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MAHARASHTRA ACADEMY OF NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

(MANET)

EPISTEME2020

Tough times don't define you, they refine you.

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“We sail on high seas, it is salt water which we can not drink.

Our ships are made of steel, which can not float, yet we give it a shape, make it

water tight and load cargo and navigate across oceans.”

- Capt. S.S. Gokhale

‘EPISTEME 2020’ is dedicated to all the frontline warriors including seafarers for their altruistic

services in these crucial times.

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Foreword by The Executive PresidentProf. (Dr.) Mangesh T. Karad Sir

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails”.

Merchant Navy is one of the oldest career and even today the allure of the dark expanse of seas is holding the interest of budding seafarers. This attraction to this ever evolving field is justified as most of the trade carried out today around the world takes place through the merchant ships. Due to Globalization and the great advancement in technology, the future of the maritime industry is very bright as well as very competitive. The marine industry is fast paced and full of challenges. Developments in this field are taking place at a breakneck speed and it is a challenge for cadets and faculty alike to keep up with new waves of innovations and discoveries. The need of the hour today is to go beyond classroom teaching and explore new sources of gaining knowledge and un-derstanding technical advancement.

MIT ADT University is the merger of the art and humanity along with the technology. I feel immense sense of pride that MIT ADT University is part of this industry by providing it with intelligent, sincere and versatile workforce. MIT ADT University’s vision has always been the overall growth of the students along with the academic expertise. MANET cadets are immensely talented. They have shown great calibre not only in technical but also in various non-technical fields. At MIT ADT University, we encourage holistic development of students and indeed the various subjects introduced to the cadets through our special holistic development courses are helping them not just hone essential skills needed for working in this field, but it is also helping them understand their own keen interests and hobbies. Even in the shipping industry, versatility is very important and our endeavour to bridge the gap between technology and art is helping our cadets develop skills that make them not just good sailors but also sensitive and empathetic human beings with keen interest in different talents and art. I can undoubtedly say that our cadets will be a ‘Brand’ in themselves and will bring laurels to the institution as well as to the nation in the long run. The literary streak of our cadets is quiet apparent in our E-magazine, ‘Episteme’. Episteme serves as an excellent platform for acquainting faculty and cadets alike, with the latest happenings and innovations taking place in the marine industry. It also aims at updating the readers about the latest events in Merchant Navy. MANET has been publishing its e-magazine from years now, I am really proud to have such talented cadets who have delighted us with their amazing articles and their literary genius. I wish you all the best for this much awaited venture.

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Foreword by The PrincipalMr. Subodh Devgaonkar

Dear Readers,For the academic year 2019-2020.It is again the time of the year, where our cadets get a noble chance of presenting their cre-ative writing abilities through this EPISTEME Magazine. It gives me an immense delight to express my views through the magazine.

I am over rowed by the reputation this institution has carried. Now at the helm, it is a dis-tinguished legacy that I have inherited and as a team we proudly carry it ahead. Seafaring is a civilian occupation which imposes on seafarer’s a certain demand, not found on land based jobs, Sailors are often required to spend both their working time and leisure hours in confined working environments. This can make seafarers more susceptible to daily stresses of life than those working ashore. Thus in this environment, the need for discipline and good behaviour is particularly important. Visitors are quiet impressed by our Physical training and Parade routines after all it’s for the benefit of our cadets.

My clear note to our dear cadets is that in order to succeed, they need to practice certain things to achieve certain ambition thus they need to see a lot, need to listen a lot and train a lot. It is very important to keep in mind that hardships are always temporary, opportu-nities are endless. Good times will come it’s just that the cadets need to thoroughly comply with the Code of conduct. Every day is a learning process, the attitude, a growth mind set, and complete basic knowledge is what it takes to wrestle rough situations.

The world is going through a very difficult moment and also demands utmost care. I speak to you today not only as the principal, but as a father, as a human being , it’s very important that we follow the advice of WHO (world health organization) and the governing bodies on how we handle the unprecedented situation. My solidarity to those heroes who are fight-ing the corona virus and putting their health at risk to help save others. However, I firmly believe that we will definitely win this battle against the corona menace.

It has been a privilege to be associated with MANET and its governing body. There are many who need to be thanked. My profound gratitude goes to the entire faculty, alumni and cadets who whole heartedly contributed in adding value to the magazine. I would like to extend my gratefulness to Mrs. Seema Pundale, Mrs. Vrushali Rampure and the Cadets of the Episteme team to make it an accomplishment.

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From Placement Cell

I stand here to deliver my first report as the Head of Placement and training department. I am filled with pride to be associated with MANET and having taken up the mantle of being the placement department head, the past few months have seen a phase of a new aspect of learning, apart from what my vast experience has given me and my team here.

Upon taking over, one of the first things we undertook is to have a fresh new look at the way things are done in our department and try and inject some gradual changes in a phased manner.

What I believe is that we should be persistent and strive for excellence in the different chal-lenges we are likely to encounter.

Today, our world has become a place with dynamic changes, more so with advent of the pandemic Covid 19 in our midst. Our cadets will have new aspects to tackle mentally and physically henceforth. We need to train them to be able to adapt their knowledge, talents and skills to accommodate these ups and downs. This pandemic has badly affected the shipping industry in all its aspects be it manning, logistics or everyday operations. We are facing a deep economic recession globally, but I proudly say our seafarers have risen to the challenges shipping has thrown up. Our DG Shipping and other government ministries are extending all help, guidance and cooperation possible. Like it is said : Times, either good or bad will soon pass away. We shall see the other side soon and on behalf of my department, be sure we will be in the forefront to assist wherever required. The crisis has risen explosively and hopefully peter out fast. We hope to see a sharp recovery in near times. My strong message to our cadets is not to get any stress accumulations, opportunities will always be endless, and you just have to have the patience. No one gets a sudden rise, not even the mighty sun; it takes time to rise to the peak of success. Most of the parents are concerned about their child’s education and want to know our standpoint on the cadet’s progress. By keeping an eye on the bigger picture and requirements of industry, we have introduced AMCAT sessions for our cadets, through which they get a chance to learn apti-tude, time management and critical thinking which is requirement for the industry today. It’s basically an enrichment unit covering up the specific few areas requiring attention because we consider them essential today apart from pure academic learning.

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MANET is an institution with high standards and I look at the way ahead to carry the legacy forward and to achieve greater heights. I look forward towards the future with con-fidence that this institute grows from strength to strength with due cooperation from all our other departments.

I would like to place on record my personal thanks to all the members of the staff and the EPISTEME team for all the efforts they put into making this magazine an achievement and making MANET a home away from home.

- Mr. Sunil Kolte H.O.D, Placement and Training Department

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“Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge and Knowledge makes you great.”

-APJ Abdul KalamIndeed a veracious quote by a peerless and great personality. Today’s age is the era of creative and innovative learning and thus a new model of education is required. It means an interactive and creative education based on individual abilities and needs. This will influence personality de-velopment and acquiring of different skills. This can only be done through flexibility in education system and empowering freedom in learning which will further foster individuality. It is true that learning must be sought with ardor and attended with diligence but it will not produce knowledge if it becomes tedious and mundane. Our magazine “EPISTEME” is an endeavour in the learning process of our cadets which will permit them to convey their thoughts and expressions through their creative minds.

A good education gives students the freedom to recognize their capabilities and individual poten-tials and that is the whole and sole purpose of publishing this magazine. This approach is required for a solid academic foundation as well as in order to enhance our intelligence through under-standing skills and creative thinking then only we will imagine and explore alternatives. In our field, competency is more important than knowledge and we can become competent enough when we overcome boredom and discover our own interests with emphasis on exploring and evaluating competing claims and different perspectives.‘EPISTEME’ has been developed with information and cognizance as its backbone. The informa-tion includes maritime trends and developments as well as the latest happenings all over the globe. The magazine will also help the cadets to showcase their literary and artistic skills providing an insight to their versatile minds. Finally it brings me immense pleasure to present you the 5th edition of MANET’s official magazine – EPISTEME. It is the energetic and untiring efforts of the team and overwhelming contributions put by the cadets that makes this a triumph.

I would like to profusely thank Prof. Seema Pundale and Prof. Vrushali Rampure who inspired and motivated the team to work diligently. I congratulate the editorial team for their constant enthusiasm which made this magazine ingenious, inspiring and influential one.

I believe that the readers will find the coming pages interesting and valuable. - Cdt. Nitin Kumar

(Sem-VIII , Div-III)

Editor’s View

• Role of Tugboats in Marine Industry 11

• Integrated Electric Propulsion 14

• Technomax Era of Shipping 16

• What an Engineer thinks of the sulphur cap? 18

• Wind Aided Propulsion in Form of Rotor Sails 20

• Nuclear Propulsion in Merchant Vessels 25

• Development of Indian Ports 28

• Indian Seafarers 29

• A Step Forward to the Maritime Industry 32

• The Past is a permanent dimension of human 34 consciousness and values

• Emotions- A Hyperbolic Notion 40

• The Science of Building Habits

• Aspects of Mental Health

• Millenial’s Fun

Metal Locking 21 The ME-GI Dual Fuel Engine 23

Supremacy of Fitness 36The Shape of things to come 38

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Table of Contents

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• Intelligence is not enough 47

• Substance Abuse - A growing menace 49

• Women Empowerment In Maritime Industry 51

• Whom to Blame? 57

• Keys to success 59

• An Unusual Friendship 61

• Banning of Alcohol on Merchant Ships 64

• Quiz 75

• Vishwanath Sports Meet 2020

• National Maritime Day

• Persona Fest 2020

• Marathi section

Impact of HCI 53Is Mob justice justified? 55

Corona Virus- A Pandemic 66Latest Maritime Trends and Regulations 69Amazing Biological Facts 74

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MANET CAFE & Alumni Speaks 84Poems 95Hindi Section 100

• Art Section 121

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THE ROLE OF TUGBOATS IN MARINE INDUSTRY

Tugs are characterized as the family of marine vessels with disproportionately large power com-pared to their sizes. This large power, however, is utilized only for a short time of its operations while towing or pushing other ships or floating platforms. A modern tugboat is supposed to carry out a large variety of operations each of which has a different power requirement from very low power like standing by, waiting for pilots order etc. to very high power requirements like arrest-ing the momentum of a large ship and all points in between (in transit, during ship berthing, barge towing and so on). In case of any emergency at any location the vessel has to quickly tra-verse at maximum speed to the spot in minimum time. The general increase in size of merchant ships requires harbour tugs to have a higher bollard pull, which in turn increases the forces on the towing equipment, the fendering system and the ship structure (in particular the towing equipment foundations and push bow), while simultaneously pushing up the installed propulsion power. In addition, authorities and offshore terminal operators demand increased deploy-ability of escort and offshore terminal tugs, which have to assist even larger ships in more severe weather conditions, including ice and arctic conditions. These aspects have to be improved upon without significant changes in manoeuvrability of the vessel.

Table below shows historical evolution of tugboats. Most of these developments have hap-pened as a result of strong demands from industry in respect with changes in type and size of ships, types of cargo, growth in size of ports and more recently environmental regulations and cost savings.

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Table: Timeline of developments in the Design of tugsTimeline Development

Early 19th Century Barges being towed by horses walking along canals

1842 First steam Engine tug

1932 First Diesel engine tug Zwarte Zee III

1999 First Rotor tug design concept

2000 Start of Azimuth stern ASD tug

2002 Introduction of Carousel tug

2006 Concept of LNG tugs

2008 Trend for environmental friendly tugs begins

Classification of Tugs

Some of the key parameters defining the performance of a tugboat are Bollard pull towing capac-ity in ahead and astern condition, maximum free running speeds (very critical to empower the vessel in meeting any emergency situation), time taken to achieve maximum free running speed from rest. Distance covered to crash stop (preferably less than the vessel’s LOA), time taken to complete a 360 degrees turn in its own axis, sound proofing of machinery spaces etc.1. Harbour tugs These are used to assist ships while entering or leaving a port and during berthing and unberth-ing operations. A large ship navigating in confined waters is faced with many hazards, including the risk of collision or grounding which may have severe environmental consequences. The crew is very familiar with the operating area and shore side facilities for maintenance, repairs, spare parts, etc. are directly available and need to be highly skilled. Also, each ship to tow would have its unique steering characteristics. In case of any calamity, shore side assistance is available nearby. Those specifically used for pushing are called pusher tugs and have more rigid construction of hull and fender. An interesting application of this is the tug barge system which is becoming more relevant in many coastal shipping and inland sea transportation.

2. Seagoing tugs These are used to assist ships in ports as well as at sea. Seagoing tugs can either operate without any restriction (deep sea towage, in any sea area and in any period of the year) or within short distance from shore (coastal towage) or at a specified location (offshore terminal tugs). Good sea keeping characteristics is an additional requirement compared with other type of tugboats. For coastal towage and offshore terminal tugs, the crew is considered to be familiar with the operating area and shore side facilities for maintenance, repairs, spare parts, etc. are readily available. It is also considered that in case of emergency, shore side assistance is readily available if the tug does not proceed in the course of the voyage for more than four hours at an operational speed from a

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3. Escort tugsThese are a relatively recent development in response to the risk of pollution caused by the ground-ing of a laden oil tanker. Accidents have occurred in the past, which have led to major oil damages, which accelerated the pressure toward improvements in safety in marine oil transports. Some of these accidents lead to oil damage which resulted from an oil tanker that lost either its manoeu-vrability or propulsive thrust at a critical moment. Development of tug boats of a novel type has become necessary to provide assistance and escort tankers in dangerous and coastal waters, i.e., outside of safe harbors. While escort towing, the tug boat is intended to assist at high speed the steering and arresting properties of a vessel to be assisted by means of a tow rope coming from the towing winch and connected to the vessel being assisted. While working in the harbour, the tug boat can be applied to normal towing and buffering tasks. The tug’s role is to be available to bring a disabled oil tanker rapidly and safely under control in the event of a machinery system failure while imposing the minimum possible effect on the tanker’s normal operations. This is achieved by using a hull shape and appendages that can generate very high forces at yaw angles up to 45 degrees, combined with an azimuthing propulsion system to resist the resulting yaw moments generated from the hydrodynamic forces. This mode of operation is known as indirect steering or braking and results in a high degree of interaction between the flow around the hull and the flow due to the propellers.

