Open House (Exhibition/ Display of NSTL Products) Inaugurated as part of ‘National Technology Day' Celebrations at NSTL, Visakhapatnam

On the occasion of National Technology Day Celebrations 2023 (NTDC-2023), and to commemorate Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam has organized an “Open House” Exhibition/Display of NSTL Products and a Multimedia Presentation of NSTL Technologies for college and high school (IX & X Class) students from 09-10 May 2023. 

A competition on model / exhibits with a theme “Integrated approach in Science & Technology for Sustainable Future” was also organized. 91 models were received from 10 schools & 12 colleges and out of them, 43 models were selected for display in the Open House.  Winners will be awarded on National Technology Day (May 11) at NSTL.

Dr. Y Sreenivas Rao, Outstanding Scientist & Director NSTL inaugurated the Open House as the Chief Guest.  He went round the exhibits put up by the students and asked them about the working models displayed by them.  He was impressed by the innovative thoughts of the students.  Later, he appreciated the school & college students who had done exceedingly well in the competition and narrated them as ‘future world-class scientists’.  He advised college and school students to visit the exhibition to know about the research being done by the NSTL for the Indian Navy.  

Senior scientists Sri PVS Ganesh Kumar, Sri BVSS Krishna Kumar and other scientists & officers accompanied Director NSTL.

Dr. TVSL Satyavani, Scientist ‘F’ & Chairperson NTDC-2023 expressed happiness over the enthusiastic participation in the Open House and informed that thousands of students in and around Visakhapatnam are utilising the unique opportunity of witnessing models of NSTL products viz., anti-submarine heavy weight torpedo Varunastra, light weight torpedoes, underwater mines, decoys (Anti-Torpedo Decoy Systems), etc. 

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