'D' Division
Academics / Courses
The Navy faculty is responsible for following long and short term services courses as per the training calendar year 2024-25. The details of the courses are appended below: –
(a) Defence Services Technical Staff Course Navy {DSTSC -07}. The primary aim of the course was “To expose the selected officers from all branches to the aspects of contemporary and emerging trends in naval technology, technology management, operational planning, operations analysis, staff duties and defence procurement, for enabling them to take up higher command and staff appointments”. On successful completion of the DSTSC(Navy) the student officers are awarded the symbol ‘DSTSC(N)’. Course commenced from 10 Jun 24 and will culminate on 25 Apr 25 (total 52 weeks).
(b) NAVAL TECHNICAL STAFF COURSE (NTSC-43). NTSC is an ab-initio course conducted for Naval Armament Inspection (NAI) Cadre officers of Executive (X) branch of Indian Navy. The course is aimed to acquaint the newly recruited Naval Armament Inspection (X) officers with various types of weapons including missiles, torpedoes, mines, rockets, bombs, Guns and their launchers held with the Indian Navy. The course also includes weapon technologies, safety, and maintenance philosophy, organizations of MoD, Staff Duties and Administration etc. This is a 52 weeks course conducted by MILIT for X ‘NAI’ officers. Course commenced from Jul 24 and will culminate on Jul 25 (total 52 weeks).
(c) INDIAN NAVAL ARMAMENT SERVICE OFFICERS FOUNDATION COURSE (INASOFC- 12). The course is aimed to acquaint the newly recruited Indian Naval Armament Service (INAS) Officers with various types of weapons held with the Indian Navy, weapon technologies, safety, maintenance philosophy, Organisations of MoD etc. Indian Naval Armament Service Officers’ Foundation Course (INASOFC) is a 10 weeks course conducted by MILIT for newly recruited Assistant Managers of Indian Naval Armament Service Organisation. Course commenced from Jun 24 and will culminate on Aug 24 (total 10 weeks).
(d) NAVAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATE COURSE (NTUC)-02 :- NTUC is attended by mid to senior level officers of Naval Armament Inspectorate cadre. The aim of the course is to update the naval officers on the new technologies which are being used in the realm of Naval Armaments. The course would cover topics like Advancements in External & Internal Ballistics, Advanced Manufacturing Techniques, Int, Advanced Manufacturing Techniques, Non-destructive Testing, Reliability Engineering, ICBMs, Hypersonic Missiles, ASAT, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Missile Navigation and Seeker Technologies, HERO / Rad-Haz on NA stores, Introduction to FEA and its application in Naval Armament stores etc. Course duration is 02 weeks.
Facilities
(a) Class Rooms. The Navy faculty has four classrooms to conduct the various courses. Computer Training Lab (CTL) available as classroom in Air Hangar is being utilized for computer-based courseware and for capsule courses on BDA and AI.
(b) Automatic Control Systems (ACS) Lab. The lab was established in Jun 2018 at a cost of appx 86 Lakh with an aim to provide young Marine offrs undergoing post-commissioning trg with hands on experience in field of control systems, embedded system, design of robotic controls, 3D modeling design and usage of control interfaces for sensors and motors for basic PCB design which are being taught as theoretical subjects. The lab also has ‘Trainer Kits’ to help student offrs to practically design control experiments and validate results.
(c) Naval Armt Bay (NAB). The Naval Armament Bay (NAB) provides practical exposure on Naval Armament Stores (NAS), to Naval Armament Inspection (NAI) Cadre officers undergoing their ab-initio Naval Technical Staff Course (NTSC), a long course of one year duration.The lab is relocated in 2020 and enhanced with upgradation of display stands/ pedestals and training aids. New Static Display Models have been installed to enhance the training value. The displays include naval missiles, torpedoes, rockets and mines. The displays include information on showcased equipment/ projectile, their sub-assemblies and operational aspects, thus enabling better understanding.
(d) EMI/ EMC Lab. EMI/EMC lab consisting of various Test Eqpts has been set up at the Instituteto give student officers exposure to fundamental aspects EMI/ EMC with practical demonstration models / setup.
(e) Mechatronics Lab. . The lab will augment the training infrastructure of the existing Automation and Controls lab. The lab will comprise of a number of technology sections dedicated to Sensors, Actuating Mechanisms, IoT, Robotics, Analog and Digital Signal Processing. Each technology section will comprise of a dedicated experimental setup and trainer kits for the students to undertake hands on experiments.