A Seagoing Tugboat operated by Indian Navy.

4. Hybrid TugMany concepts of hybrid tugs have gained wide acceptance in the industry. The system combines smaller main engines (compared to a conventional vessel of equal capability) with electric pro-pulsion motors. It allows engines to shut down when not required, keeps engines at or near their design points when running, and engages its electric motors to provide the difference between available engine power and required power across the speed range. Energy stored in batteries is used to meet low-end power requirements and bridge transient periods when power is not yet at speed.

- Mr. Pramod Pai (Assistant Professor)

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Integrated Electric PropulsionIntroduction:The shipping industry has come a long way, it is evident from the R&D that numerous advance-ments have been made such as Increased engine efficiency and reduced pollution. The conven-tional propulsion system of the ship was efficient but required high operating costs and led to increase in marine pollution. Among all the prospective alternate power sources, electrical pro-pulsion system is one of the best tried and tested alternative till date. Traditional marine power systems are driven mechanically for the ship’s propulsion and a separate electrical power system for the ship’s accommodation loads and other electrical equipments. The IEP (Integrated Electric Propulsion) concept is a key intermediate stage towards the All Electric Ship. Integrated electric propulsion (IEP) or full electric propulsion (FEP) or integrated full electric propulsion (IFEP) is an arrangement of propulsion systems in which gas turbines or diesel generators or both generate three phase electricity, which is then used to power electric motors turning either propellers or waterjet impellors. It is a modification of the combined diesel-electric and gas propulsion system for ships which eliminates the need for clutches and reduces or eliminates the need for gearboxes by using electrical transmission rather than mechanical transmission of energy, so it is a series of hybrid electric propulsion, instead of parallel.Components:The electric propulsion system consists of a prime mover which may be of two types:• Diesel driven• Turbine or steam drivenBoth the systems produce less pollution as compared to the conventional marine propulsion system, which involves burning of heavy oil.The propeller shaft of the ship is connected to large motors, which can be D.C or A.C driven and are known as propulsion motors. Power for propulsion motor is supplied by the ship’s generator and prime mover assembly.

Arrangement and operation:The generator can be direct or alternating current type with diesel or steam driven prime mover, depending upon the requirement or demand of the owner/ship.In the electrical propulsion system, the direction of the rotation of propeller is governed by either the electrical control of the motor itself or by changing the electrical supply.Normally variable speed electrical motor is used for fixed pitch propeller system and constant or variable can be used for variable pitch propeller or CPP.Advantages:IEP power systems offer a number of benefits over traditional marine power systems such as higher engine efficiencies during part load running, increased reliability and survivability, in-creased flexibility in machinery allocation etc.According to paper published by institute of marine engineer, it was shown that the unit produc-tion cost of the electric warship is more than the mechanical system. However, the running cost of the electric warship is less. As a result, the total cost for the electric warship was estimated to be 6% less than the mechanical configuration. In addition to this, internal studies conducted by the UK Ministry of Defence indicated that the design flexibility offered by the electric warship concept could reduce the ship displacement by 8% compared with conventional mechanical configurations.

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Conclusion:

IFEP has become more common practice in the commercial shipping indus-try, in particular within the cruise ship sector. Recently IFEP has become an attractive design option for marine power systems as opposed to the tradi-tional mechanical approach due to the developments in enabling technolo-gies such as electric motors and power electronics. However, with the more stringent requirements of naval vessels in comparison to commercial marine applications, research is required to mitigate the risk that may arise through the use of IFEP systems. To this end, several IFEP research programmes have been initiated, most of which focus on naval applications. And considering its advantages over the mechanical transmission we will probably be seeing it more commonly in future even in the cargo ships.

-Cdt.Pratham Luna

Sem-VIII, Div-III

Sources-www.wikiwand.com www.marineinsight.com

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Technomax Era of Shipping

With the advent of a new decade, the shipping industry is entering into a new era of Technomax ships. The prime objective of the ongoing technological advancements in commercial shipping is to increase the ship’s efficiency which eventually will lead to more profit for the companies while keeping the environmental pollution minimum. Since the global environmental regula-tions are strengthening it is necessary that sustainable shipping makes its way. The industry is now looking beyond the 2020 laws and preparing for future with even more stringent regulations and an industry-wide push to significantly lower emissions. The future of shipping is challeng-ing, and technology is going to play a vital role in overcoming that challenge. The speed of inno-vation is rapid and the introduction of new technologies is swift but here the question is exactly which technologies will transform the commercial shipping. The change is not just coming, it is coming quickly. A team from Lloyds’s Register, QinetiQ and the University of Southampton in the U.K, has looked towards the future of technology and provided a glimpse in their report ‘Global Maritime Technology Trends 2030.’

The researchers studied 56 technologies that have the capability to bring change if implemented in commercial shipping, naval and ocean space, 18 were finally selected considering their tech-nical and commercial feasibility, potential marketability and transformational impact with eight technologies then highlighted for each sector. The eight selected ones are: 1. Advanced materials 2. Big Data analytics 3. Communication technologies 4. Propulsion and powering 5. Robotics 6. Sensors 7. Shipbuilding 8. Smart ship. The future ships are going to be smart ships and the transition will be from digital to intelligent and from intelligent to autonomous ships. They will be entirely connected wirelessly on board and digitally connected through satellites. This will make them completely data driven with flexible powering options and also environment friendly.

Across a series of ‘Technomax’ concept vessels, the report defined ‘how the ships will be influ-enced in 2030’. Describing it in regards to tankers, the report said: The main propulsion package will still be large-bore 2S engines, but new intelligent engines will be capable of combustion mapping, heat flows, re-tuning, self-adjusting and close monitoring of essential and non-essen-tial parts as well as remote monitoring. With the use of new materials like Graphene and its alloys, the overall efficiency of propulsion plant will be increased. Also when it is used in heat exchangers and condenser piping, it will improve its thermal efficiency and will reduce associat-ed maintenance and chemical dosing requirement. A technomax LNG carrier will also use this material for making the vessel lighter while graphene sensors will detect traces of pollutants and emissions. A technomax container ship is expected to have on board data analytics machines connected to onshore decision support systems which will manage maintenance, navigation and communication thus enabling it to become a SMART ship. Also a bulk carrier in 2030 may be using hybrid LNG marine diesel fuels mixed with bio-fuel as its main drive for propulsion.

The report also predicts the use of robots which are likely to be developed alongside sensors and remote control technologies. The robots will have cognitive capabilities like attention, percep-tion, decision making, memory and dialogue along with sensing capacity. Imitation like arms inspired by octopus or articulations inspired by human fingers will provide a full range of dif-ferent capabilities. Sensors integrated in hulls, bridge, engine room and other locations will be able to collect data automatically and relay this information in real time allowing ship-owners to

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improve condition based monitoring. There will be a tremendous growth in communication from wifi to 5G connectivity, allowing operators to access live video as well as HD and 3D videos from on board recording devices. The range of spectrum shall cover VLF, LF, MF…UHF, SHF, EHF to THz. Through micro scale and nano scale manipulation, the characteristics of metal will be refined leading to the formation of new advanced materials. There is a possibility of self-cleaning and self-repairing materials with higher structural and fire protection perfor-mance. The evolution of big data analytics creates the ability to use algorithms to look at correla-tions between different forms of data collected from various sources like oceanographic data, maritime accidents data, inspection and maintenance data etc. The shipbuilding will also entail higher level of automation, software integration, data visualization, additive manufacturing and adaptive hull form with possible no ballast design. In short, it can be said that it is not what future will or could look like but trying to understand the forces that will shape the future of shipping.

This is really a change on an epic scale. Suddenly the accepted wisdom of decades, if not centu-ries is changing on its head. An industry which has been renowned since time archaic as being conservative and resistant to change suddenly has to change intensely to its core. This is truly an astounding challenge for shipping to embrace. It will be a change which we can hardly compre-hend but we must comprehend it as this is going to be mind boggling. If these technologies are established successfully then it can be said that shipping is going to become more sustainable and prosperous than ever.

A rendering of a containership by an architect, based on a design by Rolls-Royce. This ship is suppose

to operate without onboard personnel.

Sources- Ship-technology.com

Motorship.com

-Cdt. Nitin Kumar Sem-VIII, Div-III

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What an Engineer thinks of the Sulphur Cap?The International Maritime Organization enforced the global Sulphur cap from 1st January, 2020 throughout the world for all ships. This rule restricted the emissions of Sox i.e. Sulphur Oxides from all merchant marine vessels either by using fuel with lower sulphur content or by cleaning the post combustion products with the help of a scrubber . Either of the above mentioned methods present new challenges to not only the shipping companies and their top members but also to the crew working onboard.

Fuel is the primary requirement of the prime movers onboard and if the grade of fuel is changed, a lot has to change for keeping the properties to a point where it brings the best results after combustion. And for that to happen, the parameters of the fuels has to be changed and the keep up of the fuel and machineries has to be changed. This will then lead to additional responsibilities on the engine room crew respon-sible for the smooth oper-ation of ship. For the newer fuel to give the same results, it has to possess the same properties before entering the combust ion chamber. As a result the additives for the fuel has to be changed but all those things don’t bother a marine engineer, what bothers him/ her are the changes in the up keep of the fuel. The temperature is the biggest change which has to be made. The viscosity of the ultra-low sulphur fuel oil as provided by Shell is in the range of 10-60 CSt, which differs a lot from the traditionally used Fuel Oil. As a result, the temperature of storage as well as the the temperature of usage has to be changed. And for that the steam requirement reduces due to lesser temperatures. But on modern container vessels and bulk carriers which are the backbone of global trade, the steam requirement for fuel counts for a major portion and if that aspect is thrown out of the window, there would be no need for a regular sized boiler which brings up another aspect for the ship’s operation. The storage tanks have to be cleaned before taking up the new grade of fuel because of the lack of compatibility tests with other fuels. One might object for the need to mix the

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new and the old fuel, but the sludge and unpumpable quantities can’t be completely removed from the tanks hence the need for compatibility tests. Another major change is the effect that the newer fuel brings to the engine.

Due to lack of informat ion for the handling of fuel and quantity of fuel to be used, the parameters are set only by the operators’ ap-proximat ions but are not backboned by any previous data. As a result the engine has to take the beating. Due to the lack of informat ion for the Cylinder Lubr icat ion of the engine for the new fuel, the wear and tear of the engine has increased expo-nentially since the change-over has taken place. The time between overhaul has decreased due to the lack of c ompa t ib i l i - ty between fuel and cylinder lube oil. An anony- mous ship of MAERSK has faced a lot of issues because of this and they are now running their Main Engine with two units less because the liner completely broke from the scavenge ports and the piston rings were shred to pieces. This happened because the operator had no idea regarding the newer operational procedures which led to destruction of engine only within a short span of 4 months. Hence, the researchers need sufficient amount of data to obtain the correct combination for the fuel and lubrication and hence will need another year for obtaining the data from ship’s staff.

The scrubber towers seem to be a more rational option but brings forward the problem of retrofitting and whether it is possible for all ships. Also few of the ports are not in favour of scrubber towers stating it is polluting their waters. Therefore it clearly seems that the ship operators were not prepared for this decision and it would need some time before things completely settles down to the normalcy. Till then we will have to make sure that proper training is being given to the engineers and they be made aware of the new requirements for operation. This however requires a lot of research and development and will need a good amount of time.

-Hariom Sharma Sem-VIII, Div - II

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WIND AIDED PROPULSION IN FORM OF ROTOR SAILS

Ships were indeed one of the greatest applica-tions of mankind’s scientific knowledge. With the passage of time, their strategic importance grew and today these ships have become life-lines of world trade. Since their invention, water transportation became irreplaceable and countries allotted huge amounts of its avail-able energy resources to keep them function-ing. We have used several energy re-sources to power these mega ma-chines. It all began with wind sails, but with the advent of fossil fuels, ships began using pollu-tion emitting oils as its fuel. It was a smooth ride until the world real-ized that we are running out of oil supplies and the pol-lution caused due to it in the past decades is having a devastating effect on the environ-ment. As threat to our planet increased, the quest for cleaner fuels began. Many of the en-vironmental friendly options were not really “economy friendly”, so their implementation were avoided. Now ship makers are going back in time and once again analyzing the possi-bilities to power the ships using wind energy. One such technology that could enable wind aided propulsion could be of ROTOR SAILS or the FLETTNER SAILS.

It’s a very unique looking ship design, with a superstructure resembling a chimney from some factory. Actually, these ‘chimneys’ are called Flettner rotors being named after the gentleman named Anton Flettner who con-structed the first rotor ships in early 1920’s. These ships use the famous Magnus effect to propel the ships who’s principle is pretty same as that of a banana kick in football i.e. pressure difference created on a spinning body (in this case, the Flettner rotor) causes its displacement along the same. Due to arrangement of forces

a ship is able to sail closer to the wind than the convention-al sailing ships. Other advan-tages include the ease of control from sheltered navi-gation stations and lack of furling require-ments in heavy weather.

Example of ocean going vessels:M/V ESTRADENALCYONEMS VIKING GRACE

Sources- Sciencemag.org Marineinsight

- Cdt. Rahul Sharma Sem-VIII, Div-IV

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METAL LOCKING

Metal-lock or metal stitching is a method of repairing fractures to castings, onsite without the use of heat. It involves sinking Metal-lock keys, perpendicular to a fracture. The fracture is then sealed and held rigid by Metal-lace studs.

