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The discussion of the day and Session III is India’s Shipbuilding – Opportunities, Challenges & Imperatives is the first seminar of the day.

Commodore M Jitendran Chairman & Managing Director

Chairing the session will be Commodore M. Jitendaran, CMD, Cochin Shipyards Ltd., India. We brief you through the biography of his eventful and servicing life to the growth of the maritime activities in India.

Shri. M. Jitendran (Commodore: Retd) has been with Cochin Shipyard Ltd for the past seven years. He took over charge as C&MD, CSL in March, 2005. Prior to this, he was Director Operations) of CSL sine May 2002. A Post Graduate in Naval Architecture from IIT,Kharagpur and St.Petersburg, he is a fellow Member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, London. He joined this shipyard after premature retirement from Indian navy where he earlier served for 30 years.

During his tenure in Cochin Shipyard, the yard has secured many prestigious and large foreign orders for shipbuilding and high value orders in Ship repair. The net worth of the yard quadrupled remarkably and the yard has earned the reputation for timely delivery of high quality ships. More than 25 ships have been exported in the last 5 years. The product profile was widened including Aframax Tankers, Bulk Carriers, Platform Supply Vessels, Dredgers, Fire Floats, and Tugs. More than 300 ships including Oil rigs were repaired or upgraded both for Indian & foreign owners. The turnover of the yard has more than quadrupled in the last 4 years and has crossed the 1350 crores mark in 2008-2009. Separately, the construction of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier has also commenced and is presently set to launch in 2010 / early 2011.

In 2007-08 and 2008-09, the shipyard set several records including launching 5 ships at a time on the same day. The yard also received Performance Excellence Awards from prestigious institutions. CSL was also conferred the Mini Ratna Category-I in July 2008.

He was born in July 1951 and is the son of an army officer. He speaks Hindi, Telugu, Tamil & Russian other than English.

Marine BizTV caught up for an exclusive interview with this stalwart of maritime India.

Watch the Commodore sharing his thoughts on the Cochin Shipyard, its success and shortcomings, and potentials of the Indian shipping industry.