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INSTRUCTION 5305.8
From:
Commander,
Naval
Sea
Systems
Command
IN
REPLY
REFER
TO
NA
VSEAINST
5305
.8
Ser
04RM-4678/
186
16
May
2017
Subj: V. B. (KISAN)
PANDIT
AWARDS
FOR
NAVAL
SEA
SYSTEMS
COMMAND
METRO
LOGY
AND
CALIBRATION
INNOVATION
Ref
: (a)
NA
VSEAINST
5305.6
1.
Purpose.
To
establish the V. B. (Kisan) Pandit
Awards
for Naval
Sea
Systems
Command
(NA
VSEA)
Metrology and Calibration
(METCAL)
Innovation,
and
issue policy
and
procedures
for the awards program,
per
reference (a).
2. Scope.
These
special recognition awards will be bestowed annually around the 20th
of
May
(to coincide with
World
Metrology Day) to individuals
and
teams
who
epitomize
METCAL
professionalism
and
excellence. Nominees
may
be involved in any
or
all phases
of
NA
VSEA
METCAL
life-cycle efforts, from
early
research
and
development to acquisition to in-service
support. Nominee contributions may represent multiyear efforts
but
preferably have culminated
in the year before the award year.
NA
VSEA
Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations
(SEA
04)
is the
awards
sponsor. Nominees must be Federal Government employees (not limited
to
NAVSEA
government employees); contractors
are
not eligible for this award.
3. Background. Born in Mumbai, India,
Mr
. V. B. (Kisan) Pandit served the U.S.
Navy's
global mission
as
the
NA
VSEA
METCAL
Program
Manager
and
NA
VSEA
METCAL
Technical Warrant Holder.
He
was
one
of
12
NAVSEA
team members
who
lost their lives
at
the
Washington
Navy
Yard
on
16
September
2013. Members
of
the national
and
international
communities mourned the loss
of
a true patriot, friend, colleague,
and
distinguished technical
champion
.
a. Mr. Pandit placed high value
on
continuous education. He graduated from the
Directorate
of
Marine Engineering Training/ Marine Engineering College (Marine Engineering
and
Research Institute/Indian Maritime University) in Calcutta, India, and sailed for a year
as
an
Operating Engineer in the Indian Merchant Marine, gaining first-hand experience operating
and
maintaining steam vessels and ship systems.
He
came
to the U.S.
in
1974 to
complete
his
advanced education, earning graduate degrees from the
University
of
Michigan
and
the
University
of
Maryland University College.
He
also completed educational programs at the U.S.
Defense Systems
Management
College
and
earned
several professional licenses and certificates
throughout his career.
b. After six years at Equitable
Shipyards in
New
Orleans, Louisiana, he
joined
Military
Sealift
Command
(MSC) Headquarters in Washington, DC.
At
MSC,
he helped
ready
the
hospital ship
USNS
COMFORT
for its maiden humanitarian deployment to the
Far
East,
and