It is observed that cracks in cast iron components develop due to exposure to excessive heat or mechanical failures. Sometimes it is difficult to repair cracks by welding as component may develop thermal stresses due to heating or heating may cause irregular expansion of the com-ponent. At such times, metal locking is preferred. Large structures such as engine blocks, ‘A’ frame cracks, auxiliary structures which can’t be removed out for repairs easily are repaired using Metal Locking process.

The result of metal locking is a repair that is sealed tight and flush with the surface, recreating much of its original strength.

(Metal locking done on engine block)ADVANTAGES:-• No heat required, so no thermal are induced in the component.• Grain Structure of Metal is not altered.• Maintains alignment of surfaces since lack of heat does not produce any distortion to the

repair.• Ability to seal joint. PROCEDURE: 1) EXAMINATION AND PREPARATION:-

• Cool down the component to be Metal Locked and clean it.• After close inspection the metal is lined as such the cracks are held together using pressure

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2) DRILLING:-• Using a drilling template, the holes are drilled perpendicular to the crack to the depth of castings. Ensure correct diameters of holes are drilled.• Low dia- hole will result in weak metal lock.• The lengths of holes are adjusted to the extent of crack. The holes are connected in the middle matching the shape of the keys.

3) INSERT METAL LOCK KEYS:-• The keys are inserted and ham-

mered to the complete depth. The keys are of slightly larger in size than the holes. This ensures proper seal.

4) APPLY PRESSURE TIGHT JOINT:-• Holes are drilled along the line of fracture.• The holes are then filled with studs, each stud biting into its pre-decessor which results in pressure tight joint of the piece.

5) FINISHING:-• Ground off to give smooth finish and then the surface is cleaned and painted if it’s a painted surface.

Source-www.dieselship.com

-Cdt. Niraj Vijay Kadam Sem-VIII, Div-III

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The ME-GI Dual Fuel Engine

The maritime industry is changing at a fast pace, moving from conventional methods of propulsion to more unique, more economical and greener method of propulsion. The increment in gas and fuel oil prices in combination with the emission control regulations, has created a need for dual fuel engines. The ME-GI engine is designed as an add-on to the MAN B&W two-stroke ME engine technology. It allows the engine to run on either heavy fuel oil (HFO) or liquid natural gas (LNG). LNG carriers are the first to accommodate this kind of engine, where the boil off gas is utilized in running the engine which could have been otherwise wasted. This not only saves a tremendous amount of money but reduce emissions as well because gas fuel produce less pollut-ants. ME-GI dual fuel operation requires the injection of first pilot fuel (to start the com-bustion) and then gas fuel into the combus-tion chamber. Differ-ent types of valves are used for the injection of gas and pilot fuel. The auxiliary media required for both fuel and gas operation are:1)High-pressure gas 2) Fuel oil (pilot oil by existing ME fuel oil system) 3) Control oil for actuation of gas injection valves 4)Sealing oil to separate gas and control oil.

ME-GI vs ME engine design

Although few technical differences separate fuel oil and gas burning engines, the ME-GI engine provides optimal fuel flexibility. The components are modified and added to the engine, allow-ing it to operate on gas. For control of the gas engine, the GI control and safety system will be an add on to the already proven control system of ME engines. Apart from this change, some new units like ventilation system, sealing oil system and inert gas system will be required for the ME engine to burn gas fuel. In ME-GI engines, the fuel mode performance is better in terms of thermal efficiency and dynamic response, while the gas mode has advantages in terms of fuel cost and exhaust emissions.

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The new units are: • A chain pipe gas supply system for high-pressure gas distribution to a gas control block on each cylinder.• Leakage detection and ventilation system for venting the space between the inner and outer pipe of the double-wall piping and detecting leakages. Inlet air is taken from a non-hazardous area and exhausted to outside the engine room • Sealing oil system, delivering sealing oil to the gas valves separating control oil and gas. Fully integrated on the engine, the shipyard does not

need to consider this installation • Inert gas system that enables purging of the gas system on the engine with inert gas. • Control and safety system, comprising a hydrocarbon analyzer for checking the hy-drocarbon content of the air in the double wall gas pipes.Engine operating modes: One main ad-vantage of the ME-GI engine is its fuel flexibility. The control concept comprises three different fuel modes:• Gas operation with minimum pilot oil amount.• Fuel oil only mode• Specified dual fuel operation (SDF) with injection of a fixed gas amount.

Safety incorporated:The ME-GI control and safety system is designed to fail to safe condition. All failures detect-ed during gas fuel running, result in a gas fuel stop and a change-over to fuel oil operation. This condition applies also to failures of the control system itself. Following the change-over, the high-pressure gas pipes and the complete gas supply system are blown-out and freed from gas by purging. The change-over to fuel oil mode is always done without any power loss of the engine.Emission control: As compared to HFO, gas gives cleaner exhaust free from Sox because of low or no Sulphur. The particulate matter also reduces drastically with considerable decrease in CO2 as well. The Nox emissions are also reduced. All the Nox reduction techniques can be used in ME-GI engines except the Water Emulsification method. Is it the future?Potential advantages of dual-fuel engines include diesel-like efficiency and brake mean effec-tive pressure (BMEP) with much lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter. New technologies offer solutions to the problems of poor efficiency and emissions at light load. Also there is a huge saving in fuel cost due to less fuel consumption. Thus it can be said that these kind of engines are economical in a long run. So due to these advantages it might be the greener future, shipping industry is waiting for.

Source-Marine.man-es.com - Cdt. Suraj Chandra

Sem- VIII, Div- V

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Nuclear propulsion in Merchant VesselsIntroduction:

The shipping industry is being facing a lot of pressure due to its carbon dioxide (CO2) emission as well as those from other pollutants. The probable introduction of market based measures, the rising price of fuel, depleting fossil fuels and owners’ perceptions on their environmental impact is causing interest towards fossil fuel alternatives. Currently nuclear power is the only emission free energy (at point of use) which can replace fossil fuels entirely.

Why Nuclear Propulsion?

The shipping industry is an efficient mode of transport and is responsible for 90% of world trade, however, in doing so, it contributed 2.7% of global CO2 emissions in 2007. The shipping indus-try is expected to keep growing and without control measures for greenhouse gas emissions, by 2050, CO2 emissions are estimated to be 2.4 to 3 times their current value. Other environmental concerns are the emissions of Sulphur oxides (Sox), nitrous oxides (NOx) and particulate matter. Shipping is responsible for 4-9% and 15% of the global Sox and NOx emissions respectively.

Various alternatives of marine propulsions have their own drawbacks. Natural gas is an alter-native which reduces emissions considerably but it has its own disadvantages including limited availability due to land based demand and its lower volumetric energy density. Natural gas re-quires liquefaction for storage and would require four times the amount of storage space than that of conventional fuel oil. Renewable energy from wind power and solar power is available in many different systems. However, their contribution to the power required for propulsion is small and depends heavily on weather conditions. Hydrogen as a fuel for marine power genera-tion is unlikely in the short term due to its lack of availability and even lower volumetric energy density than natural gas.Therefore, it can be said that due to regulations on emissions, increasing oil prices and decreasing resources of fossil fuels can make nuclear power an attractive, economically viable alternative.

Nuclear Power Advantages & Disadvantages:

In addition to no emissions, nuclear power also has the following advantages:

1. The price of nuclear fuel is steady and predictable, unlike the price variations of fossil fuels.

2.Nuclear power can provide a considerable engine room space saving due to the compact power source. Storage for thousands of tones of heavy fuel oil will not be required; consequently these vessels will weigh less and have a larger cargo carrying capacity.

3.Nuclear ships could be designed to have a longer lifespan since the power plant will not be subjected to the wear and tear caused by fossil-fuels.

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4. The reliability of nuclear reactors is very high. Based on naval experience, the reliability of the power plant including refueling operations is greater than 95%.

Some of the disadvantages of nuclear power in addition to route restrictions and accidents are:

1. Nuclear ships will require high capital and scrapping costs as opposed to costs being spread over the ship’s lifetime.

2. If several nuclear powered ships are to enter into service, an infrastructure of dedicated spe-cialized facilities will be required (dry docking, repair, maintenance and refueling).

3. Significant changes in ship’s design will be required. Conventional ships are designed using prescriptive rules defined by the IMO and classification societies. Design of nuclear ships will require a goal based approach. The design process will involve the integration of nuclear, me-chanical, electrical and naval architectural aspects.

4. Nuclear ships will require a higher level of manning and training with nuclear engineers on board which will increase manning costs.

MARINE NUCLEAR PLANTS

The general arrangement of power plant is shown in figure below.

Given that the purpose of the reactor is to generate steam, the heat derived from the water-cooled reactor in its primary circuit is transferred, through a heat exchanger, to produce steam which drives a broadly conventional power plant. Consequently, this latter part of the propulsion system represents a well proven technology within the marine environment. Naval technology, as represented by the Russian, UK and USA practices, has largely centered on the use of highly enriched uranium fueled reactors having a compact design. Such a practice permits long inter-vals between refueling of the reactor, if indeed this is needed within the design life of the ship. However, when considering an extension of reactor technology to the merchant vessels, there are limitations on the level of enrichment for civil applications. Therefore, refueling during the design life of the ship must be a consideration. For operational purposes a reactor needs to be constructed in such a way that it is appreciably greater than its critical size. This is because by having a multiplication factor greater than unity provides the only feasible means of increasing the number of neutrons, and hence the fission rate, to a level where the required power level can be obtained. As such, when the multiplication factor is exactly equal to, or slightly greater than unity a chain reaction is possible. Consequently, once the required power level is reached in the reactor then the effective multiplication factor must be reduced to unity where the reactor will then remain in a steady state. In this state the neutrons produced just balances the rate of leakage and capture. A number of nuclear-based propulsion alternatives present themselves for consideration in the context of merchant ship propulsion for the future. These are, in addition to the pressurized water reactors; high temperature reactors with a closed cycle helium gas turbine; or a high temperature reactor with an open cycle gas turbine. Other options potentially include boiling water reactors and, in time, nuclear batteries if these become marinised.

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CONCLUDING REMARKS:-

The shipping industry is having a significant impact on world emissions of CO2, NOx and Sox. If global emissions of CO2 are to be stabilized to a level consistent with a 200 degrees Celsius rise in temperature by 2050 it is clear that drastic measures must be taken otherwise shipping will account for 12- 18% of global CO2 emissions. And also the exponentially increasing cost of fuel oil due to changes made in Annex VI has to be considered. These facts indicate that a move away from conventional power sources is crucial. Although many options are available to reduce emissions, but none come close to those offered by nuclear power. Even though nuclear power has its drawbacks, there is a large driving force towards it as nuclear powered ships will offer longevity and reliability with no emissions and independent operation on fluctuating fuel costs.

Source- www.tandfonline.com

- Cdt. Omprakash Verma Sem-VIII, Div-III

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Development of Indian Ports

Indian ports and coastal regions are set to witness a sea change, thanks to the ambitious Sagarmala project mooted by the Centre. There is already enough wind under its sail — the National Perspective Plan for the scheme was released in April and a start has been made with three rail port connectivity projects worth Rupees Thirty Eight crore awarded.

• What is it?

The Sagarmala is a series of projects to lever-age the country’s coastline and inland water-ways to drive industrial development. It was originally brought up by the Vajpayee gov-ernment in 2003 as the waterways equivalent of the Golden Quadrilateral. Sagarmala, inte-grated with the development of inland water-ways, is expected to reduce cost and time for transporting goods, benefiting industries and export/import trade.The project is mammoth with 150 initia-tives with a total outlay of rupees fourteen lakh crore, spread across four broad areas. One, modernise port infrastructure, add up to six new ports and enhance capacity. Two, improve port connectivity through rail corri-dors, freight-friendly expressways and inland waterways. Three, create fourteen coastal economic zones or CEZs and a special eco-nomic zone at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai with manufacturing clusters to enable port-led industrialisation. Four, to develop skills of fishermen and other coastal and island communities.To implement this, State governments would set up State Sagarmala committees, headed by the chief minister or the minister in charge of ports. At a central level, a Sagarmala De-velopment Company (SDC) will be set up to provide equity support to assist various special purpose vehicles (SPVs) set up for various projects.

• Why is it important?

India is located along key international trade routes in the Indian Ocean and has a long coastline of over 7,000 km. Yet, capacity con-straints and lack of modern facilities at Indian ports tremendously elongates the time taken to ship goods in and out of the country and has held back India’s share in world trade.Developing rivers as inland waterways can also help save domestic as well as logistic costs too. Transport costs are high in India – with almost about eighteen per cent of the GDP, compared to less than ten per cent in China.Port infrastructure and linkages have been frankly a sinking ship and initiatives such as Make in India cannot take off without better port infrastructure. This has led to expecta-tions that Sagarmala could boost India’s mer-chandise exports to hundred and ten billion dollar by 2025 and create an estimated ten million new jobs (four million in direct em-ployment).

• Why should we care?

Promise of any immediate benefits from grand government plans should typically be taken with a load of salt, but Sagarmala seems to be cruising already and the project timeline has been reduced from ten to just five years.Such a project looks promising, going by the example of Shenzhen in China. Since 1978, it helped create an estimated seven million jobs and the city’s GDP grew fifty times to one eighty billion dollar, after the development of ports. If Indian port development takes off similarly, local and foreign funds would flow in and coastal regions may become good bets for real estate too, as they will see industry and job growth. Logistic costs savings of over rupees thirty five thousand crore per year can also help the Centre spend on development and possibly reduce taxes. - Cdt. Prerna Sawant

Sem-IV, Div-I

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INDIAN SEAFARERSThe international shipping is responsible for around 90% of world trade. There are around 60,000 merchant ships, transporting every kind of cargo. The world fleet is registered in over 150 nations and manned by over a million seafarers.

India provides around 9.35% of the global seafarers and ranks third in the list of the largest sea-farer supplying nation in the world maritime sector. Indian seafarers are well known for their high safety standard work practices, trouble shooting skills, out of the box thinking and resource management on board. Whatever the market scenario be, the demand of Indian seafarers will always remain high, they have always proven themselves in the industry, a cut above from others.

