Candidates must have passed (10+2) examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.
Seats: There are 156 seats available in TS Chanakya, Navi Mumbai, 208 in MERI, Kolkata and 39 in MERI, Mumbai. Out of these 10 seats are reserved for foreign nationals in TS Chanakya, MERI, Kolkata and MERI, Mumbai for which the details can be directly obtained from Indian Institute of Maritime Studies.
Reservation of Seats: 15% are reserved for SC candidates, 7-1/2% for ST candidates & 18% are reserved for OBC candidates belonging to non-creamy layer.
Application form along with information brochure giving the details of the Training Programme at the above three Institutes, Medical standards etc. can be obtained from the following designated branches of Syndicate Bank all over India on payment of Rs. 300/- (General / OBC category) and Rs. 200/- (in case of SC/ST category)
Syndicate Bank Branches:
A. West Zone: Ahmedabad (Ashram Road Branch), Bhilai, Bhopal, Fort, Mumbai, Gwalior, Indore (Main Rajwada Chowk Branch), Jaipur (M.I. Road Branch)Nagpur (Gandhi Bagh Main Branch), Pune (Laxmi Road Branch), Thane (Naupada Branch), Udaipur.
B. North Zone: Amritsar, Allahabad (Cantonment), Bareilly (Civil Lines Branch), Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gurgaon (Cantonment), by Jammu, Kanpur, Luck now Main (Aminabad), Meerut (Main),New Delhi (Nehru Place Branch), Patiala (Main), Varanasi (Main).
C. East Zone: Bokaro Steel City, Bhubaneswar (Main), Kolkata (N.S. Road), Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Muzaffarpur, Port Blair, Patna, Ranchi, Rourkela.
D. South Zone: Anantapur, Bangalore (Gandhinagar), Chennai (Mount Road), Kochi (Kochi-Kotinukulam Road Main Branch), Hyderabad (N.S. Road),Trivandrum (Tiruvananthapuram State Junctbn, Visakhapatnam (Main Suryabagh).
The application form along with information Brochure can also be obtained by post from the Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, T. S. Chanakya Campus, Karave, Nerul, Navi Mumbai - 400 706. by sending a self addressed stamped envelope 11" x 5" size with stamp worth Rs 55/- along with a DD of Rs 300/- (General / OBC Category) and Rs 200/- (in the case of SC/ST category) drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Maritime Studies and payable at Mumbai.
TS Chanakya prepares cadets to become Navigating Officers, MERI, and Kolkata for Marine Engineers and MERI, Mumbai for Polyvalent Officers, The highest position that a navigating officer can expect to attain on board a merchant ship is that of the Master of the Ship (Captain). Marine Engineer to that of the Chief Engineer of the ship and in case of Polyvalent Officers to that of Master/Chief Engineers.
For any enquiry/information may contact: Indian Institute of Maritime Studies
TS Chanakya Campus, Karave, Nerul Navi Mumbai-400 706 Phone No: 91 22 27706803/6804, Fax No: 91 22 27716805