A candidate for being eligible for admission to the B. Sc. Nautical Technology Degree Course:
1)must have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate or equivalent (Standard XII) Examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education, Mumbai or an examination of any other body recognised as equivalent thereto, with the following subjects: English, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
OR
Standard XI for candidates who have passed before 1978, with the following subjects: English, Science, and Mathematics
2) * has been sponsored by a shipping company through their respective Associations as an officer trainee in the Nautical Department of a sea-going ship for a minimum of twenty-four months of practical shipboard training as approved sea-going service and approved as Structured Shipboard Training Programme (SSTP) by the Directorate General of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India (To begin with, a list of participating shipping companies, who are members of INSA, FOSMA and MASSA is enclosed at Appendix 1, 2 and 3 respectively);
OR
has already performed a minimum of twenty-four months of practical shipboard training as approved sea-going service as an officer trainee in the Nautical Department of a sea-going ship (Testimonial to be submitted as proof in the form of ?Sea-time Certificate? from the shipping company or Attested copy of Continuous Discharge Certificate or the certificate of competency as Navigating Officer on completion of such training)
* For obtaining Sponsorship, a candidate will need to satisfy additional criteria as laid down by Directorate General of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and highways, Govt. of India. As on date, the additional criteria is:
?Selection by a Shipping Company (written examination and/or interview followed by psychometric test, if any) who are members of INSA / FOSMA / MASSA.
Minimum 60% marks in the aggregate of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at (10 + 2) level.
Minimum 50% marks in English at 10th or (10 + 2) level.
Medical fitness as per standards laid down in Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Rules, 2000
Eye sight test conducted by Mercantile Marine Department, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India. (Eye sight 6/6 without external aids, no colour blindness).
Age as on the date of commencement of pre-sea training for deck cadets at DGS approved maritime training institute. not exceeding :
10 + 2 - 20 years
B. Sc. - 22 years
B.E. / B. Tech- 23 years
24 months DGS approved structured shipboard training programme.
6 months Post-Sea education & training courses at DGS approved maritime training institutes. |