National Maritime Foundation's Excellence award for KCHR

Updated on: Thursday, September 29, 2011

National Maritime Foundation has awarded the Excellence Award to the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR).

The award consisting of a plaque and citation was accepted by Dr PJ Cherian, Director of KCHR from Vice Admiral KN Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Naval Command at a ceremony at the Southern Naval Command Officers Mess late.

Dr PJ Cherian said the Pattanam excavations have unearthed the oldest ever pier in the world. He also sought assistance of all agencies in taking the Muziris Project forward, while acknowledging the contribution of Southern Naval Command in underwater mapping of the area.

The Kerala Council for Historical Research is spearheading the Muziris Heritage Project which is a flagship initiative of the Government of Kerala.

The project envisages retrieval of the historical heritage of the Kodungallur-Paravur region, and conservation of that heritage along with responsible tourism and history education.

The excavations at Pattanam village there have attracted global attention and have unearthed very significant evidence of trade between Mediterranean, Red Sea and Indian Ocean rims.

Vice Admiral KN Sushil reiterated the importance of projects such as the Muziris Project.

National Maritime Foundation headed by Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd), former Navy Chief, is a non-governmental maritime thinktank, formed to provide impetus to integrated maritime management in the country by promoting strategic thinking and debates on matters maritime.

Vice Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva (Retd), Director of NMF also spoke. Commodore S Shekhar (Retd), coordinator of the Chennai Chapter of NMF conducted the ceremony, a defence release said.

National Maritime Foundation's Excellence award for KCHR

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