Based on the Russian Akula-I class submarine, it is powered by a single pressurised water reactor which was developed at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.

• 该潜艇是在俄罗斯阿库拉级I型核潜艇的基础上建造而成，由单一压水反应堆提供动力，该反应堆由位于泰米尔纳德邦卡尔巴卡姆的印度甘地原子研究中心(IGCAR)开发。