The above statement can be supported with the stats, last many year data shows that there is an unprecedented growth of 101.087% in ship board jobs for Indian seafarers employed on ships from the year 2013-2018.

RANK 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

NAUTICAL OFFICERS

26742 28805 30520 33346 34417 40897

NAUTICAL RATINGS

36910 44548 49144 56916 63520 97703

ENGINEERING OFFICERS

26995 28968 31377 35230 36760 44388

ENGINEERING RATINGS

13188 14769 15904 18448 19652 25811

TOTAL OFFICERS

53737 57773 61897 68576 71177 85285

TOTAL RATINGS 50098 59317 65048 75364 83172 123514

TOTAL 103835 117090 126945 143940 154349 208799

(Source: SID Database)

The data is relatable to any department on ship and an individual on any rank either it may be a trainee or captain, there has been an increase in the number of Indian seafarers employed because of their safety practices on board and high competency.

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(source: D.G Shipping Gov of India)

Below data shows how the number of deck cadets and engine cadets have increased over the course of years from the India sub-continent.

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The past generation of Indian seafarer community has made a trademark in the maritime sector and won the belief of ship owners, charterers and managers. By their sincerity towards work.

(Source:- D.G. Shipping India)

The data says it all, during the year 2014-2016 while the number of Indian seafarers employed Worldwide increased by strong 38.6% the number of casualties reported in relation to them re-mained the same, rather reduced.

This all happened because our senior seafarers have shared their knowledge and skills with their juniors which they have earned the hard way, knowledge and experience shared with their juniors build confidence in them and enhances their decision-making skills and makes them good seafarers. Some of them joined Maritime training institutes to enhance the quality of Indian seafarers from the cadet level itself. Our Indian seafarer community have come a long way from nobody in the industry to leading this sector with our presence and its improving day by day. Now it is up to us to take the legacy forward and to take it to the new heights of glory.

- Cdt. Piyush Kumar Sem- VIII, Div-III

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Marine Engineering and Nautical Science a step forward to the Maritime Industry:Marine engineering and Nautical Science are the basic courses for a student to enter the Maritime Industry. Studying these basic courses the students excel in learning the re-sponsibilities which are to be undertaken in the job and the knowledge to perform that job as per requirement. Cadets of Marine Engineering and Nautical Science have the opportunity to study this course and grow themselves as a disciplined and knowledgeable graduate.While most of the students are interested in being a part of the Maritime Industry by opting for an On-Board job, this article would discuss a few other options which would allow the cadets to be a part of the industry in differ-ent ways and for them to see various roles they could play in the Industry.MBA or Master’s in Maritime Manage-ment:Maritime management is a sector of business that promotes the strengthening and regulation of the maritime industry. Maritime research management refers to increasing sustainabili-ty practices within sea harvesting practices. It is an industry that focuses on creating policies that will reduce the number of sea accidents related to human error as well as on site boat incidents. This sector is dependent upon rec-ognition and coordination of multiple organi-zations that have the abilities to change and shift the conditions of this essential industry.A Master’s in maritime management is com-posed of technical and non - technical train-ing; as this sector includes education and application of both hard and soft skills. This discipline attempts to combine multiple disci-plines in order to create a mutual understand-ing between the internal and external sectors of the industry. There is currently a push to in-crease the safety standards within this sector which requires new policies that must be thoughtfully and adequately developed. That

is what this sector will train and educate their students to be; thoughtful and methodological to develop procedures that make the differ-ence in the industry and ensure that it is safe and properly developed for all who enter it.

Various Master’s degree can be pursued after the completion of their graduation such as:• MSc marine engineering• Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engi neering• MSc Coastal and Marine Engineering and

Management• MSc Marine Studies and Costal Resource

Management and Higher National Diploma in Marine Engineering

• Naval Architecture and Marine Sciences• Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering• Marine drafting• Ocean engineering• Naval Architecture and Ship building• Coastal Engineering and Management• Masters in Shipping and Transport• Marine Transport Design• MSc Technical management of ship oper-

ation• MSc Subsea Engineering• MSc in Offshore Floating Systems• MSc Marine and Offshore Power Systems• Offshore and Environmental Technology• Pipeline engineering• Subsea Engineering and Management• Sustainable energy technologies (marine)• Submarine design and technology• Maritime operations and management• PG Diploma in International transporta-

tion and Logistics• Port Management• MSc Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV)

System and Design• Ship and offshore Structure• MSc (Marine Sc.) specialization in Marine

biology, Marine geology,• MSc Marine geology

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PGDMS or Post Graduation Diploma in Shipping Management and Port Logistics:

Cadets going onboard might also want to con-tinue with their studies and can pursue this course easily through the Distance Learning Programme.This diploma degree could prove useful to get company jobs even after sailing and can be pursued with ease even while working onboard.This program provides the students with a basic understanding of management in ship-ping as well as in port. This course consists of various subjects such as:• GEOGRAPHY OF SEA TRANSPORT• COMMERCIAL & SHIPPING LAW• ECONOMICS OF SEA TRANSPORT• LAW OF SEA TRANSPORT• RISK MANAGEMENT & MARINE IN SURANCE

PhD. in Maritime field:

This degree typically focuses on the policy, legislation and governance of coastal and marine areas. This may include the topics of marine ports and transportation, multina-tional oceanic policy, fishing areas, coastal management, care of ecosystems and the eco-logical relationship between marine environ-ment and humans. Students may take courses dealing with research methods, international law, economics or political science. They may also collaborate with scholars in the fields of oceanography, anthropology, marine biology, geography or natural resource management. PhD programs may require a master’s degree (prerequisite to the PhD program), research, coursework, and finally the submission of a unique thesis or dissertation. The thesis is then subject to approval and confirmation by a panel of experts appointed by the university.

Offshore jobs:The Cadets can also opt for offshore jobs at various ports not only in the country but worldwide which would give them a unique

opportunity of joining the maritime field without going for onboard sailing.The offshore industry offers a wide range of occupations for entry-level as well as for ex-perienced professionals. Offshore occupations include different levels of employments in the fields of oil and gas production and manage-ment as well as management at ports, ship building and ship repairing. The main areas of operation here include drilling, rigging, surveying, piping, welding, diving, quality checks, as well as health and safety.

- Cdt. Pranay Sethi (Batch: 2015-2019)

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The past is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values

In the year 1921, an excavation was being carried out in the Punjab district of British India. Indians and the world got to know about the past and what’s more is the continuity of conscious-ness, knowledge, culture and values. Evidence of worshipping nature, existence of deity, town planning among other in Harappan civilization was shown. It seems that what we have today, most of it we have inherited from the past. Past is always considered as a base or a reference point to something being done in the present for a better future. M o r e o v e r , impact of past is always profound in the development of consciousness as well as values.

As the famous saying goes:“Don’t be ruled by your past. Don’t be crip- pled by your past. Let the past be the past and focus on what’s ahead. Remem- ber, however, that if you neglect the most essential lessons of the past, you shall walk into the future with one leg.”

Our present as well as our future is quite volatile and unpredictable unlike our past, that speaks for itself. The lessons and the experiences we learn from our follies are permanently fixed in our c o n s c i o u s -ness. Basically, consciousness is everything you experience or an awareness of the world around you. For instance, now you decide to read this article, but soon you may be thinking of a conversation you had with someone. Next you might notice you are doing things as writing or scribbling something you suddenly remembered. A concept appears in the Buddhist philosophy, expressed by the San-skrit term Citta-santana, which is usually translated as mindstream or mental continuum. Bud-dhist teachings say that consciousness manifests moment to moment continuum of sense im-pressions and mental phenomena that are continuously changing.

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Coming to values, so, what exactly are values?

Decisions are a part of life which sometimes leads to a sort of an unprecedented conclusion which in turn reveals the values we possess. Well, to be more specific, values refer to abstract beliefs that concern the manner of our actions. And when we use our values to make decision, we make a deliberate choice to focus on what’s important to us. Values are not only vital for the choices you make but also serve as the attributes that not only define your personality but also add meaning to your life. A tricky thing about values, though, is that we all have it in ourselves in varying capacity. To name a few like courage, patience, integrity, gratitude, forgiveness and so on, that differenti- ate human beings from other living beings. There have also been research- es which define values on a psychological level.

Different people reflect variable c on s c iou s ne s s and values as a response and molding by the past. However, it does not mean that the past always remains a permanent dimension because once again if we go through the pages of Indian history, we come across the name of the great emperor Ashoka who took up Buddhism and peace after witnessing the pains and suffering of people after the Kalinga war. Some- times, it happens that a person will be ready to leave his past influences and bring about a change in his attributes to satisfy his needs for future. The root cause can be the sci-entific temper that is imbibed through education. The positive effect of this is that, it helps us to think rationally and not being easily swayed away from religious leaders with hidden agenda of polarizing the people on the lines of religion. So, to conclude, it can be said that past is not totally accountable for our values and a conscious mind, but knowledge and sense of understanding from our day to day experiences are also important. These help us to change our outlook, rectify the faulty perceptions and learn the realities of the world by freeing ourselves from bias, preju-dice and misperception.

- Cdt. Puneet Shah Sem-VIII, Div-III

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SUPREMACY OF FITNESS

“Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live”

-Jim Rohn

What is fitness? Well it’s a very intricate question. “Fitness” is a broad term that means somewhat different to each individual; rather it refers to your own optimal health and overall well-being. For some people its about lifting weights, building muscles, loosing fat etc. whereas for some people its about doing yoga, cycling, dancing and certain cardiovascular exercises.

Fitness is defined as the state of being physically fit, strong and healthy. However, being fit not only means physical health but emotional and mental health too. Some people think they are engaged in fitness activities means they are ‘healthy’ too. To me Fitness essential-ly means a vigorous physique which is fettle in shape, a body with no pain, a person with boundless energy, one that induces no med-ication, no disease this is my definition of a healthy body and mind.

For a fit body, people need to acquire an active hearty and a firm lifestyle. Staying active, Working out, decent eating habits (good source of proteins, good fats, healthy carbs for dynamism and of course micro nutrients like vitamin and minerals) are the part of healthy lifestyle. Though these are the part of healthy routine but it has extra benefits too.

A healthy regime helps to: Reduce health problems Boost brain functions Improve mental health Train discipline Bring confidence

According to a report by WHO (World Health Organization), Chronic diseases like cardiovas-cular disorder, asthma, mental health disorder, diabetes, obesity and the list goes on and on end-lessly. The above mentioned are the leading causes of death and disability especially in India, here the number of deaths due to coronary heart disease, before the age of 60 years, is predicted to increase from 7.1 million in 2004 to 17.9 million in 2030.

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These chronic diseases can be prevented by regular exercise and appropriate nutrition. Diabetes is a common problem in our country. People with diabetes are likely to develop blocked arteries (heart disease), which can lead to heart attack or even stroke. Exercise helps in keeping your heart healthy and resilient plus, workout helps you maintain good cholesterol levels and that helps to avoid the build up of plaque that might block the blood passing easily through arteries. Exercise affects the brain in countless ways. It increases heart rate, which pumps more oxygen to the brain. It aids the release of hormones which provide an excellent environment for the growth of brain cells. Exercise also helps in growth of the hippocampus, an area of the brain responsible for learning and memory. With these, endorphins produces a chemical in the brain that act as a natural painkiller, also improves the ability to sleep, which in turn reduces stress. Besides the health related benefits, regular fitness regimes will also help to enhance the personality of an individual.

Healthy body lead to a confidence and confidence opens door to new and great opportunities with a disciplined lifestyle.We hear and understand about the importance of leading a healthy life almost all the time, to the extent that you’d expect it would have changed the lifestyle of many people who lead a sedentary life. Well the reality is far from what we perceive. While most people in country like India want to drive a healthy lifestyle, however lack of motivation and time, makes it difficult for them to do so.According to a new research from Market Intel-ligence Agency Mintel, the sample of group of 3000 Indians adult aged 18 and above, it was found that almost 64% of Indians say that they don’t exercise. Interestingly, while nearly 46% of them say that leading a healthy lifestyle is their top priority, only 37% of them actually follow workout patterns. Research reveals that lack of time is the barrier for exercising with almost 31% of them.Daily time spent on social media by internet users is almost about 144 minutes in 2019 which lead to stress and depression, migraine, anxiety, while a minimum 30 minute of daily exercise can lead to a fit body, more programmable brain including other benefits.

If a person earnestly wants to live an improved, longer, better natural life these excuses must be eliminated at first. Fitness is not a quick fix; it’s a way of lifestyle. People have to incorporate in daily life like taking shower, brushing teeth, etc. Exercise can be fun! Getting fit is just not about running on a treadmill for hours or lifting weight, it can be a dance class or a new hobby like fencing or mountain biking. It could be a team activity like football or a karate. Whatever form of exercise you choose, you are to likely meet new people and even make new group of friends.

- Cdt. Kunal YaduvanshiSem-VIII, Div-II

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The shape of things to come

Forecasting the future has been one of human-kind’s favorite pastimes. Usually we’re pretty bad at it, but there’s always been a Cassandra or a Delphic oracle, a Sibyl or a Nostradamus willing to make the attempt. But in more recent times, the art of predict-ing the future has almost become a kind of math-ematics; very d i s c ip l i n e d and scientific.In the early decades of the last century, a number of scientif-ic prophecies were made about what the future i.e. our present would be like; some of these were naively optimistic, a few were dead-on accurate, others hopelessly vague wide of the mark. It’s always been fun to see how these old dreamers envisioned their future.The famous science fiction pioneer H.G. Wells, in his 1933 novel The shape of things to come, imagined that we would live under something called the “Air Dictatorship”- a kind of world state ruled by air power. He wanted to get the future sooner than it was going to happen.

As we find ourselves embarking on a new decade in what is still a very young century, what are the sorts of things we might expect to see in the years ahead?

