Training Ship Chanakya
Type | Central University |
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Established | 1927, as IMMTS Dufferin. Now referred as T.S. Chanakya, Navi Mumbai , , 19°01'07.1"N 73°00'26.0"E |
Website | http://imunavimumbai.com/ |
Training Ship Chanakya (also known as T.S. Chanakya or Indian Maritime University, Navi Mumbai Campus) located near the city of Mumbai, is a shore based successor to the Training Ship Rajendra (1972–1993) & Training Ship Dufferin (1927–1972), is situated off Palm beach road in an area of about 40 acres (160,000 m2). T.S. Chanakya is the oldest and most renowned maritime academy in India.[1][2][3]
Introduction
Training Ship Chanakya is unit of the Mumbai campus of
History
1927 was a remarkable and epoch making year in the history of modern Indian shipping. History tells us that India was a vast sea power in olden days. But in India there were no facilities to impart training to Indians to become merchant navy officers till 1927. The Great visionary Sir P. S. Sivaswamy Iyer’s strong advocacy for the cause resulted in acceptance of a resolution on 19 March 1926 by the Central Government to commence the Indian Mercantile Marine, the Ministry of Commerce, accordingly acquired troopship Dufferin and the three-year course for the first batch commenced on Dufferin on 5 December 1927 with 26 cadets. Cadets in the first batch included Admiral Ram Dass Katari, who won the Viceroy's gold medal and later became the first Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Navy and S. G. Karmarkar (placed 6th in merit) who rose to become a Rear Admiral. T. S. Dufferin was afloat for a period of 67 years of which 45 years were off Mazgaon pier having trained 2656 cadets. It is a matter of great pride that four Chiefs of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, many admirals, four Nautical advisors and two chief surveyors with the Government of India had their training at ‘ Dufferin’ besides many senior executives and masters in various shipping companies. T. S. Rajendra was named after King Rajendra Chola. T. S. Rajendra had been specifically designed and built as a modern training ship by Hindustan Shipyard to train 250 cadets at a time as against 160 earlier. T. S. Rajendra served illustriously for 21 years by not only training a large number of cadets but also the saloon crew. The Government of India decided with great foresight to set up a shore based academy for training of nautical cadets so that output could be substantially increased. The shore based academy named T. S. Chanakya was inaugurated on 5 April 1993, National Maritime Day. T. S. Chanakya became operational on 1 August 1993 and teaches the cadets the new order but also makes them upholders of the old ones.
Accommodation
The campus spreads across North-South, parallel to Palm Beach high way at Navi Mumbai in about an area of 40 acres (160,000 m2). The campus comprises Administrative block, Scholastic block with class rooms, faculty/staff rooms, library, laboratories and common rooms, Fire fighting complex, Power station and pump house, Marine engineering workshop, two hostel blocks, Catering block, Sports ground, Olympic size swimming pool, Laboratories such as: Physics/ Electronics, Computer, Seamanship, Navigation, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), Environmental Sciences, Marine Engineering Control Station & Chart room, Gymnasium,Mooring Station,own jetty having two FRP rowing boats etc.
Courses
The institute conducts 2 streams of fully residential courses & other modular courses
- 3 years course of B.Sc ( Nautical Science )
- 1 year DNS Course, leading to B.Sc. (Nautical Science)
- 1 week duration of Advanced Fire Fighting Course
- 2 weeks duration of GMDSS Course
- Basic modular courses for in house cadets : a) Fire Prevention Fire Fighting b)Personal Safety & Social Responsibility c) Personal Survival Technique d) Elementary First Aid.
Notes
- ^ "T.S. Chanakya". Ekikrat.in. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ "T.S. Chanakya, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Maharashtra India". Career.webindia123.com. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ "Eligibility for Merchant navy". Educationinfoindia.com. Retrieved 9 January 2011.