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IMU VOYAGE An In- House Newsletter
Year : V Vol : 2Nov 1- Dec 31 2012
14th January 2
013
Wishing y
ou all a prospe
rous New Year
NEW LOGO... NEW LOOK...
IMU has put behind another eventful year; one which was full of challenges and exciting opportunities. While IMU can look back with pride upon the progressive strides made since its inception in 2008, it is also of extreme significance to embrace the shift happening by the winds of change sweeping over the Shipping and related sectors.
Focus has now shifted to the direction and purpose of the courses being offered at each campus with a powerful thrust to encompass more relevant areas of the Maritime sector. New areas being explored would include Supply Chain Management, Coastal Zone Management, Marine Tourism, Maritime History, Environmental Sustainability and Piracy & Border management. Related research areas would include Offshore engineering, Seabed minerals, Aquaculture & Fisheries and Hydrography.
This issue of IMU Voyager has chronicled the events of past two months and we appreciate the inputs and communication flow from each campus. Efforts to streamline IMU as a single
dynamic brand continues while each campus continues to march ahead on its strengths. Fresh blood has been infused into IMUwith recruitment of faculty and key personnel for various Schools and Departments. Over the past few months IMU has witnessed inflow of a plethora of proposals and exchange of new ideas to strengthen policy decisions.
The coming academic session will witness concerted efforts to bring about a comprehensive 'Industry- Academia' interface which will ideally lead to opening up ample employment opportunities for the Student community.
Wishing members of the Management, Faculty, Officers, Staff and Students of each Campus a very Prosperous and Successful New Year!
Warmly yours
Editorial Team
From the Editorial Desk . . . .
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DrMSekarSmtLekhaRaviShriGVenkataramananShriKafeelMeeran
CampusRepresentatives:
SmtDarshanaPashte(Mumbai)SmtSPadmashree(Visakhapatnam)ShriSKMukherjee(Kolkata)
SmtLekhaRavi(Cochin)ShriGVenkataramanan(Chennai)CaptBaveja(Kandla)
EditorialTeam
SignificanceoftheNewLogo:
TheIMUlogowasredesignedandlaunchedonthe4thUniversityDay,14thNov2012.Thenewlogowasso
designedwhereinthedeepbluecolourusedsignifiedthedepthandmightoftheocean.Thebilingualnamealong
withthesloganisenhancedintheouterring.Thesloganwhentranslatedreads'KnowledgeoftheOcean'isan
'OceanofKnowledge'whichbringsouttheexpansivenessanduniversalityofMaritimeresearchandeducation.
Thecoreoftheearlierlogoisretainedwiththeanchorinthecenter,signifyingsteadfastcommitmentofthe
Universitytoexcellence.
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ShriSVasudevanjoinedIMUasFinanceOfficeron17thDecember2012.
IMUVoyageextendsawarmwelcometohim.
SVasudevanstartedhiscareerin1983asSectionOfficer(Commercial–direct
recruit)basedontheresultsofopencompetitiveexaminationandjoinedthe
office of the Accountant General (Commercial Audit), Maharashtra
(SubordinateofficeoftheIndianAuditandAccountsDepartment).
HeclearedtheonetimelimitedcompetitiveexaminationconductedbyUPSC
forinductionintoIndianAudit&AccountsService(IA&AS)in1995.Hehas
over 30 years of experience and served in various capacities both in
Governmentandprivatesectorinfinanceandaccounts,audit,investigation
(forensicaudit),managementandadministrationoflargeentities.
Hehasauthoredarticlesonauditofpowerpurchaseagreement,fuelsupply
agreement,andforensicauditbesidesabookonTransferPricingin2002.His
areasofinterestsincludeCorporateGovernanceandForensicAudit
AwarmwelcomeisaccordedtotheFacultyMemberswhohaveboardedtheIMU
onitsvoyagewithadestinationofExcellenceinMaritimeeducation.
ShriSVasudevan,exIA&AS,FinanceOfficer
NewFacultyintothefoldofIMU
DrGGurudasGupta,
Professor,SMM
DrAMourougane,
AssociateProfessor,SMM
DrYLokeswaraChoudary,
AssistantProfessor,SMM
DrRamanandYadhav,
AssistantProfessor,SMM
SmtLekhaKCRavi,
AssistantProfessor,SMM
DrNasarThuvanismail,
AssistantProfessor,SNA
ShriAvinashGodey,
AssistantProfessor,SNA
DrYogamala,
AssistantProfessor,SML
SmtSPreetha,
AssistantProfessor,SML
DrSelviGanesh,
AssistantProfessor,SML
DrEmilMathew,
AssistantProfessor,SMM
BCom,FCMA,ACSandCFE
IMUMumbai
Mumbai Campus celebrated IMUDay in the LBSCAMSAR
auditorium. Celebrations started with students of MERI
presentinganimpressiveGuardofhonourtotheChiefGuest
CaptMMSaggi,NauticalAdvisortotheGovernmentofIndia,
DGShipping.
