Author: Capt (Dr) MSN Murthy, Lt Cdr Apurva Mayank

Capt (Dr) MSN Murthy is an alumnus of, Naval College of Engineering , INS Shivaji and Naval War College. He is an MTech in Thermal and Fluid Engineering and a Doctorate from IIT Bombay with the research topic of ‘Combustion Characteristics in Gas Turbine Engines’. He holds a patent on an innovative heat engine concept called ‘Part Electric Gas Turbine’ through IIT Bombay and has applied for another three patents (under review) on ‘Simple and efficient fuel consumption measuring system for Heat engines’, ‘Recuperator for open architecture GT’, ‘Semi-Closed PEGT for AIP’ through Indian Navy. He is currently heading Centre of Excellence (Marine Engineering), INS Shivaji as Officer-inCharge. Lt Cdr Apurva Mayank is an alumnus of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal. He is an MTech in Mechanical System Design from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies – Global Access School of Continuing Education. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy with specialisation in Defence & Foreign Affairs from Takshashila Institution, Bangaluru. He is currently appointed at Centre of Excellence (Marine Engineering), INS Shivaji and is heading the research verticals related to RCM, BDA, Control Systems and auxiliaries. He is currently pursuing his PhD from IIT Bombay.