• What will it mean to be “human?”Unprecedented advances in science in the last 30 years have forced us to face ethical issues that no other humans have ever encountered. We can now change the very nature of life itself, including human life. The transhuman-ists believe we are on our way to what we call

a “post-human future”- we will use the new science to change our-selves so we are no longer human, as we know it, includ-ing a greatly p r o l o n g e d lifespan and, possibly im-mortality. Do children have a right to come from natural ovum, and a right not to be designed by their parents? Should we create artificial

life? Will some robots deserve more respect than some or even all humans? To deal wisely and courageously with these issues and many other unprecedented ones, we need to develop ethics that can guide us in situations of great uncertainty, complexity and potentiality.

• Too much information, not enough interpretation

Just about the only thing predictable about the future is that it is unpredictable. But let me give it a shot anyway.

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Life will become more and more “web-based”, and the information glut will continue both to inform and baffle us. Our ability to generate data about every aspect of our existence will outstrip our ability to interpret the data. We will worry more and more about less and less. I fear that instead of focusing on the benefits that science has dished up, our increased lon-gevity, people will worry so much about dying that they will forget about the living.• Artificial intelligenceOnce viewed as little more than science-fic-tion fantasy, artificial in-telligence (AI) now holds the potential to reshape the relationship between humans and machines and drive a new wave of eco-nomic growth over the next few decades. Technological progress is exponential, yet our minds are still trained to think linearly. This is why, when the iPhone was introduced in 2007, we never imagined that within ten years it would be able, via an app on a smart-phone, to have a car pick us up within minutes from wherever we were. Nor did we think that through the same technology a doctor would be able to assess an ailment and have the rel-evant prescription delivered to our bedside in hours.When we hear claims today that autonomous vehicles will be commonplace within five years, or that 25% of the Dubai police force will be robots by 2030 or that we will be able to hear through our skin, or type just by think-ing, we struggle to believe it. These types of advancements are being enabled by the rapid ascent of artificial intelligence (AI).We see good reasons to believe that we are standing on the cusp of an AI revolution, owing to a timely confluence of factors. A recent paper by AI experts, including those from Oxford University and Yale

University, reports on current predictions as to when certain tasks might be possible: trans-lating language(by 2024), writing high-school essays(by 2026), driving a truck(by 2027), working in retail (by2031), writing a best-sell-ing book(2049), and working as a surgeon (by 2053). Researchers believe there is a 50% chance of AI outperforming humans in all tasks in 45 years, and that will be able to auto-mate all human jobs within 120 years.Hence in this ever-expanding arm of science, technology and manually built world it is im-

portant to adapt, ergo adopt the Darwinian theory of “survival of the fittest”. Competi-tion fuels survival and survival is the engine of change. There may be collateral damage for the greater cause, as it has been for ages but human lives continue to change. We wish to do better, look better, beat others and better ourselves. The pace is intimidating, and fear of what lies ahead periodically convulses

us. It isn’t only in science fiction that worries have emerged. The fantasies maybe fictions, but their effects have been real. Hence in this continuum of perdurable developments for the betterment and advancement of humans, may we evolve without risking the equilibrium of God’s green earth and in perfect harmony with the other forms of life? As said by H.G. Wells, “We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us to grow. Without them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and securi-ty. We need to constantly be challenging our-selves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence.”

-Cdt. Anirnit Biswas Sem-VIII, Div-I

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EMOTIONS -A Hyperbolic Notion

A wise man once said ‘We humans are a farrago of emotions and pragmatism. Our decisions are more or less a variable of the composition of emotions and pragma we inculcate in making these decisions.’

Don’t stress upon who’s this wise man, just focus upon what he said.

A human baby is born with very basic feelings like pain and hunger. It’s not the five senses that is being talked about here, but rather what a baby can feel. You pinch the baby, he cries; feels hungry, he cries; experiences anything that makes him happy, he laughs; these expressions pre-installed, to be precise, in the baby.

As the baby evolves, he starts to absorb other feelings such as fear, anger, love, guilt, jealousy, etc. by the virtue of what he experiences from the people around him.

The point being raised here is that, if all other feelings and emotions are learnt socially, then the amount of emotion or feeling a person has is nothing but what they have learnt during their life. And if something is learnt, then it is widely variable depending on a multitude of factors. And if we have the sense, we can choose what to feel or not to feel, when we want and where we want. A quirky concept isn’t it?

So as to say, emotions evolved for one specific purpose: to help us live and reproduce a little bit better. That’s it. They’re feedback mechanisms telling us that something is either likely right or likely wrong for us—nothing more, nothing less. Emotions are simply biological signals designed to nudge you in the direction of beneficial change. Just as the pain of touching a hot stove teaches you not to touch it again, the sadness of being alone teaches you not to do the things that made you feel so alone again.

Wikipedia quotes “One way of thinking holds that the mental process of decision-making is ra-tional: a formal process based on optimizing utility. Rational thinking and decision-making does not leave much room for emotions. In fact, emotions are often considered irrational occurrences that may distort reasoning.’”

Look, I don’t mean to make light of your midlife crisis or the fact that your best friend said the night before the exam that he’s going to fail and ended up obtaining better grades and you still

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haven’t gotten over it, but when it comes down to it, if you feel crappy it’s because your brain is telling you that there’s a problem that’s unaddressed or unresolved. In other words, negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive emotions, on the other hand, are rewards for taking the proper action. Never try to sup-press your negative emotions as they are not always negative because you cannot see the positive without seeing the negative. What a paradox isn’t it?

When you feel positive emotions, life seems simple and there is nothing else to do but enjoy it. Then, like everything else, the positive emotions go away, because more problems inevitably emerge. Emotions are part of the equation of our lives, but not the entire equation. Just because something feels good doesn’t mean it is good. Just because something feels bad doesn’t mean it is bad. Emotions are merely signposts, suggestions that our neurobiology gives us, not command-ments. Therefore, we shouldn’t always trust our own emotions. In fact, I believe we should make a habit of questioning them.

Many people are taught to repress their emotions for various personal, social, or cultural reasons—particularly negative emotions. Sadly, to deny one’s negative emotions is to deny many of the feedback mechanisms that help a person solve problems. As a result, many of these repressed individuals struggle to deal with problems throughout their lives. And if they can’t solve prob-lems, then they can’t evolve. Remember, pain serves a purpose. But then there are those people who overidentify with their emotions. Everything is justified for no other reason than they felt it. “Oh, I broke your phone, but I was really mad; I couldn’t help it.” Or “I dropped out of IIT Delhi and started trading weed just because it felt right.”

Decision-making based on emotional intuition, without the aid of reason to keep it in line, pretty much always backfires. You know who bases their entire lives on their emotions? Three-year-old kids and dogs. You know what else three-year olds and dogs do? defecate on the carpet! Ever heard of The Hedonic Treadmill? Psychologists say: The hedonic treadmill (also known as hedonic adaptation) is a theory positing that people repeatedly return to their baseline level of happiness, regardless of what happens to them. Say for example the person you love is the person you fight with, The smartphone you buy is the smartphone you spend thousands of bucks on, the drinks you consume are the drinks you puke over later(Oh! and hangover is a totally different concept). Teetotalers can skip the last example.

Everything comes with an inherent sacrifice—whatever makes us feel good will also inevitably make us feel bad. What we gain is also what we lose. What creates our positive experiences will define our negative experiences. This is a difficult pill to swallow. We like the idea that there’s some form of ultimate happiness that can be attained. We like the idea that we can alleviate all of our sufferings permanently. We like the idea that we can feel fulfilled and satisfied with our lives forever. But the fact is we cannot.

- Cdt. Abhishek Upadhayay

Sem- VI, Div-I (NS)

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The Science of Building Habits

If you are like most of us, you too want to change or quit some of your bad habits and want to build better habits which will even-tually not only make your life better but will also make you a better human being. So why do we have habits?

As scientists say- the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. Left on its own devices, the brain will try to turn almost any routine into a habit, because habits allow our minds to ramp down more often. This effort-saving instinct is a huge advantage. An efficient brain requires less room, which makes for a smaller head, which makes child-birth easier and therefore causes fewer infant and mother deaths. An efficient brain also allows us to stop thinking constantly about basic behaviours. A lot of our daily actions are automatic as our brain works on autopilot, that’s how it saves energy. What brain does is convert a sequence of actions into automat-ic routine which is the root cause of forming habits.Formation Process: The brain will try to make any routine into a habit because of its amazing adaptability which is called “Neu-ro-plasticity”. Building or Breaking a habit is all about rewiring your brain. The more often you perform an action or behave a certain way, the more it gets physically wired into your brain. Your brain forms neuronal connections based on what you do repeatedly in your life

— both good and bad. This process within our brains is a three-step loop. First, there is a cue- a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to choose. Then there is the routine, which can be phys-ical or mental or emotional. Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particular loop is worth remembering for the future: Over time, this loop cue, routine, reward becomes more and more automatic. The cue and reward become intertwined until a powerful sense of anticipation and craving emerges. Eventually a habit is born. How to stop or quit?First of all increase your distance from it, which basically means making it difficult for you to get whether it’s physical or abstract. The mindset- Once a day remind yourself that you have to quit it and you are happy with it (after some time you should feel those with your heart). For example, if you are a smoker or alcoholic motivate yourself by self-esteem repeating,

“I have quit smoking and life feels so much better! Drinking never made feel good but quitting, it does!” If you are too addicted, challenge yourself by saying, “I can always get back to it whenever I want to..... but why not now?” Changing your attitude towards it and giving yourself some incentive will help you to get over it. The Choice is all yours! Building Better ones: Just learn to enjoy it and make it doable for yourself Example-- you want to go running or do gym workout. Find yourself a partner or do it alone. Enjoy your workout routine. Yes, at first it will be little difficult but when you start enjoying doing it then it will become your habit. You want to do pull-ups then install a pull-up bar at a place where you can easily do it often. The whole point is to make it easy for you to do it! How you do it depends upon you! - Cdt. Abhimanyu Mishra

Sem- VI , Div - I

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Aspects of Mental Health“Mental health needs more sunlight, more condor, and more unashamed conversations”

Discussing mental health is a Taboo, its root of existence lies on the way we look at it. Since our society is judgmental, therefore people vehemently avoid the presence of Mentally Chal-lenged people and in turn the people who are victims of these diseases fall prey to “Unaccep-tance of Society”.We need to scintillate our brain’s grey matter cells, and understand the Aspects of Mental Health, its types and measures to keep it healthy. When our mind isn’t healthy, we are likely to be diagnosed with mental health issues and symptoms related to it. There are several factors that cause these problems:• Physical Factors(Biological factors) Each individual’s own genetic make-up can contribute to being at risk of developing a mental illness and traumas to the brain (via a form of head-injury) can also some-times lead to some changes in personality and in some cases ‘trigger’ symptoms of an illness. Misuse of substances (such as alcohol or drugs) and deficiencies of certain vitamins and miner-als in an individual’s diet can also play a part.• Social and Environmental FactorsWhere someone lives and their living conditions along with family and community support networks can play a part along with employment status and work stresses. Living in poverty or social isolation, being unemployed or highly stressed in your work can all put pressure on an

individual’s mental health• Psychological factorsCoping with past or current trau-matic experiences such as abuse, bereavement or divorce will strong-ly influence an individual’s mental and emotional state which can in turn have an influence on mental health.• Family HistoryThere is an evidence to suggest that heredity can play some part in the development of some forms of mental illness. However, like with many physical health conditions (such as Heart Disease or Diabe-tes) that fact that a family member has experienced a mental illness does not mean that all other genetic family members will experience the same condition. As with physical

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health conditions, the other factors shown above will play a significant part too.Talking about Health, the primary visionary entering our mind is “Physical Well-Being”, in spite of the reality that a person can fall sick, Mentally also. This misconception is floating around in our everyday lives. We need to understand that any post-work stress, dissatisfaction or recent loss affects everyone in varying degrees. For some people, it might even be a Stigma to a mental issue. These should be treated just like a physical illness, and there should be no distinction. The fact of paramount importance, which is to be understood, is that after treatment if these issues persist for longer period then it is chronic and the victim is having a ‘Mental Disorder’.

There can be several categories of Mental Disorder:

• Anxiety disorders: People with anxiety disorders respond to certain objects or situations with fear and dread, as well as with physical signs of anxiety or panic, such as a rapid heart-beat and sweating. An anxiety disorder is diagnosed if the person’s response is not appropri-ate for the situation, if the person cannot control the response, or if the anxiety interferes with normal functioning. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobias.

• Mood disorders: These disorders, also called affective disorders, involve persistent feelings of sadness or periods of feeling overly happy, or fluctuations from extreme happiness to extreme sadness. The most common mood disorders are depression, bipolar disorder, and cyclothymic disorder.

• Psychotic disorders: Psychotic disorders involve distorted awareness and thinking. Two of the most common symptoms of psychotic disorders are hallucinations – the experience of images or sounds that are not real, such as hearing voices – and delusions, which are false fixed beliefs that the ill person accepts as true, despite evidence to the contrary. Schizophre-nia is an example of a psychotic disorder.

• Eating disorders: Eating disorders involve extreme emotions, attitudes, and involving weight and food. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common eating disorders.

• Impulse control and addiction disorders: People with impulse control disorders are unable to resist urges, or impulses, to perform acts that could be harmful to themselves or others. Pyromania (starting fires), kleptomania (stealing), and compulsive gambling are ex-amples of impulse control disorders. Alcohol and drug are common objects of addictions. Often, people with these disorders become so involved with the objects of their addiction that they begin to ignore responsibilities and relationships.

• Personality disorders: People with personality disorders have extreme and inflexible per-sonality traits that are distressing to the person and/or cause problems in work, school, or social relationships. In addition, the person’s patterns of thinking significantly differ from the

expectations of society and are so rigid that they interfere with the person’s normal function ing. Examples include obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

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• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): People with OCD are plagued by constant thoughts or fears that cause them to perform certain rituals or routines. The disturbing thoughts are called obsessions, and the rituals are called compulsions. An example is a person with an unreasonable fear of germs who constantly washes his or her hands.