ShriJKDhar,DirectorIMUMumbaiCampuswelcomedthe
ChiefGuestanddignitaries.Heexplainedtheimportanceof
IMUtoseafarersandexpressedhisdesirethatallseafarers
takefulladvantageofvariousfacilitiesprovidedbyIMU.On
thisspecialdayCaptSaggiinauguratedIMUMumbaicampus
website with online booking facility for various post-sea
programsofferedbyMumbaicampusatLBSCAMSARandTS
Chanakya. The Chief Guest also released the brochure
designedforTSChanakyaandMERIMumbai.
Laterthecelebrationswitnessedaquizprogrammeforpost
seastudentsorganizedbyLBSCAMSAR.CadetsfromMERI
MumbaiandTSChanakyapresentedvariousculturalevents
showcasingtheirtalent,creativityandenergylevels.Prizes
weregiventothebestperformers.Cashawardsweregivento
alltheparticipantstoencouragetheirtalent.
IMUVizag
VizagcampuscelebratedtheIMUDaybyreleasingthebook,
'TheSagaofNSDRC'. TheChiefGuestofthefunctionwas
CaptPVKMohan,Chairman,NationalShippingBoardand
GuestsofHonourwereRAdmNKMisra,NM, IN(Retd.),
Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Shipyard
Limited and Prof A Prasanna Kumar, Former Regional
Director,NationalMaritimeFoundationandProfSCMisra,
Director, Indian Maritime University, Visakhapatnam
Campus
The Chief Guest also released Shreshtha 2013, TechFest
websiteandalsoabrochuredesignedbythestudents.
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IMUChennai/HQ
IMU Day was celebrated at Chennai and Hon'ble Union
MinisterofShippingThiruGKVasangracedtheoccasionas
theChiefGuest.Theeventwasheld in thepresenceof the
Chancellor IMU,DrVKrishnamurthy,ViceChancellor IMU,
ProfGRaghuram,andFirstViceChancellorIMUandCampus
Director,Chennai,DrPVijayan. DrPVijayanwelcomedthe
gatheringandProfRaghuramdeliveredthekeynoteaddress.
After due felicitations to thedignitaries, thenew logo and
redesigned IMU website were launched by the Hon'ble
Minister.IMUVoyageandPlacementBrochures-2012(MBA&
SBR)werereleasedbytheChancellor.
Many dignitaries including Thiru Atulya Misra, Chairman,
Chennai Port; Thiru Velumani, Former Chairman, Ennore
PortTrustandDrVijayakumar,ViceChancellor,Ambedkar
LawUniversitywerepresent.ThiruMAnand,Registrar,IMU
deliveredtheformalvoteofthanks.
IMUCochin
Cochin Campus commemorated this day with a host of
activities.TheformalcelebrationwasinauguratedbyShriKV
Thomas,UnionMinisterofStateforConsumerAffairs,Food
andPublicDistributionatMerchantNavyClub,Willingdon
Island. DrCBSudheer,Director,CochinCampusdelivered
the welcome speech. The Minister, while addressing the
esteemed gathering, reiterated the need for a full fledged
Maritime University at Cochin and offered to render all
supportfortheaccomplishment.
DrJosePaul,FormerChairmanofMormugaoPortTrustwho
addressed the gathering also distributed awards to the
winnersofsportsandgames.Hereleasedthefirstcopyofthe
Annualstudent'scampusnewsletter,'TheRipples'.
After the formalmeeting students of various departments
entertained the audience with cultural programmes and
thereafterallguestsjoinedtheIMUfamilyfordinner.
Fourth IMU Day Celebrations - 14th November 2012
Academic News:
Semester Examinations were conducted across all IMU
campusesandaffiliatedInstitutionsoncommondatesfor
the programmes of IMU. For the first time, online
registration for examinations was implemented andwell
receivedbyallquarters.
CETforsponsoredcandidatesforDNSprogrammewillbe
heldon10thFebruary2013.
CETsforadmissiontootherprogrammesforAcademicyear
2013willbeheldbyIMUinApril/May2013,thenotification
forwhichwillappearinFeb/Mar2013inallleadingdailies.
