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Introduction -- Marine environment -- Design process -- Engineering economics -- Vehicle parameter estimation -- Stability of floating bodies -- Hydrodynamic design -- Manoeuvrability -- Hull form design -- Machinery system -- Structural design -- Layout design -- Design for safety -- Design for sustainability -- Design for production -- Decision-making process -- Design management

This book discusses naval architecture and marine engineering applications and principles relevant to the design of various systems, examines advanced numerical techniques that can be applied to maritime design procedure at the concept design stage, and offers a comprehensive approach to the subject of ship design. The book begins with an introduction to marine design and the marine environment, describing many of the marine products that are used for transportation, defense and the exploitation of marine resources. It also discusses stability issues relevant to ship design, as well as hydrodynamic aspects of resistance, propulsion, sea keeping and maneuvering, and their effects on design. In addition to covering the various systems and sub-systems that go into making a complex product to be used in maritime environment, the author explains engineering economics and its application in ship design, and provides examples wherever necessary. Contents covered - marine environment, design process, engineering economics, vehicle parameter estimation, stability of floating bodies, hydrodynamic design, hull form design, machinery system, structural design, layout design, design for safety, design for sustainability, design for production, decision-making process and design management.

Nilamadhab Mohanty, Different Colours: Reflections of a Civil Servant. Haranand Publications, 220 pp., ₹600.00 (Paperback). ISBN: 978-93-88409-48-3.

The glissando of Make-in-India campaign is perched on rhetorics like Skill India and Ease of Doing Business. It is also a takeoff on the NMP-2011, which seeks to bolster India's manufacturing foot print, encourage FDI, and bolster exports. The paper brings out the genesis of our manufacturing policy and experience and the challenges that confront Make-in-India. It highlights disconnects that manifest in our education policy both at the primary and tertiary level where GER and inclusivity have become the buzzword; clearly discounting the quality dimension. It draws upon the global best practices where local bodies are financially and functionally empowered to provide quality education at the primary level and act as the building block for research and innovation at the tertiary level. The paper makes a powerful plea for evolving a new educational policy where public policy treats the primary and higher education as a merit good in a holistic manner, fosters PPP, quality and eschew ideological obscurantism. It also calls for abnegating the asphyxiating control that shrouds the UGC. Article visualizations: