Seminar 2010

6. The Seminar was perhaps the first attempt by any Indian Naval establishment to bring out views and ideas on the important subject of Embedded Computing and Communication, and put forth the same to the decision makers, system designers and trainers. The large number of paper submissions from within the Service, industry and other organisations is a clear indicator that the seminar did strike the right chords in covering technologies which will matter in the days to come as far as the Naval battlefield is concerned. The overwhelming response of the Industry in displaying latest technologies in the Exposition is a reassuring sign that the Indian industry is all set to support the drive for indigenisation of weapon and sensor systems. The prolonged open discussions post conclusion of the respective sessions have been one of the most prominent features of the Seminar. The range of questions put forth by all sects of a diverse audience ranging from the Chair Person himself to the Industry Reps to the junior-most under-trainee sailors of Valsura in attendance are a clear indicator of the interest that the Seminar has generated across the masses.

7. The Seminar has clearly bought out that the increasing use of modified COTS components in the future Navy systems is a reality which needs to be understood, accepted and taken in stride now. The seeds have to be sown deep into the design and maintenance philosophies so as to cater to the paradigm shift from classic systems due to important factors likegenerality and rapid obsolesce of COTS systems. There is no dearth of will and local expertise in the Indian Defence industry, and Indian Navy and the Govt. of India need to patronise firms which can deliver battle worthy systems of tomorrow.Organisations like WESEE have a very important role to play as an interface between the Naval requirements and correspondingly what the industry has to offer. Valsura also has an important role to play in training the young generation to be able to exploit and maintain such systems and deal with their nuances in the near future. Achieving network centricity is a herculean task which requires harnessing the power of land based Information Technology resources, apart from good tactical and strategic communication links. To ensure battle worthiness of these resources, it is essential that corporate technologies in the field of cloud and storage computing, information security and enterprise application development are integrated deep into the Naval Information Management machinery.