Excellent college life

If you have a passion for the sea, if you have the self-confidence of grabbing campus placements and hustle, then T. S CHANAKYA is for you.

I wanted to join the merchant navy since my teenage as I grew up watching my maternal uncle who is now a master mariner(captain) in the SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA, and his lifestyle, personality, attitude etc stood as motivation for me to join the merchant navy. I had a love for the seas and wanted to join as a deck officer so I consulted my uncle and more and none better TS CHANAKYA would stand as an option for me.

I am currently pursuing BSC in NAUTICAL SCIENCES, it is a 3-year degree course, it is a professional course and one could apply for placements directly onto sea-going ships after completing the course. Campus selections also take place before passing out. This course basically familiarises students to merchant ships, their navigation, all parts and much more.

No, there are no internships here or anywhere in this course. There are ship visits, port visits, dockyard visits etc conducted at regular intervals.

Placements have increased in recent years and are still increasing year after year. Companies like FLEET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, NYK LINES, MIYSUI OSK LINES are regular recruiters with FML being a mass recruiter. Other companies like Pacific International Lines, k line, Pearland, aurus ship management, laurel ship management and more have come up in recent years to recruit our cadets and will hopefully be coming in recent years.

Annual college fest- xpressions is celebrated every year in the month of November along with IMU foundation day where programs such as paper presentations, painting, dancing, drama and many more are conducted. Annual sports is celebrated in the month of Feb-Mar

Fee structure includes tuition fees, hostel fees, food, uniform, library, various laboratories, STCW courses etc. The even semester fee is Rs 100000 and the odd semester fee is Rs 125000 which makes it a total of Rs 225000 per year which is the fee for boy cadets and is half in case of girl cadets.

The INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY gives performance-based rewards after each semester to meritorious cadets. A total of 33 cadets gets the reward, the topper gets one lakh rupees (Rs 100000) the following 16 cadets gets 75000 each and the next 16 cadets get 50000 each based on their university merit list.

Truly speaking, campus life here is excellent, lush green campus with different sports courts very good mess food etc. Gender ratio or sex ratio is very low, the average of 4-5 girl cadets take admission here with around 150 boy cadets as not much girls opt for the harsh life at sea.

Hostel rooms are quite spacious and airy, with a good planned built. They are designed to accommodate 3 cadets in one room with 3 separate cupboards, lockers, fans and light. The environment here is excellent for the stay, study, play etc. Mess food is very satisfying and nutritious, each day there is a change in the menu. Breakfast, morning tea, lunch, evening snacks, dinner and study coffee are provided from morning to night respectively.

This institute has some of the famous personalities as alumni. IAS Ravindra Kumar is a serving Ias officer to the government of India, he passed out from here in1998. Several other famous faces in the Maritime industry are Chanakyans, serving high managerial posts in various shipping companies, and many more.

Semester exams commence after each semester by the university which consists of 70 marks written exam in 3 hours. Internal assessments of generally 30 marks are conducted internally by the faculties as directed by the university. Practical examinations of generally 100 marks are also conducted in respective labs such as workshop, physics, ship operations technology etc.

I cleared the IMU-CET(INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY - COMMON ENTRANCE TEST) exam in the year 2017 with an AIR-1355. I filled the counseling form online and got TS CHANAKYA INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY NAVI MUMBAI CAMPUS in the second list. After getting a seat, I went for a medical test and got admitted.

All faculties here are highly qualified and selected on a competitive basis. There are basically two types of faculties here, permanent faculties or nautical officers and visiting faculties for each subject. Most of the faculties are master mariners and have a depth knowledge and grip about their subjects.