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): PTSD is a condition that can develop following a traumatic and/or terrifying event, such as a sexual or physical assault, the unexpected death of a loved one, or a natural disaster. People with PTSD often have lasting and frightening thoughts and memories of the event, and tend to be emotionally numb.

How to keep your mind mentally healthy?• Be happy, look for positive• Exercise everyday• Be socially active• Avoid smoking, drinking and substance abuse• Get proper sleep• Live in the present• Watch good movies and read inspirational books• Go for frequent counselling sessions

The reality however, is that people being aware of their mental health, do not take the measures to keep it healthy. They find difficulty in changing their habits.

“Charles Dickens wrote about a prisoner who stayed for many years in a dungeon. After serving his sentence, he got his freedom. He was brought out from his cell into the bright daylight of the open world. This man looked all around and after a few moments was so uncomfortable with his newly acquired freedom that he asked to be brought back to his cell into confinement. To him, the dungeon, the chains and the darkness were more secure and comfortable than accepting the change of freedom and the open world.”Human beings generally resist change. Change is uncomfortable. Regardless of its positive and negative impact, change can be stressful.However, if we consciously practice these steps then they will get inculcated in our habits. We should always remember that, just as our body needs good food, our mind also needs good thoughts. Like muscles, our minds stretch or shrink depending on how much or how less we exercise them. Never forget that:“Thoughts create actions, Actions create habits and habits form character”All in all, we conclude that Mental health is much more than a diagnosis. It’s your overall psy-chological well-being—the way you feel about yourself and others as well as your ability to manage your feelings and deal with everyday difficulties. And while taking care of your mental health, one can seek professional support and treatment, it also means taking steps to improve your emotional health on your own. Making these changes will pay off in all aspects of your life. It can boost your mood, build resilience and add to your overall enjoyment of life.

- Cdt. Srijan Chanda Sem-VI, Div-II (NS)

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MILLENIAL’S FUN Hello everyone, I guess all the people who are reading this are either millennial or a person dealing with like a hundred of them everyday. Here’s some interesting facts about us so that you all will snooze in all your notifications and go ahead.The major part of our generation, of course including me, don’t know how to en-tertain themselves. To understand this better let’s go down to the memory lane for a paragraph or two. Remember the time when we used to wait like anything for our va-cations? Just for a trip to our grandparent’s place? Remember how hyped up we used to be just for those rail/road journeys? Remember how amused we were in packing our stuff or even watch-ing out what mom was doing ? And if you still don’t feel the vibe then let’s explore the m e m o r y lane a bit. R e m e m - ber how new shoes used to be fun? The new bag? The funky bottle? Or even the new pencil box with an attached sharpener was so cool? Remember, don’t you?And look at us now! Nothing hypes our world at all, and the worst part is we don’t even know why! I mean suppose we were going on a trip, excited? All hyped up? Of course that’s obvious but then as soon as we return, the same trip is merely a reason for a hype on the virtual world a.k.a. the social media handles and it’s no more about creating memories. It’s there creating highlights and hype in our friends’ groups and we don’t know why! Okay life ain’t that bad and we aren’t kids anymore. Absolutely right but who asked you to let go of that kid inside you and not to cherish small things inside you. It’s not maturity? But this was said by some random instagram handles and not by mature people! You see people something is surely going wrong in our life! And if you feel so then start acting on it! Absolutely, it’s not a one day thing but then someday for sure you’ll feel the difference. And for those of you who feel everything’s absolutely all right, then kudos,Keep sailing sailor ! - Cdt. Adarsh Varshnay

Sem- IV, Div-III

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INTELLIGENCE IS NOT ENOUGH!

The famous French author and Nobel Prize winner Andre Gide quoted – “The greatest intelli-gence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations”.

How do you feel when someone apprises you anent your Intelligence, smartness or intellectual acuity? I believe you must be beaming with pride and if that praise happens to be in front of some people that pleasure is accentuated, isn’t it? The reason behind that delightful feeling is embed-ded in the mankind civilization itself. Our progenitors conjectured that intelligence is the most pivotal ability to be possessed by the human race and that made us believe about this deceptive truth. I know it’s hard to resist this temptation that is as endemic in our culture as certain bacteria in our intestines. But the unerring fact is that “intelligence is not enough”. The human kind is not the only one who owns intelligence and that is actually not ample to make us a premier and pre-eminent race on this planet. So, what makes us the most supreme species if it is not intelli-gence? The answer is, this is not the only potential which we humans possess. There are plenty of other attributes, which when utilized together with intelligence only then will justify our creation. Even the great demon king Ravana, one of the most ingenious and intelligent entity, a master of the ten scriptures eventually met his downfall. If we don’t utilize it judiciously it will just remain a pretty narrow bless-ing.

We are living in a society that guerdons brilliance and intelli-gence above wisdom and char-acter and within which we vaunt ourselves first of all in being more vivid than each other. We are highly informed people but our compassion is not nearly on par with our brilliance. It is empathy that turns intelligence into wisdom and wisdom turns learning into something that more properly serves the com-munity. If it is not informed by empathy whatever result is produced will generally not contribute to the common good, it becomes imperious and condescending. This intelligence will invari-ably become the cause for envy rather than benefaction for the community. In other words sans empathy this will become an arrested intelligence. We all struggle to not be one sided in our learning which seeks knowledge without understanding, our studies should bring us as much compassion as knowledge. The other trait which completes intelligence is character as Martin Luther King Jr. stated “Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education”. The char-acter of a person should inculcate courage, humanity, gratitude, prudence and humility only then the character will grant an idealistic personality. Human intelligence does not operate in isolation, the human computer is not a standalone box but a part of a bigger network known as

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society. It is our moral obligation to transmit our accumulated knowl-edge and art of social living to our children and that is only viable when one have sensibility and sheer will. Character combined with intelli-gence will produce scope as a profound and powerful scope is surely not a result of intelligence alone, otherwise all smart people would be creative geniuses, when most of us end up being cognitive drones. There are other non-cognitive skills like attention, self-regulation and perse-verance which are equally cardinal to fully exploit our intelligence. In order to fully utilize our intelligence we must acquire proficiency in other skills like better communication and cooperative expertise. We also have to develop leadership quality of high calibre to influence others to work towards a common objective. At the end, intelligence demands the intel-ligent use of intelligence.

Super high intelligence is not a prerequisite for success, it may even be an impairment. It is the prowess of acting intelligently that matters more. Psychologist Robert Sternberg has discussed the concept of “successful intelligence”- Having a high IQ is not enough at all. Humans need to rec-ognize and capitalize on their strengths but also have to compensate for their weaknesses. Therefore, one should not only focus on intelligence building exercises but also on character building, achieving various skill set, changing your state of mind and being compassionate. An amalgam of these mentalities will assuredly produce the optimal outcome which will be best for the entire community.

- Cdt. Nitin Kumar Sem-VIII, Div-III

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Substance Abuse - A growing menace

Substance abuse refers to the harmful use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and drugs. It also defines the consumption of alcohol, prescription medicine, and other legal sub-stances too much or in an unethical manner. Substance refers to any drug, medication, or toxin that shares the potential of abuse. Abuse refers to maladaptive pattern of substance use that impairs health in a bigger way. Dependence refers to certain physiological and psychological phenomena induced by the repeated taking of a substance. Tolerance is a state in which after repeated administration, a drug produces a decreased effect, or increasing doses are required to produce the same effect. Withdrawal state is a group of signs and symptoms recurring when a drug is reduced in amount or withdrawn, which lasts for a limited time.

In today’s world, substance abuse is one of the most important concerns attracting people’s attention. There are many questions that can arise in one’s mind when it comes to the topic of drugs and alcohol which is affecting a better part of our society. There are various forms of substance abuse and the most common types among those are as follows: • Stimulant abuse• Alcohol abuse• Sedatives and Hypnotics

abuse• Cocaine abuse• Adderall abuse• Meth abuse• Opioid abuse• Heroine abuse• Acute intoxication• Prescriptive painkillers and many more….They act as addiction to one’s body. An addict could experience loss of friends and family, rapid mood swings and sudden low feeling. According to the research many people get in-volved in this activity because this makes them feel good. They don’t understand when active ingredient of the substance consumed, THC, hits the brain, it causes brain cells to release the feel-good chemical dopamine. Dopamine is a part of the brain’s reward system - it’s the same chemical that makes us feel good when we do enjoyable things. Usually people who are addict-ed to painkillers like Vicodin, Percocet, OxyContin, or Demerol are able to better kick their opiate addiction after taking small dosages of the drug named heroin, but this makes a person highly dependent on this drug and it’s harmful in every way.

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Factors that attract people to substance abuse are as follows:• Psychological factors: General rebelliousness, sense of inferiority, poor impulse control,

low self-esteem, desire to escape from reality and pleasure seeking are some of the psycho-logical factors that attract the people.

• Social factors: religious reasons, peer pressure, urbanization, unemployment, overcrowd-ing, effect of television and other mass media, poor social support and many more are the social factors affecting the life of people so badly that they choose to relieve themselves through a wrong path, such as being a chain smoker, alcoholic, drug addict.

• Easy availability of drugs: taking drug prescribed by doctors in too much quantity, taking drugs that can be bought legally without prescription, taking drugs that can be ob-tained from illicit sources (i.e. street drugs). These drugs can be easily obtained from any source like drug dealer or medical shop.

There are some of the Consequences of substance abuse that each and everybody should have knowledge about. It may cause unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors such as poor diet. This com-monly leads to physical dependence, psychological dependence or both. Chronic substance abuse impairs social and occupational functioning, creating personal, professional, financial and legal problems. In women, substance abuse jeopardizes fetal well- being. Psychoactive substances produce negative outcomes in many patients, drug induced psychosis and even long-term psy-chosis.

- Cdt. Ishani Smriti Shriti Sinha Sem-IV, Div-I (NS)

If you can’t stop someone else, stop yourself If you can’t ignore people influencing you, ignore the person itself

When you know things aren’t right, just wait for the right timeChoosing a wrong way can never be the right choice

Do understand and stop treading the wrong way,Yes! It is compelling and it’s the easy way,But through this way you will be further,

Destroying your life and life of others.

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN MARITIME INDUSTRY

Empowerment is the process that instils a sense of self-esteem and makes an individual confi-dent enough to control their life as well as take command in any situation. People are empow-ered when they are able to access the opportunities available to them without limitation and restrictions in every sphere of life. The liberty to make your own decisions creates a sense of empowerment. Women empowerment is the emancipation of women from the vicious grips of social, economic, political, caste and gender-based discrimination. Since the turn of the century we have witnessed a gradual change in the outlook and hence more women are working shoul-der to shoulder with the other colleagues, which is indeed the mark of a nation’s growth in its dignity and pride. Women are encouraged to pursue a career in the Merchant Navy which has been predominated by men all along and therefore serving as a burning example of women em-powerment. Women empowerment does not mean defying the social norms or offending the opposite gender. Rather it is the replacement of patriarchy with parity. Empowerment stems from self-respect. Furthermore, one must acquire empowerment themself rather than have it given to them by an external party. Women empowerment has not only been a topic of discussion and a subject of debate but has been implemented and looked up as a matter of grave importance in various in-dustries. The maritime industry is no exception.

Girl Cadets of MANET

Maritime women – Global leadership

The maritime industry needs more women, particularly in leadership roles. The World Maritime University (WMU) and IMO have published a book to highlight the achievements of women in the maritime sector.

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The World Maritime Univer-sity (WMU) book – Maritime Women: Global Leadership – is a compila-tion of scientific papers presented at the ‘Maritime Women: Global Leadership’ international confer-ence hosted by WMU in 2014. Ab-stracts are provided for viewing.

Making Waves – filmIMO in 2015 launched the video “Making Waves: Women leaders in the maritime world” in support of International Women’s Day 2015. The video reports on continuing efforts by IMO and the World Mari-time University (WMU) to promote the advancement of women in ship-ping. It puts the spotlight on the outcome of the 2014 “Maritime Women: Global Leadership” con-ference held by WMU in Malmo, Sweden, and co-sponsored by IMO. The conference attracted women and men from more than 70 coun-tries to discuss the advancement of women throughout the maritime professions.

Women at the helm – FilmAnother IMO film, ‘Women at the helm’, shows how the work of IMO, and others, is beginning to promote change for the better for women in shipping, and highlights first-hand experiences from some of those who have already succeeded.The film held its official launch during the regional conference in the Republic of Korea, held in April 2013, on the development of a global strategy for women seafarers. The conference, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, organized and funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea through the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF), and hosted by the Korean Institute of Mar-itime and Fisheries Technology (KIMFT), together with IMO, adopted a declaration of intent towards the development of a Global Strategy for Women Seafarers. The conference adopted the Busan Declaration, in which the participants agreed to forge partnerships and solicit support of government agencies, as well as international and regional bodies to facilitate the implementa-tion of a Global Strategy for Women Seafarers.

- Cdt. Princy Chauhan Sem-IV, Div-I

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Impact of HCIThe branch of science of Ergonomics concerned especially with the relationship between work-station and the operators- HCI. That would be the textbook definition.But HCI or Human Computer Interface is so much more. It is nothing short of a revolution. And its progress has been exponentially rising, due to groups like the SIGCHI. With the Heuristics departments working constantly, the interface models have only improved over time. Although experts say, ‘Computers are extremely complex products to design and make and the demand for the services the computers provide has always outdriven the demand for ease –of –use’. Still modern HCI’s are easy to operate for everyone.