Ongoing R&D projects at Vizag Campus:
R&Dandstudyprojectssanctionedin2012byMoS
R&DSchemesinShipbuilding:EnergyEfficiencyofMarine
PowerPlant
- Energy (emission) improvement technologies/their
suitabilitytoMaritimeapplications
-EstablishmentofanEnergyLab
-LiteraturesurveyhasbeendoneandResearchPaperson
relevantareapresentedatInternationalConferenceheldat
campus
Standard Design of Tug for 40, 50 and 60 T BP with
AlternativePropulsionSystems
-Developmentofalternativestandarddesigns
-Modeltestsforvalidation
– Preparation of drawings (including structural
classification)uptocontractdesignstage
- Study of emission reductions. Project well startedwith
detailed Literature survey underway and recruitment of
projectpersonnel
Plan Schemes for Conducting Studies on Productivity in
IndianShipbuildingIndustry
-Tomeasureproductivity-todefineCGT(Compensated
GrossTonnage)forallshiptypes
-Inventorytheinfrastructureandshipbuildingcapacityof
allshipyardsinthecountry
- Establish a bench marking system to establish
InternationalstandardsforIndianShipbuilding.
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Indian Maritime University- Mumbai Campus
TheFinaldayofMERIMumbai’sAnnualSportsMeetwas
heldon29thNovember2012atthesportsground.CaptTW
Pinto, Managing Director, Seven Island Shipping Company,
gracedtheoccasionastheChiefGuest.Theeventstartedwith
attendees pledging sports oath followed by an impressive
marchpastdonebythefourhousesoftheinstituteBhabha,
Raman,BoseandKhurana.VarioussportseventsfromChess
toCaromandfromFootballtoBasketballwereorganisedas
partoftheSportsDaywherecadetsparticipatedwithgreat
zealandenergy. Thecadetsalsoparticipatedanddisplayed
true sportsmanship in track and field events. The main
attraction of the sports daywas theWalking Race for staff
members.Thechiefguestgaveawaytheprizestothewinning
cadets and the best sportsman followed by a thought
provokinginspiringspeech.
IMU Mumbai Campus held the passing out and prize
distribution ceremony of 26th Post Graduate Marine
Engineeringbatch2012ofMERIon7thDecember2012.The
day started with an impressive guard presented by MERI
cadetsinhonouroftheChiefGuestShriSabyasachi Hajara,
CMD,SCILtd.ShriRajeevaPrakash,DeputyDirectorpresented
the annual report and highlighted the achievements of the
cadets during this academic year. He congratulated and
advised the cadets to strive tobe thebestmarineofficer&
declared the winners of the following coveted prizes:
Director’sTrophytoCadetShreyasSanjeevaNaik,Runnerup
to Cadet Manish Chaudhari, Deputy Director’s Trophy to
CadetNikhilBelnarkar,RunneruptoCadetBadriPranamKale
andMostPopularCadetPrizetoCadetAbinJoy.
SmtPranitaHajara,spouseofShriSHajaraalsogracedthe
occasion.ShriSHajarawhileaddressingthecadetsrecalled
thehighstandardsofeducation&trainingimpartedbyMERI
for the last 60 years. On this auspicious occasion M/s
GermanischerLloydandEx-DMETMERICadetsAssociation
announced trophyandcashprizes toencourage thecadets.
ShriJKDharpresentedamementotoShriSabyasachiHajara
on behalf of IMU with special greetings from the Vice
Chancellor.CadetShreyasNaikpresentedthevoteofthanks.
Theeventwasfollowedbyasumptuouslunch.
C1/DVisapresentation for thebenefit of the cadets and
seafaring communitywasmadeby theViceConsul,TheUS
Consulate,Mumbai through their ‘OutreachProgramme’ on
14thDecember2012.
A Management Development Programme on ‘General Management in rd
Shipping’ will be conducted by IMU and IMTC Mumbai from 3 March th2013 to 9 March 2013. The programme fee of INR 55,000/ USD 1200.
The seats are limited and are booked on first come first serve basis (Last dt 18th Feb 2013). Please contact Shri Venkataramanan at (044) 24530341 or e-mail [email protected] or fax (044) 24530342 for nominations and more details, visit www.imu.tn.nic.in
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Indian Maritime University-Cochin Campus
· On26thNovember2012,ProfGRaghuramwas
invited by the KeralaManagement Association
for a special address on 'Infrastructure
DevelopmentinPPPmodel'.Theeventwasheld
attheKMAHallinPanampallyNagar,Cochin.The
event was attended by the members of KMA,
invitedguests,studentsandstaffofIMU.ProfG
Raghuram enlightened the crowd on various
practical and legal aspects of implementing
projectsinPPPmodelandreiteratedthatPPPis
the need of the days to come. Shri S R Nair,
PresidentofKMAwelcomedtheViceChancellor.
