Paderu village Inauguration of Girls Hostel at Paderu.

 

10th July, 2009

A two-day Coastal Security Exercise, codenamed 'Exercise Barricade,' conducted under the Command of Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, concluded on Wednesday, 8th July, 09. This Exercise is a part of a series that has been scheduled to take stock of the progress made and the effectiveness of the collective endeavours of all agencies involved in the Organisation for Coastal Security that is steadily taking shape in all the states on the East coast.

 

4th July, 2009

Director-HR of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mr.V.Vizia Saradhi adjudged as "Leading HR Leader" by Singapore HR Institute (SHRI). Mr.Saradhi has received the award from Mrs.Tu-foo Yee Shoon, Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports, Singapore. The Award presentation Gala Night held on 3rd July 2009 at Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore was attended by more than 800 HR professionals from across the World. Organised yearly by SHRI, the Singapore HR Awards celebrates leading HR practitioners in their drive for impactful human capital strategies. Each leading Singapore HR Award is a distinctive recognition by Singapore HR professional body to mark the successes and accomplishments of people managers. Mr.Saradhi is the only Indian to be honoured with this prestigious Award since the inception of this category. 
HPCL has also bagged award under the category "Leading HR Practice" (Special Mention) for its path-breaking innovative HR practices. On behalf of HPCL, this award was received by Mr.P.K.Joshi, GM-HR (Marketing). During last one year or so, HPCL has bagged record total of 17 awards in the area of Human Resources at various forums.

 

4th July, 2009
Sky Diving Camp at INS Dega Sky Diving Camp at INS Dega Sky Diving Camp at INS Dega

SKY DIVING CAMP AT INS DEGA CONCLUDES : A fifteen day Sky Diving Camp by the Indian Navy Sky Diving Training Team (INSDTT), held exclusively for lady officers of the Armed Forces concluded on 3rd July 09, at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam. Selection trials to form a Naval Contingent of lady officers were undertaken, wherein nine lady officers took part. Out of the nine, five have been short listed for inclusion in the Core Group of women officers forming an All Ladies Sky Diving Team to represent India at the World Military Games 2011.

The process had started in Oct 08, with the Navy selecting 05 lady officers. Following the Navys lead, the Indian Army had sought the services of the INSDTT in Apr 09, to train the Army women in sport skydiving, Cdr N Rajesh and Lt Cdr MV Birajdar of the INSDTT trained six lady officers to a level of solo skydivers. These ladies have now been integrated with the qualified Naval lady officers to form a core team which will represent India at WMG 2011. This team will be then be given advance training in body flights and formation techniques. They will also be taking part in the upcoming WMG 2010 to get a feel of competition at international level.

Sky Diving is the fastest non-mechanical sport in which skydivers exit the aircraft at an altitude of 12,500 feet, achieving a terminal velocity of 210 to 240 kmph before deploying the parachute at about 3000 feet, performing various maneuvers during their 50 seconds of free fall. The understanding of the effects of various body positions against such unbelievable air speeds has given birth to various disciplines of sky diving like 4-way formation, accuracy jumps and so on that are practiced and competed, the world over. Only few countries around the world have fielded their womens team in the last WMG. It would therefore be a matter of great pride to field a ladys team of our own, competing against the best in the world and winning the trophy.

 

3rd July, 2009

Civil Works of Air Separation Unit-5Sri PK Bishnoi, CMD of RINL inaugurated the Civil Works of Air Separation Unit-5, LD Converter Shell Assembly in Steel Melt Shop-2 and Equipment Erection of 6 Strands Continous Billet Casting Machine-1 in SMS-2 of 6.3 MTPA on Thursday. Design, Engineering, Supply, Erection and Commissioning of 600 TPD Air Separation Unit have been ordered on M/S Air Liquide Engineering India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad. Design, Engineering, Supply, Erection and Commissioning of 2 nos LD Converters have been ordered on Consortium of M/S SMS SEIMAG, Germany, M/S SMS India Private Limited, Gurgaon, M/S Bridge & Roof Co. Ltd and M/S BHEL, Bangalore. Design, Engineering, Supply, Erection and Commissioning of 3 nos of Continuous Casting Machines have been ordered consortium of M/S Danieli & C Italy, M/S Danieli India Limited, Kolkata and M/S MICCO, Kolkata. Directors and Senior officials of VSP, officials of M/S Dastur Co and officials of executing agencies were present.

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