Impact of HCI on Society:“Man is a social animal” Indeed so. This animal had laid down the foundation of an organized agglomeration of people, synchronized together for a joint purpose. And in-teraction amongst said people gave birth to ‘a society’. This interaction, and its means, has marched on from ‘bricks with antennas’ to ‘smart phones’. The scope of HCI in society goes both ways.Pros- Ease of use: Its modern user- friendly nature allows the technically unaware masses to easily operate its different facilities. Humans have come a long way from messenger pigeons to emails and tweets. The global and local communication barrier has been successfully overcome. HCI has military ap-plications like surveillance drones used for reconnaissance and also in disaster management, eliminating the human life risk factor. Other applications like speech synthesis, data logging, and ‘fly by wire’ for air transport industry; heads up display, virtual reality and remote control for entertainment industry- all significantly reduce human efforts. There are special facilities for people with disabilities which promote self-confidence in them. Cons-Apart from radiation from phones and computers, health problems, transferable virus through various interfaces, infiltration of privacy - the man- machine relationship has rendered human relationships worthless. The human factor is slowly fading into the chatter of 1’s and 0’s and socialization is constrained to a black screen.

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Impact of HCI on Culture:HCI has integrated itself in our daily lives. We now have access to a myriad of things from gro-ceries to pre-planned funerals. The way we used to live our lives have changed, for better and worse. Pros-In the past 2 decades, the scope of HCI has made it possible for almost all strata of people to access modern technology. Age or background isn’t a factor anymore. It has gripped the mind of the basic man and left severe psychological and sociological impacts on it. Ubiquitous comput-ing has consequently overcome the human segregation, as concluded by Sugata Mitra’s “hole in the wall” project/experiment. It is now possible to arrange large social gatherings, buy priorly inaccessible products, immerse in a different reality, and communicate irrespective of caste, creed, sex or religion. Cons-However, ‘Generation Z’ seems to have crawled in the womb of the mother- board. The digital interface has unknowingly rubbed off the man-to-man interface. Misguided minds indulge in what can be called the 3 P’s- Plagiarize, Procrastinate and Pornography. Illegal dealings on the dark web, playing online virtual-reality games instead of choosing outdoor sports, the disap-pearing tradition of home cooked-meals, worshipping the wrong icons and lifestyles, displaying dangerous arrogance on social platforms, succumbing to machine driven pre-set standards of living- all of this is a clear indication of the cultural diversion that has manifested itself since the advancement of HCI.Impact of HCI on Economy:Pros-• High tight security, reduced passport frauds• Boost in productivity in corporate sectors• E-commerce highly helping local economyCons• Deskilling• Unemployment• Outsourcing of jobs

Impact on future development:

-As the man-machine relationship becomes all the more intimate, humanity will tend to lean on machines for its minimal survival. And like every conjugal relationship, one party will dominate the other. In this case, machines will dominate us. Popular sci-fi Netflix series ‘Black Mirror’ has brilliantly brought forth this near future to our screens. The direct connection of man’s virtues and vices and how they manifest themselves in the face of technological development, where man and machine are almost one, which almost all the times end in a tragedy, is portrayed in this web-series. The benefits are already known to us. But it’s time for us to think how HCI can impact our future, or rather how mankind can manipulate this technology to push its own agendas, or more accurately, propagandas.

-Cdt. Kanishka Roy Sem-VI, Div-II

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Is mob justice justified?Recently, our country and the people have “encountered” a roller coaster of events and emotions with a certain sexual molestation and murder case that has shaken up the souls of the people and their emotions have ran wild in overcoming all the sense of sensitivity for the nature of this gruesome crime and neither for the victim. There are few lessons for the issue of public safety and women safety to be particular, teaches us and helps us by indicat-ing to be a bit more sensitive, not towards the criminals, and neither towards the people who consider it as a fault of the victim for the crime done to her, but towards conversing about mo-lestation or “rape”.

Here are some facts about the hypocrisy and inconsistency in the thoughts and opinions we have witnessed throughout this week.The Police- Our opinions about Telangana Police have been the most fluctuating. But amidst all the joy of the so called “encounter” of the “accused” and let us be very careful in choosing our words here and not to fall into what has been fed into us. The police “en-countered” or killed four people who were the prime accused, according to the police and it is absolutely no one’s right, neither the media, not the people’s and nor the police’s right to kill four “accused” just because they believed that they did what was right. Our “Constitu-tion of India” which clearly states- “Innocent till not proven Guilty” by which we come to the fact that there was no proper confession of the crime and there was a public trial of the accused going on the social media and the electronic media which had already given its Verdict, even before any proof or testimony or a confession could reach the court of law. And the people who do not find this action by Telangana police questionable should actually question themselves. I know it’s very hard to inquire something that goes against the public

opinion but this is something we need to in-culcate because this would be the start of not being a puppet of the media, public opinion and fake news.

This is the same Telangana police who’s of-ficers, initially refused to lodge an F.I.R. re-quested by the victim’s sister or the day of the crime saying “BHAAG GYI HOGI KISI KE SAATH”. Why is there no outrage against this mindset? Why does everyone think that sus-

pending the officer who said it would change how all the other policeman think? Why do we not help curb this narrow mindedness which just can’t prevail in today’s India anymore? Moreover, the other policeman in the other police station did not file the F.I.R. because it wasn’t his area of jurisdiction even when there

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there is a Supreme Court order which states that for such cases, the police should file an im-mediate F.I.R. irrespective of the area dispute between police stations and take swift action. The question is, why do we need a Supreme Court order for this? Do the police and the people become so insensitive towards the pain of others? Why the humanity has taken a back seat amongst corruption, malice, religion and everything that is dividing us? Why does no one think that there could be the real culprits out in the open and even if they were shot dead in the encounter, don’t we deserve to see them labelled and proven guilty rather than celebrating the death of the accused?

The Judiciary and the Legislature - Guess who sneaked out of the picture quietly when everyone was celebrating the encounter? We are trapped. I guess, we are. Because there comes a molestation and for ten days there are innumerable candle marches, processions, social media outrage, demands of stricter laws, mentions of UAE and the Gulf countries and people talking about castration and lynch-ing. But as soon as minimal action is taken towards it, we come back to normal, no ques-tions asked without realizing that, making and enforcement of stricter laws is the only and the last resort for such crimes. Justice delayed is justice denied but this doesn’t mean that we bypass all the processes which lead to unbi-ased deliverance of justice. In Unnao, a place in Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 itself 86 cases of sexual assault and molestation were reported. And many more cases in many other places in our country, such crimes go unreported. How many make through the mainstream of media? Some cases generate such huge reac-tions while others go into the dust. Unnao, Kathua and Hyderabad,how many more rape victims would it take for us to see above all these short term measures and struggles for permanent death penalty by constitutional

means for any kind of sexual crime.

The People- It is totally valid and legit that we let our anger flow in our social media handles and all the other means we have. But I wish we could be more ethical in our words and actions. According to our constitution, dis-closing the identity of a rape victim or any of her picture or the pictures of her dead body is a criminal offense. But innumerable times, in the last ten days people not only posted her pictures but also made stories with her real name and her last pictures. Even in the “Nir-bhaya” case, the original name of the victim wasn’t open in public domain. But this time, even political parties have posted related stuff illegally for mere political advantage.

Let’s not kill the human in us while we fight against a crime like rape. It isn’t worth our jokes. It is way more grim than we’ve been making it seem, lately.

Everyone should be in agreement with death penalty for the rapists, but, only if they are proven guilty in the court of law.

- Cdt. Harshant Singh

Sem-IV, Div-III

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Whom to blame?“You are being presented with a choice; evolve or remain. If you choose to remain unchanged, you will be presented with the same challeng-es, the same routine, the same storms, the same situations, until you learn from them, until you love yourself enough to say “no more”, until you choose to change. If you elect to evolve, you will connect with the strength within you, you will explore what lies outside the comfort zone, you will be awaken to love, you will become, you will be. You have ev-erything you need. Choose the intent. Choose to evolve.”

If the above quote is viable for a single bloke, it should be ex-ecutable for a system too, isn’t it?

Did we ever imagine that today neither the students, nor teach-ers are satisfied by the education system we own but the ques-tion here is, why? If this education system is not up to the mark, then why every year millions of students are opting for this system? Why, Indian students are hired for jobs across the globe and that too for reputed jobs, as they also have complet-ed their education from same learning system then, why so? Why foreign students come to India to acquire knowledge if India does not have a proper education system? If I consider all these facts then I can conclude that, there might be a reason that we, students are not able to follow this education system, or there might be some fault in this education system

but due to lack of options unwillingly we have to opt this because “something in hand is better than nothing”.

We acknowledge ourselves as students but does that quality really exist in us?

We complete our secondary education and March forward to college life and the first thing that comes in our mind after getting admitted in a college is to become famed at any cost. The second most important thing that we look for is a beloved one or so called life partner, we indulge in these things so deep that we forget our motive of choosing for this college

life. Illicit relation-ships, drugs, alcohol, smoking etc. dominate us to such anextent that we forget about the studies and at the end we are left behind with nothing but to start blaming the edu-cation system. Students are the backbone of any country, we are the future of this country but will it be safe to handover a country to a person who smokes

throughout the day, consumes alcohol the whole night, who doesn’t know where he is standing, to whom he is talking to? Will it be safe to hand over the education system of a country to a person who himself/herself failed in completing his/her education from the same education system?

Will it be fair for to the upcoming generations that the economy of their country is regulat-ed by a person who never took care about his expenses, who never earned a single rupee by his/her own hard work, or who had spent all

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his/her own hard work, or who had spent all his/her pocket money on alcohol bottles and on cigarette packs. Or Is it humane to form a leader to run a country who had vandalized the public property on the name of protests, Who had assaulted government authorities in the name of rights, who used to be part of riots and of course who doesn’t know the geogra-phy of his own country. But we call ourselves students, as literates, isn’t it high time that we retaliate to these facts?But who is going to decide the fate of our country, or the destiny of our upcoming gen-erations, these political leaders who are the reason of bankruptcy of our country, or we, who don’t even laud their own identity, neither we have any self-principle to live a better life, we believe in a status devised according to the numbers of likes on social media but in person we don’t have any existence. Whom to blame for all this country wide chaos?

Who is responsible for this unique character-ization of this present generation, who is re-sponsible for this education system which still holds obsolete topics, who is behind all these narrow minded thoughts that has been breed-ing in today’s generation’s mind. What’s the reason of thinking negatively about our spir-itual aspects? Today why we call our rituals, cultures old fashioned and its contradictory that except us, whole world is trying to under-stand our culture. Our ancestors, our freedom fighters bestowed significant contribution to the country, they gave so many principles and morals to abide by but we failed to resurrect all of them and this is the cause that the world’s fastest growing economy is still classified as a developing nation. There are so many aspects that we should reflect upon, because these are the causes because of which we are lagging behind other nations. The clock is ticking and if we don’t take a viable step then we might as well be on the brink of collapse so tremen-dous, that it may act as an ally to countries

who could rule us again for a durtion way beyond British rule. To add on to it, those freedom fighters would have martyred their lives for nothing.

But whom to blame for this abrupt political system, for this obsolete education system, for this adoption of western culture, for death of Indian culture, for this virtual social status! Whom to Blame?

- Cdt. Rahul Rana

Sem-IV, Div-II

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Courage to accept and Dedication to improve are two keys to success…“No one is perfect”.As this quote states not every one of us are perfect enough for everything. Understanding this concept, we should respect each and every one in this entire universe. We live in a human race where people commit mistakes in many aspects and this is exactly how we learn. We make mistakes in taking decisions, analyzing our own self, accepting our mistakes, blaming others without knowing the complete reality, etc. People now-a-days are so busy chasing success in their life that they forget that at some point of time they are bound to hit the ground and when after a continuous series of success they are forced by the destiny to face some fail-ures and they are unable to handle it.

“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”Failure and success are like the two sides of a same coin. When you succeed in your life it means you have overcome many failures and among those the biggest failure you defeated is the reality to not accept that you have done something wrong and exactly at this partic-ular point you are mistaken. When you have the courage to own up your mistakes you will give birth to a strong dedication to improve the fault and flaw and make yourself capable of facing worse situation with a calm and peace-ful mind. Without knowing your mistake and breaking the fake wall of pride inside you, you will never be able to break the barrier between you and your success. Success never comes to those who sit and wait, but it comes to those who dare to face the storms without any hesita-tion of being defeated. Problems are never too big for us, but it rests upon us if we are willing to go the distance and climb the mountain.

There is no single problem or question which doesn’t have a solution. But we humans have become so used to being spoon-fed that we don’t want to take efforts to find the solution.Each one of us may have different problems in our lives whether it’s fighting the demons within or some external force; this doesn’t mean that you should give up. People give up in difficult times only because they are not ready to accept the truth that they failed and they have to start again and this time with more efforts and intel-ligence.Reasons why people take a step back by ac-cepting defeat:

Family pressure: In some cases, family members are so eager to see victory that they don’t teach that it’s totally fine to face problems every now and then, that it’s ok to even fail sometimes. Rather than understand-ing they compare one with other, they demor-alize and force the person to do what they want them to do. Peer pressure: What will my friends say? “Oh God, my friend did it and I failed” should I give an excuse? If I don’t succeed my friends will leave me … but they don’t under-stand real friends will support them even when they have lost everything, even when they are a complete failure whereas those who stay with them only when they are succeeding are just there for their own mean purpose. Responsibility: Sometimes being suc-cessful also burdens you with more responsi-bilities so you have to think more about those who depend on you and stop following your heart or risking anything. Not everyone has everything in their life but they adjust with whatever they have just because they have the responsibility to feed family members or many other things that they have to look after. Maybe it’s just the sheer fear of losing what you have got that closes in and engulfs you and pushes you to make mistakes and let

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you believe that you are not meant for some-thing more.And there are many more reasons for people not accepting that they are wrong.They don’t understand that not only common people like us but well-known personalities who are at present a role model inspiring many of us, were a failure at some point in their life. But they didn’t give up and worked hard to achieve what they desired until they flour-ished. Bill Gates, J.K Rowling, Albert Ein-stein, Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, etc. were all failures but if they wouldn’t have taken a stand and tried harder for their success, the entire world wouldn’t have been so crazy about the products of ‘Apple’ or wouldn’t have seen the most commonly operated ‘Windows’ system all over the world. It’s acceptable to make mis-takes and fail in your way, what matters is that you have to stand again and with more dedi-cation and energy to achieve what you want.

