Naval Officers Get International Recognition

Naval Officers Get International Recognition

Sub Lieutenant Raghav Kumar Pandey of the Indian Navy undergoing B.Tech course in Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has won the Class NK Best Project Award for designing a ‘High Speed Military Wing in Ground Effect Craft’ while Lieutenant Abhinav Aravind, Sub Lieutenant Anupam Pathak and Sub Lieutenant Aspin Raj also undergoing the course, jointly secured the Class NK 3rd Best Project Award for the year 2020.

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, known as Class NK is the commercial ship Classification Society of Japan. This society is the largest classification society in the world in terms of tonnage. It is actively engaged in a growing range of commercial ship related activities aimed at promoting protection of human life and property at sea as well as protection of the marine environment.

In 2006, Class NK constituted best project awards to identify the three best B.Tech projects undertaken by students undergoing B.Tech in Naval Architecture and Ship Building at the Department of Ship Technology (DOST), CUSAT, for further research and to suitably award the students for their efforts. The Class of 2017- 2020 at DOST, CUSAT consists of 16 Naval students and 27 civilian students with a total strength of 43.