PRODUCT & UI/UX DESIGN
RAKSHAK
Role
Design
development
TEAM
POOja Balaji
Category
UNIVERSITY PROJECT
Product Duration
4-6 Weeks
WHAT IS RAKSHAK?
Rakshak is a smart underwater security system used by the Indian Navy to protect India’s sea borders.It detects unusual movements under the sea and alerts the Navy in time to keep the waters safe.
NDIAN CONVOY SECURITY SYSTEM
Today, India’s naval convoys travel across long and sensitive maritime routes that are constantly exposed to hidden underwater threats. Traditional surveillance systems rely heavily on manual monitoring and delayed detection, making continuous protection difficult. As maritime risks increase, there is a growing need for intelligent, automated systems that can safeguard convoys in real time without compromising safety.
Indian naval convoys face hidden underwater threats that are difficult to detect in deep and low-visibility waters. Limited human surveillance makes early threat detection a major challenge.The Indian Convoy Security System uses sonar and AI to continuously monitor underwater activity around convoys.It detects unusual movements in real time and alerts naval forces instantly.This ensures safer convoy movement, faster response, and stronger maritime security.
Maritime Security
Underwater Surveillance
Real-Time Detection
HOW IT WORKS?
Sensor Deployment
Underwater sonars, radar buoys, IR sensors & pressure detectors placed around convoy routes.
IoT Connectivity Layer
Each sensor connects to a secure naval IoT network via satellite, RF, or encrypted mesh. Data from multiple sensors is synced and pushed to the central gateway.
Convoy Protection Response
Enables the command center to quickly redirect routes, deploy units, activate defenses, and intensify perimeter scans.
Edge Device Processing
Edge processors filter noise, remove irrelevant signals & detect early anomalies.
Only meaningful data packets are sent further to reduce bandwidth.
Continuous Data Collection
Sensors capture real-time parameters distance, speed, object shape, vibration, electromagnetic signatures.
Central Gateway Integration
A convoy-level gateway aggregates all incoming sensor data. It converts raw signals into readable, structured threat information.
Real-Time Alerts
Triggers instant visual and audio alerts with auto-highlighted threat coordinates for rapid naval response.
CORE SECURITY PILLARS
Maritime Domain Awareness
Creates a real-time maritime picture using India’s Coastal Surveillance Network and advanced sensor systems across 51 stations. Strengthened by global platforms like SeaVision for secure vessel tracking and faster threat detection.
Network-Centric Warfare
Shifts the Navy from platform-based operations to information-dominant warfare by linking all sensors, shooters, and command nodes. Enables rapid situational awareness and synchronized action across ships, submarines, aircraft, and command centers to support India’s expanding maritime mission.
Physical Security & Indigenization
Involves India’s operational fleet: destroyers, corvettes, submarines, maritime aircraft, and future autonomous assets.Strengthened by the shift toward Atmanirbharta, focusing on indigenous ships, sensors, combat systems, and strategic platforms.Moves the Navy from a “buyer’s navy” to a “builder’s navy,” reducing foreign dependency and ensuring long-term strategic autonomy.
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HOW DO INDIAN NAVY STRUGGLE?
90%
75%
60%
of convoy missions rely on multiple isolated sensing systems.
Today’s maritime threats include drones, fast boats, and underwater objects that radars often miss.
Incidents escalate due to poor shared visibility across all units.
WHY DO SySTEM LACK TO DETECT FOREIGN OBJECTS?
of India’s coastline demand a powerful naval doctrine built on information dominance, layered coastal defence, rapid threat detection, and resilient maritime security systems.
Information-Centric Warfare
Layered Coastal Defence
Advanced Security Systems
Edge Intelligence Processing
7.5KM
WHO ARE THE TARGET USERS?
USER INSIGHTS ANALYSIS
Increasing cases of AIS spoofing in busy shipping lanes.
Piracy hotspots shift unpredictably due to seasonal monsoon patterns.
Smuggling routes overlap with naval logistics corridors.
Merchant ships rely heavily on Navy for situational awareness.
Limited bandwidth in mid-ocean affects real-time video feeds.
Increasing cases of AIS spoofing in busy shipping lanes.
Subsurface threats rising due to low-noise autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
Merchant vessels often report unidentified radar blips or shadowing ships.
Communication blackouts during rough seas hinder threat updates.
High-value cargo vessels lack advanced defensive countermeasures.
Cyberattacks target navigational systems to redirect convoy routes.
Convoy formations struggle to maintain spacing in high-traffic zones.
Emergency response complicated by multi-agency jurisdiction overlap.
Delay in intel-sharing between international partners affects tracking continuity.
Unmanned threats (UUVs) often go undetected in shallow waters.
User’s highlights about urgent naval security gaps, emphasizing cyber risks, tracking failures, communication issues, and emerging maritime threats.
WHAT WE FOUND?
Maritime operations face rising AIS spoofing, cyberattacks, unidentified vessel tracking, UUV threats, communication blackouts, limited bandwidth, and convoy spacing issues, while emergency response, intel-sharing delays, smuggling overlaps, and unpredictable piracy hotspots further complicate security across busy shipping lanes.
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FORM DEVELOPMENT
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