Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), a Miniratna Category 1 Defence PSU and a leading warship building company of India, operating under administrative control of the Ministry of Defence, celebrated its 60th Raising Day of becoming a Defence PSU on April 19, 2019.
GRSE celebrated the occasion with much fanfare on April 19 and 20. The event on April 19 was an in-house affair which saw wholehearted and enthusiastic participation from all sections of GRSE employees, including Rear Admiral V. K. Saxena, IN (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director. Employees were awarded in recognition of their contribution, and retired workers who served the company for 40 years were felicitated. The event culminated in a colourful cultural programme.
April 20 was an evening of grandeur as the Governor of West Bengal, Keshari Nath Tripathi, graced the occasion as Chief Guest. He inaugurated the event by cutting a ceremonial cake and marking a formal beginning of the celebrations. He also unveiled a book titled Voyage to the Centennial Warship—a memorabilia celebrating and chronicling GRSE’s commendable journey spanning from its delivery of the first indigenous warship of independent India to the Indian Navy in 1961 till the recent landmark of delivering the 100th warship to the Navy. The Governor also released a copy of GRSE Varta 2019, an annual in-house journal during the event, said a release.
