[1] The proposed 110-metre-long (360 ft) cadet training ships will have displacement of 4,000 tonnes each and will feature high-efficiency controllable-pitch propellers (CPP) powered by two diesel engines through a twin shaft.

ABG Shipyard have engaged Axsys Technologies Limited for a complete design including both basic and detailed for the ship.

The ships will be providing basic training to the naval cadets and trainees to carryout disaster relief, search and rescue operations.

Thereafter the cutting of steel for the first of the two naval cadet training ships contracted took place in the first week of February 2012.

In December 2012, ABG shipyard got a repeat order for building an additional cadet training vessel for the Indian Navy worth about Rs.