Admission notice for T S Chankaya and Marine Engineering and other courses

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ADMISSION TO T.S.CHANAKYA, NAVI MUMBAI, MARINE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MERI), KOLKATA, MARINE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MERI), MUMBAI
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
ADMISSION TO T.S.CHANAKYA, NAVI MUMBAI,
MARINE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MERI), KOLKATA,
MARINE ENGINEERING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MERI), MUMBAI

The selection for admission to the 3 – year course leading to B.Sc. (Nautical Science) Degree at T.S.Chanakya, Navi Mumbai, 4-year Marine Engineering Degree at Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI), Kolkata and 3-year Polyvalent B.Sc. Maritime Sciences Degree at Marine Engineering & Research Institute (MERI), Mumbai, for the session commencing in August 2007 will be made through the Joint Entrance Examination, 2007 to be conducted by IITs on 08.04.2007. There will be no separate Entrance Examination for admission to the above training institutes and only those candidates who have qualified in IIT-JEE 2007 Examination will be called for counselling in the month of July-August 2007. All Indian Nationals seeking admission to the above mentioned institutes must fill up the application form for IIT-JEE and a separate application form issued by Indian Institute of Maritime Studies.

Seats:
There are 120 seats available in T.S.Chanakya, Navi Mumbai, 150 in MERI, Kolkata and 30 in MERI, Mumbai. Out of these 10 seats are reserved for foreign nationals in T.S. Chanakya, MERI, Kolkata and MERI, Mumbai for which the details can be directly obtained from Indian Institute of Maritime Studies.

Reservation of Seats:
1. 15% are reserved for SC candidates and 7-1/2% for ST candidates.
2. Reservation for OBC candidates, if any, would be communicated through IIMS websites as and when the government order for the same is issued.

Eligibility:
Candidates should have passed 10 + 2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and should have been born on or after 1.10.1987. For SC/ST, candidates should have been born on or after 01.10.1982.

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 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. Raod 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), Jammu, Kanpur, Lucknow 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 Junction, Visakhapatnam (Main Suryabagh).

The application form along with information Brochure can also be obtained by post from the Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, C/o Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research Hay Bunder Road, Mumbai – 400033. by sending a self addressed stamped envelope 11″ x 5″ size with stamp worth Rs. 55/- alongwith a DD of Rs. 300/- (General Category) and Rs. 200/- (in the case of SC/ST category) drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Maritime Studies and payable at Mumbai.

Special Information:
The sale of application form commences at the above centres only from 31.01.2007 and the application form duly filled in should be submitted to the Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, C/o Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research, Hay Bunder Road, Mumbai – 400033 by the due date i.e. 31.03.2007.

The counselling and eye test will be conducted from 6th August to 10th August 2007 on the basis of the merit of the candidate in IIT-JEE 2007 Examination. The courses will commence in mid August, 2007. Candidates should be mentally & physically fit for sea life. Details of the medical standards specified are available in the information brochure. However, the candidates should note that, for joining T.S.Chanakya and Polyvalent B.Sc. Maritime Sciences normal vision of 6/6 is essential for each eye separately and those wearing glasses will not be eligible for admission. Whereas in the case of MERI Kolkata, glasses will be allowed up to plus or minus 2.5.Un-aided vision should be 6/12 in both eyes minimum or 6/9 in the good eye and 6/12 in the other eye at least. Defective colour vision is a disqualification for all the 3 courses.

There are limited numbers of seats available for direct admission of foreign nationals to these institutes. They need not appear for IIT-JEE 2007 Examination. The application form for direct admission of foreign nationals may be obtained from IIMS on payment of US$ 100 by bank draft drawn in favour of Indian Institute of Maritime Studies payable at Mumbai. On successful completion of the courses, the cadets will be eligible for entry to the Merchant Navy both in India and abroad, with attractive salaries and exciting career prospects.

General information:
T. S. Chanakya prepares cadets to become Navigating Officers, Marine Engineering & Research Institute for Marine Engineers and Polyvalent 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

Important Dates:
Commencement of sale of application forms by IIT 20.11.2006
Last date of receipt of completed application form at IIT�¢â?¬â?¢s 29.12.2006
IIT Examination 08.04.2007
Commencement of sale of application forms by 31.01.2007
IIMS and Syndicate Bank
Last date of receipt of completed application forms by IIMS 31.03.2007
Issue of counselling call letters to the selected candidates July 2007
Counselling / Interview August 2007
For any enquiry/information may contact:
Indian Institute of Maritime Studies
C/o Lal Bahadur Shastri college of Advanced Maritime Studies & Research,
Hay Bunder Road, Mumbai – 400 033.
Phone No.: 91 22 2371 9944/46
Fax No.: 91 22 2373 9784
Email: [email protected]
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