Shri K Krishna Kumar, Deputy Chairman, CPT
introducedProfGRaghuramtotheaudience.
· On 27th November 2012, the activities of the
Nature Club formed by the students of the
Department of Maritime Management were
flagged off by the Vice Chancellor. M Anand,
Registrar,DrCBSudheer,CampusDirectorand
SmtMiniElizabeth,CourseCoordinatorofMBA
werealsopresent.
GuestLectures:
· Shri Girish Thomas, Assistant Traffic manager
CPTvisitedthedepartmenton16thNovember
2012 and conducted a workshop on 'MIS in
Ports'.HealsosharedhisexperiencewiththeIT
implementationProjectatCPTwiththeIIyear
MBAstudents.
ShriPrakashIyer,BranchHeadNYKLine India
and Vice President- Cochin Steamer Agents
Association, delivered a lecture on 22nd
November2012tothestudentsofIyearMBAon
the'FundamentalsofContainerisation'.
Indian Maritime University-Vizag Campus
TechSamudra’12, the first International
ConferencecumExhibitionwashostedbyIMU,
VizagCampusinassociationwithTheInstitution
ofNaval Architects (India) between 6th to 8th
December at Manasi Auditorium, NTSL, Vizag.
Shri Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Hon’ble Minister for
Infrastructure & Investments, Ports, Airports,
Natural Gas, Government of Andhra Pradesh
inauguratedtheevent.TheGuestofHonourwas
PadmashriProfKRamaKrishnaRao,Chancellor,
GitamUniversity.Thefunctionwaspresidedover
byProfGRaghuram,ViceChancellor,IMU.Onthis
occasion, the conference souvenir and
conferenceproceedingswere released.Around
110 delegates registered for the event from
foreigncountrieslikeEngland,Japan,Koreaand
Sweden.
The exhibition was inaugurated at the IMU
CampusbyShriGVLSathyaKumar,IRTS,Deputy
Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port Trust on 7th
December2012.Therewereeightstallsbythe
following organisations - Institution of Naval
Architects,MinistryofEarthSciences;Dredging
Corporation of India Ltd, Vik Sandvik Designs
IndiaPvtLtd,AlphaMarineResponseServices
PvtLtd,FaroBusinessTechnologies(I)PvtLtd,
Software Technology Parks of India, Cussons
TechnologyLtd, andone stall byNASS–Naval
ArchitectureStudentsSociety.
As many as 39 papers were presented under
various topics like - Resistance and Powering,
Structures,StabilityandSafety,Environmentand
Oceanography. In the session for student
presentations, the undergraduate students
presented papers on various aspects of ship.
Eminent speakers likeProfRPGokran,ProfK
HasegawaofOsakaUniversity, JapanandDrM
SudhakarofMOESgavekeynoteaddresses.Prof
ChengiKuo’skeynoteaddresswaspresentedin
videomode.ThetechnicalsessionswereChaired
byRearAdmiralNKMishra,NM(IN)RetdCMD
HSL,ProfCPVendhan,ShriPKPanigrahi,CmdeG
V Ratnam, Prof V A Subramanian, Dr M A
Atmanand,CmdeNBanerjee,ProfBSRReddy,
Prof O P Sha and Mr J K Dhar, Director, IMU
Mumbai Campus. The three day conference
culminated with a Valedictory Function and
PanelDiscussion.
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Indian Maritime University-Chennai Campus
st On1 December, IMUhostedameetatChennaiwhereShri
SabyasachiHajara, Chairman&ManagingDirectorof Shipping
CorporationofIndia,addressedagatheringofmaritimestudents,
facultyandotherinvitees.Theeventwaswebcastedlivethrough
IMUwebsite.IMUtookthisopportunitytofelicitateShriHajaraasstheretiredfromserviceon31 Decemberafternearlyfourdecades
withSCI, andover sevenyearsas itsCMD.ShriPMAbraham,
Former Secretary, MoS and Dr Jose Paul, Former Chairman,
MormugaoPortgracedtheoccasionandwerefelicitatedbythe
ViceChancellorandChennaicampusDirectorDrPVijayan.This
wasfollowedbyaninteractivesessionwiththeaudience.TheVice
Chancellorsummedupthekeytakeaways, followedbyaShort
Film created by theManagement students.Dr B Swaminathan,
AsstProf,SMMdeliveredthevoteofthanksfollowedbyaHightea.
