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Advance Base Workshop is the premier EME organisation in the
entire North-East. It undertakes the base overhaul of vehicles
and other allied equipment of the Eastern Army. This elite
workshop, raised in Allahabad in 1962, was shifted to Narangi
in April 1963. It has been providing effective base overhaul
and engineering support to the field formations of the Eastern
Command, both during operations and peace. The workshop
achieved an exceptionally high output during the year
1999-2000, with a capacity utilisation of 140 per cent.
 The
workshop also added another feather to its cap when it was
granted the right and licence to be listed in the Bureau of
Indian Standards register of Licensees of Quality Systems
certification. It is the first fully licensed IS/ISO 9002:1994
unit of the Indian Army. This distinction was achieved by the
diligent and persistent efforts of all ranks, past and
present, in setting and adhering to stringent standards of
quality.
 As
a part of welfare activities, a Vocational Training Centre and
Computer Training Centre are run for ladies and children of
all ranks and ex-servicemen. The workshop also runs an Asha
School for mentally and physically challenged children of the
serving soldiers and ex-servicemen. Brig TS Sekhon is the
present Commandant (Chief Executive) of this Base Workshop.
input : Maj
RK Bhattacharya
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