Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited appointed Cdr. Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd.) as Director (Shipbuilding) on the Board of the Company for a period of five years from the date of his assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest. Cdr. Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd.), after serving in the Indian Navy for 23 years, joined Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) in 2013. He has assumed charge as Director (Shipbuilding) of the Company with effect on 08 June 2022.

Cdr Bose is a highly qualified and experienced naval architect who has been in charge of several projects undertaken by GRSE since 2013. He completed his B. Tech in Naval Architecture & Shipbuilding from Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Diploma from liT, Delhi. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai.

Further, he holds membership of the Institution of Engineering (India) and Institution of Naval Architecture. Between 2009 and 2013, he was Officer-in-Charge of the Navy Shipwright School INS Vishwakarma in Visakhapatn am. During this period, he trained office and sailors of the Indi an Navy as well as foreign navies in naval architecture while ca rrying out coordination and planning.

From INS Vishwakarma, Cdr Bose moved to GRSE as Deputy Gene ral Manager. He was then hull in-charge of Project 28 ships at GRSE's Fitting Out Jetty (FOJ) Unit and responsible for t he successful delivery of Anti-S ubmarine Warfare Corvettes INS Kamorta and INS Kadmatt. During this period, he was recipient of the GRSE Shree for Outstanding Performance.

In 2016, he was elevated to the position of Additional General Manager and took charge of the Centra l Design Office. He was the lead designer for the Survey Vessels (Large), four of which are now being built by GRSE.