The lure of the sea

Marine engineering gives you an opportunity to see the world. Well-paying openings for Marine Engineers exist with foreign and domestic shipping companies, firms involved in ship design, survey, maintenance and research, engine and ship building companies, port and harbour departments, consultants and government bodies.

They’re also recruited as ship and shore engineers in the Indian Navy and the merchant navy (cargo as well as passenger).

Plenty of colleges offer courses in marine engineering, but these are among the better ones:

• Indian Maritime University (IMU) Chennai
• Vels Academy of Maritime Studies Chennai
• Tolani Maritime Institute (TMI) Mumbai
• Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education & Training (MANET) Pune
• International Maritime Institute (IMI) Noida
• International Maritime Academy (IMA) Chennai
• Institute of Technology & Marine Engineering (ITME) Kolkata
• Coimbatore Marine College (CMC), Coimbatore
• Academy of Maritime Education & Training (AMET Univ), Chennai
• Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, Mumbai

On completion of training, you’ll have to clear the Certificate of Competency Exam conducted by the M/o Surface Transport through the Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai.

Graduates in mechanical/electrical engineering and BSc graduates are also eligible for this exam. Sea training is a prerequisite though.

Note: Make sure that the course you opt for is approved by the Directorate General of Shipping (M/o Surface Transport, GoI), Mumbai (www.dgshipping.com).

Also make sure you are not colour/night blind. Correction upto +/-2.5 is permissible.

—Pervin Malhotra