MsLouiseLarsenandMrJensKlitThomsenofMaerskSupply
Services, Denmark along with their local representative CaptthSatyamitraBaggavisitedIMUChennaiCampuson26 November
2012.IMUChennaiCampusDirectorDrPVijayanwelcomedthe
delegation.AfteranintroductorymeetinginDirector'sChamber
with the faculty members and staff of Chennai campus, they
perused the infrastructure of Chennai Campus and interacted
withthepreseacadets.TheyopinedthatIMUChennaicampusis
thebestamongstthetraininginstitutestheyhadvisitedinIndia.
Theywishedtousethecampustotraintheircadetsandthatthe
same will be formally intimated in near future. Dr P Vijayan
mentioned that Chennai campus always had cordial relations
withMaerskTeamandhealsoconveyedthattheMaerskTeam,
SingaporehadselectedpreseacadetsfromChennaicampusand
Kolkata campus for on board training. The director also
expressedhispleasuretooffermaritimetrainingtotheMaersk
cadetsatChennaicampus.TheteamdepartedafterhavingHigh
Tea.
ThePassingoutceremonyofthe6thbatchofDNSwasheldat
IMU Chennai campus on 4th January 2013. Shri S Velumani,
FormerCMD,EnnorePortTrustwastheChiefGuest.DrPVijayan,
Director, Chennai Campus congratulated the winners and
awardedthetrophiesalongwiththeChiefGuest.CaptMukund
Kumar,ProgrammeCoordinator,DNSreminiscedonhowthePre-
sea Training of Deck Cadets first commenced at theNIPM (as
IMUCCwasearlierknownas)on16thJuly1990andstatedthat
sincethenmorethan1800DeckCadetshavebeensuccessfully
trained.
Theawardwinningcadetswere: CadetUVinodasBestCadetin
CargoHandlingandSeamanship;CadetAlokKumarSinghasBest
CadetinChartWork,BestCadetinBridgeWatchkeeping,Bestin
OfficerLikeQualitiesandThirdinAcademics;CadetSammyAlam
as Best in Seamanship Practical; Cadet Mrityunjay Kumar
PurushottamandCadetNagoreMohammedZibran for securing
FirstplaceandSecondplacesinAcademicsrespectively.
Indian Maritime University-Kolkata CampusThe58thPassingoutparadeandprizedistributionceremonyof
IMUKolkatatookplaceon8thDecember.ShriSHajara,CMD,SCI
graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and distributed the
President’sGoldMedalandotherprizestothepassingoutcadets.
ProfSouvikBhattacharyya,ViceChancellor,JadavpurUniversity
wastheGuestofHonourandProfGRaghuram,ViceChancellor,
IMUpresidedoverthefunction.
CoincidingwithIMUDaycelebrations,IMUKolkataCampuskick-
starteditsfivedayannualcollegefest-Tempest’12atMERI.The
event was inaugurated by Shri A Banerjee, Chief Surveyor,
Government of India and Additional Director General,
EngineeringalongwithShriMKGhosh,CampusDirector,Kolkata.
Thefestwitnessedatwodayworkshoponroboticsandethical
hacking.ShriSharadSinha,WartsilaspokeaboutRT-FlexDiesel
Enginesinaseminar.DrDineshShrivastava,Directoralongwith
Dr Tappan Mukopadhya of VECC Department, Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre conducted a lecture on the final day of
celebrations.
The celebrations included, ‘Propulsion’ which served as a
platform to showcase the talents of the cadets in marine
modelling, paper presentation, etc. Another category,
‘Cacophony’ had events like quiz, street play, debate, fashion
show, etc. Sports events were categorised as ‘Chakravyuh’.
Studentsfromalloverthecityparticipatedinhugenumbersin
eventslike‘Kolkata’sGotTalent’and‘Stampede’bringingupthe
excitementinthestudentsthemselves.
On 30thNovember, a U S delegation visited the IMUKolkata
Campus. Ms Julia R Stanley, Minister Counselor for Consular
Affairs, U S Embassy,NewDelhi;MsWendyKennedy, Consular
SectionChief,USConsulate,Kolkata;MrAkashRSuri,ViceConsul,
USConsulate,Kolkata;MsLaurenBArmenise,ViceConsul,US
Consulate,Kolkatawerepartofthevisitingteam.Themembers
discussedwithfacultymembersofMERIandinteractedwiththe
finalyearstudentsofMarineEngineering.
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Moments from
Tempest’12
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