IT Seminar 2015 at Western Naval Command

Western Naval Command Organises IT Seminar 2015

Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, FOC-in-C(West), at the Inaugural Session

In order to bridge the gap between fast changing technology in Information Technology (IT) Industry and IT infrastructure of Indian Navy, Headquarter Western Naval Command is organizing a two day seminar on 10 and 11 June 2015.

Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command, was the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Session. The session was also attended by Dr Deepak B Pathak, from IIT(Mumbai), senior officers from the Indian Navy and experts from the IT Industry.

The Seminar will serve as a platform for sharing knowledge and experience in different IT domains.  During the Seminar, officers from various departments of the Navy and notable people from IT industry and academia will present papers. An exhibition by IT industry is also being conducted on the sidelines of the seminar.

RAdm Sandeep Nathani, CSO(Tech), HQWNC, VAdm SPS Cheema, FOC-in-C (West) and Dr Deepak B Pathak, Professor, IIT(Mumbai) uncovering the compendium of papers being presented during the seminar

Information Technology plays a key role in network centric operations of the Indian Navy.  Indian Navy has thus come a long way in the field of Information Technology. Information exchanged in the Indian Navy rides on a strong information highway supported by Navy Enterprise Wide Network (NEWN) which serves as Naval Unified Domain (NUD).  NUD has successfully advanced to a stage where the separately managed networks of the ships and establishments have been integrated and secured with information security policies implemented over the entire domain.

Some Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions have been harnessed by the Navy for applications like Human Resource Management, Financial Information System (for financial activities) and logistics management systems (for management of stores and inventory).  With indigenously developed multiband communication satellite Rukmani, there is independent network connectivity with ships at sea.  Further, a National Command Control Communication Intelligence Network hub has been setup at Gurgaon, (NCR) Haryana. The hub interlinks Navy’s Joint Operations Centers and Coast Guard stations for monitoring all the ship activities in Navy’s area of operation and coastal security zones.

Vice Admiral SPS Cheema visited stalls at exhibition by IT industry

With the undeniable important role played by the IT in the modern day Navy, IT (X) cadre for officers was sanctioned by the Government of India.  Case for sanction of IT cadre sailors is also in process.