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Historically, India was a renowned sea power, but it lacked facilities to train Indian nationals as merchant navy officers until this period. The visionary Sir P. S. Sivaswamy Iyer's advocacy led to the Central Government's resolution on 19 March 1926 to establish the Indian Mercantile Marine.
The Indian Maritime University, abbreviated as IMU, is a public central university directly under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, in India.It deals with a wide range of topics related to the sea, ranging from oceanography to maritime law and history, and including practical topics such as search and rescue at sea and the transportation of dangerous goods.
In the British Merchant Navy a master mariner who has sailed in command of an ocean-going merchant ship will be titled captain. A professional seafarer who holds a restricted or limited master's certificate who has sailed in command of a ship (i.e. appropriate to the size, power or geographic limits of their certificate) can also be titled captain
IMU Kolkata offers 246 seats for admission into the B.Tech. Marine Engineering program and 20 seats for the M.Tech. program and 15 for MBA program. Admissions to both the B.Tech. and M.Tech. programs are conducted through the IMU CET entrance examination. For M.Tech. admissions, GATE scores are also considered alongside IMU CET results.
A three-year program trains watch keeping engineers for the Merchant Navy, responsible for operating and repairing main and auxiliary machinery as well as various service installations. After six months at sea as a cadet and then as an engineer, obtaining the chief engineer's certificate associated with this training makes it possible become ...
Philippine Merchant Marine Academy [76] [73] Sibalom: University of Antique College of Maritime Studies: Sorsogon City: Bicol Merchant Marine College Academy [73] Surigao City: Surigao Education Center: Talibon: BIT International College: Tigbauan: St. Therese: Marine courses also available at Magdalo. Main campus is in Iloilo City [71 ...
Examination is conducted twice a year. Successful candidates are admitted into the respective Academies after an interview conducted by the Services Selection Board (SSB). Officer jobs are available in the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force after passing the Combined Defence Services Exam (CDS). Any student can take this exam after graduation.
The Kunjali Marakkar School of Marine Engineering offers a BTech programme in Marine Engineering. This is a full-time compulsory residential programme. Students wear Merchant navy Cadets' Uniform for classes. Physical training is compulsory for the cadets. [citation needed] The intake for BTech Marine Engineering is 80 per year.