“Focus on your future,People are there to make you remember your past,Dedicate yourself towards your goal,People are there to point out your mistakes,Accept your mistake and move on,People are there to cut your hopes,Spread your wings, fly high in the sky,People are there to pull you down,Shine like the brightest star,People are there to get jealous and burn.”If you have the courage to accept where you failed no one can stop you from tasting success in your life.

- Cdt. Ishani Smriti Shriti Sinha Sem-IV, Div-I (NS)

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An Unusual Friendship

What is Life? Well this question brings me to another question “What is the purpose of life?” Is there really any purpose of all these chaotic lives we are living? Well “what is chaos?” I believe it is something that is within us and we blame the whole world for it. Eyes can see everything except themselves. There is an English quote, I don’t know the name of the person who said this but I do remember the quote. It goes something like this “Normal is just an illusion. What is normal for a spider is chaos for a housefly.” In search of a happier life we end up making it chaotic. I believe there are two ways to be happy: “minimize your needs and harmonize with the circumstances”. There is no point in battling with this vast cosmos, why not get in tune with it and we will notice all the chaos dissolving away.

Oh sorry! I just forgot to intro-duce myself. Hello everyone, I am Sakru. Sakru, the slum dog. You read it correctly. I don’t want you to imagine me as one of those fancy dogs you see in cliché Hol-lywood movies. I wonder why they always cast Retrievers. I know why. They are just ador-able. Forget Re- trievers, let’s talk about me. Well most of the hoomans call me a Mongrel or maybe a Desi dog but luckily I do belong to a breed. I am an Indian Pariah dog or South Asian Pye dog. This breed is one of the oldest and smartest breed belonging to Indian soil. I am not saying this, the Internet is. You Can Google it later. We were named so in British era and draw inspiration from the Pariah Tribe of Tamil Nadu. We are medium sized dogs weighing normally between 20-30 kg. Since we survived by hunting for food in wild, we have mastered the art of adapting to any weather conditions. We are less prone to most of the medical conditions like arthritis or Urinary Tract Infection which generally occur in cliché fancy dogs. We shed negligibly hence we are perfect for any household. We are friendly, playful, affectionate, intelligent and above all noisy dogs. Don’t blame us; being noisy is our natural instinct which helped us to communicate with our pack during our hunting days. Enough talking about my breed. I think we should start talking about me. Let’s start from the beginning. I can’t see, I can’t hear. Am I born blind and deaf both? Oh Lord! What a great beginning of a new life. Life is indeed a chaos. You know how difficult it is to survive when you have got a super curious mind but no eyes. You just bump into anything because of your super, super curious nose. Do you know dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than hoomans, that’s unbelievable!

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As new born pups we must find our siblings, mom and milk by using smell, not with vision or hearing. But here’s a catch; life doesn’t always give you lemons. Most of the time we get melons but we are so much concerned about these few lemons we forget to enjoy our melons. I think you all should contemplate on this thought. After nearly 2 weeks I could see and hear clearly. I opened my eyes for the first time and I was bewildered to see so many pups trying to feed on Mama’s milk. I am not going in that chaos, after all I am the smallest kiddo. My siblings would usually push me and get ahead of me leaving me hungry.

So, on an empty stomach I would roam here and there around MANET Hostel. Oh! That place is like a magical palace from some La La Land. You can literally shit anywhere and next morning puff, it’s gone! Is this some kind of sorcery these hoomans know? After midnight when everyone is asleep I would sneak past those grill gates to enter my La La Land. Well that’s the advantage of being the smallest kiddo in the pack. I can have my own little adventure every night. I would roam here and there sniffing around pillars oc- casionally pissing on them. This was all going really well until a giant hooman caught hold of me while pissing on the water cooler. You know water cooler is the perfect place to take a piss. There is so much water on the floor no one’s gonna notice my nasty deed but the problem here is I was caught red handed by that giant. No sooner did I finish my important ritual, he caught hold me by my neck and threw me from the first floor. I landed in the lobby on my hind leg and broke it. I yelped in pain. Everyone came out of their rooms. So did him. It was for the first time we both saw each other. Suddenly I heard a noise. I looked back and it was again that giant. I ran towards the grill gates however fast I could, whimpering with pain.

I couldn’t sleep the whole night. For two days I laid on canteen stairs. I had barely eaten anything in these two days. I had grown weak. As the days passed my pain eased, I was able to walk but with a limp. I was getting better but not better enough to get ahead of my siblings in the milk race. Only chance of my survival was to get back in La La Land and find something to eat. But the problem is they have appointed a giant to guard the Palace. I gathered all my courage and began my journey to the Palace. Canteen and Palace aren’t that far but with a broken leg of this tiny creature every step seemed challenging. After nearly half an hour I reached the palace. I am kidding. I can’t tell you how much time it took but I can definitely tell you it was one hell of a journey. I encouraged myself “Come on Buddy, let’s do this; Now or never.” I sneaked pass on the floor forgetting about my empty stomach. I heard something gibberish and looked up. He was standing in front of me. He was also a giant but a gentle one I would say. He bent down andstarted examining my legs. After examining them for a minute he left me there and went inside.

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Suddenly I saw so many giants coming towards me. I got scared. I stood up and ran behind oneof those pillars where I used to take a piss. That’s my territory; they won’t come here. After a moment that gentle giant came out with some yellow balls in his hands. He looked for me here and there and then made a “FWEEET” noise with his mouth. That sound had magic in it; my ears raised, tail curled up and I ran towards him. I just couldn’t control myself. He petted me and gave me those yellow balls. Those balls were so yummy that I nearly chocked myself. He saw me struggling and asked his pack’s smallest mate to get me some water. He poured water in his hands and offered me. I hurriedly started licking his hands meanwhile splashing water all over his clothes. He didn’t seem to mind my stupid behavior. He just smiled and was constantly moving his hands. Maybe he was ticklish. I like how he tastes. I like his smell too. I have a new giant friend. I wanted to tell about him to my mama and siblings. Will they be worried about me? Or they would be as happy as I am. I don’t know. But one thing I know for sure; he is my Comrade. I don’t know what to call him but he definitely knows what to call me; Sakru! His pack also called me Sakru! And slowly I learnt that this is my name. Now I have started to understand his gibberish. Most of the time he would call me with the “FWEET” noise and I would just run towards him. He knows exactly what I like “Whistles!”

It’s been almost a year since we have met. He loves me and so does his pack. He has got like hundreds of mate in his pack. Everyone loves me; Pets me. I think he has asked them to. I go out to play football with him in the evening. He is good at it but I am better than him but he never minds me being better than him; I think he feels proud. It’s not that he is always in a good mood. He usually slaps me when I run behind cars or bikes. Is running behind a ball and a car two different things? I don’t know. He slaps me when I try to take a sneak peek inside the dustbins. Well that’s a bad habit. He also has a really bad habit of disappearing for days. I don’t know where his pack goes in summers and winters. But this time he has gone too early. Has he gone forever? Is he going to come back? I miss him. I miss playing football with him. Now I don’t like running behind cars. Everything is so boring over here without him. But thank God I have Eela with me. She keeps me entertained. No! No! She isn’t a giant. She is my doggo friend. She also loves whistles just like me. I think I like her. Shall I tell Comrade that I like her? Next time when I see him I am gonna definitely tell him about Eela. I hope that I will soon meet my Alpha….

- Cdt. Kundan KumarSem-VIII, Div-II

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Banning of Alcohol on Merchant Ships

As many of us know in recent times the consumption of alcohol has increased a lot. Both onshore and offshore consumption are increasing day by day. To tackle such thing the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) which is a United Nations organ that is primarily tasked with development of maritime safety treaties, conventions, recommendations and guidance in respect of ship operation and measures for the protection of the marine environment. In regard to pre-vention of drug and alcohol abuse12, guidance is contained in the STCW Code. In setting out the requirements for seafarers and Administrations, it should be recalled that, by ratification of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafar-ers, 1978, as amended in 1995, Administrations have by definition already agreed to implement the requirements. For the purpose of convenience, STCW’95, Part 5 – Guidance on Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse is contained as Appendix 12. This all started because of Environmental concerns the potential for marine accidents to have a catastrophic impact on the environment has increased many times over during the past 20 years with numerous accidents serving as graphic examples of failures to recognise the potential for accidents to occur. Public concerns about pollution of and damage to the environment increase daily and are fuelled by press reports of marine casualties involv-ing ship collisions and spillages of oil/chemicals. Increased public awareness of the effects of pollution has, in recent years, caused the subject to become a political issue rather than one involving commercial rep- arations for any damage caused. Accidents do not always involve pollution or damage to property. In many cases damage is sustained by coral reefs or fishing grounds and damage is not always immediately apparent. Pen-alties for causing damage to under-water marine eco systems are likely to result in offending ships being detained as well as the imposition of very significant fines. Punishments are intended to be penal rather than sums that reflect recovery of costs incurred since such damage is likely to be irreparable. In most countries with environ-mental protection legislation, individuals may also find themselves under arrest and liable to imprisonment. Penalties for incursions into the environment are liable to increase as pressure groups and the general public demands ever im-proving standards and greater concern for the planet. The seafarer and ship operators alike must be aware of not only increasing legislation but also the possible effects on the environment of not being fully able to perform their duties and the need to be free from any impairment brought about by drug or alcohol abuse.

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Since The Drug & Alcohol Policy for ships is a mandatory regulation and an important code of conduct, which is to be strictly followed by those working on ships. While some seafarers are often in doubt regarding the consumption of alcohol allowed on ships, for others it is just one of the several regulations of shipping. According to shipping regulations, it’s compulsory for seafarers to follow the “Drug & Alcohol Policy” of the shipping companies they work for. Con-sumption and possession of drugs and other abused substances is strictly prohibited on all ships, however, permission to consume alcohol on ships depends on the shipping companies. Either ways there are strict restrictions on the amount and time of alcohol consumed on ships. It is the duty of the captain to ensure that all crew members are aware of the regulations mentioned in the “Drug and Alcohol Policy” followed on the ship.Most of the companies have totally banned possession and consumption of alcohol on board their ships. Random alcohol and drugs testing of officers can also be done on board ships to ensure that there is no breach in the policy.

Nowadays, most of the shipping companies provide Alcohol test meters on board so that ship’s captain or senior officers can check any crew member suspected of having high level of alcohol in his system and is incapable of carrying out his duties Seafarers who fail to follow the “Drug and Alcohol Policy” of the company is bound to face disciplinary actions and even dismissal from employment. In case alcohol is allowed on ships, purchase of the same is allowed only from the master’s bond and bringing alcohol on board ships is strictly prohibited. It is the duty of the captain and senior officers of the ship to ensure that the rules and regulations of drug and alcohol policy is enforced and followed on ships. As mentioned above, the drug and alcohol policy on ships would differ with each company, depending on the type of ship and nature of cargo. Safety of ships and cargoes, along with the well-being of the seafarers is the main motive of this policy and it is therefore necessary that all seamen take this regulation with utmost seriousness.

- Cdt. Rudrojit A. ChattopadhyaySem-IV, Div-II

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CORONA VIRUS – A PANDEMIC

As of 26th April, 2020 there have been 2,982,647 total cases and 2,06,342 deaths due to a virus called COVID-19 around the globe. Whole world is on a shut down due to this virus. As time passes, more number of cases are being reported with increase in number of deaths. Considering India, there have been 882 deaths with 27,890 cases after first case of corona virus was reported on 30th of January in Kerala.

Corona Virus or SARS COVID-19 is a virus identified first in the city of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province in China. As per the reports, it was Huanan seafood market where the first victims of this virus were discovered and within a time of month or two, the whole world is under the influ-ence of this virus. Currently, The United States of America, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, UK and China are the most affected. The death toll in Italy and USA have overtaken the number of deaths in China from where this virus is said to be originated. COVID-19 coming under the cat-egory of SARS (SEVERE ACUTE RE- SPIRATORY SYNDROME) attacks the lungs of the patient causing difficulty in breathing and other complications leading to death. COVID -19 can transmit through saliva and mucus of the infected person. It can also transmit indirectly by coming in contact with contaminated surfaces. The virus can only be stopped from spreading further by avoiding close contacts with anyone i.e. by main- taining social distancing and wearing masks as an affected person might start showing symptoms of it after a week or two.

The researchers proposed bats being the natural res-ervoir for SARS COVID-19 because of it’s structural similarity to bat coronavirus. At the starting of the outbreak of the virus China gave the message to the world that the virus doesn’t spread through human contact leading to the spread of virus to other coun-tries. China’s careless attitude towards the virus at the beginning of this outbreak has resulted in the spread of it in more than 200 countries. As the number of deaths increases, it reveals how vulnerable our governments are to this outbreak.

As of now, no vaccine has been developed by scientists and researchers to completely cure corona virus. It may take months or year to find a vaccine for cure of this virus. Till then doctors are trying their best to save people by other medicines available. There are also cases of people recovering from the virus but it’s not turning out to be a satisfactory number. In countries like Italy and Spain, the government is experiencing shortage of land for the burial of dead people by the virus.

All the countries have realized that the spreading of this virus can only be prevented through social distancing and avoiding any kind of social gatherings. Most of the countries in the world are under complete lockdown. The first line of defence working for us in these difficult times are

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• the doctors, nurses, policemen and staff. These people deserve all the respect and honour for working day and night and serving their patients and fellow citizens as a priority keeping their own lives and family aside.

This lockdown will surely lead to a huge blow on Indian Economy. Estimated by economists of India, that the country will suffer a loss of 8.76 Lakh crores in Rupees by the end of this lock-down. Up to 53 % of businesses will be affected and many small scale business and start-ups may meet their termination due to the fall of market. The service sector including aviation and hospi-tality industries are facing huge losses. The Live Event industries have estimated a loss of 3000 crores in Rupees. Tourism Indus-try may lose up to 1500 crores in Rupees. Accord- ing to Moody’s Investors Service, India’s GDP growth may fall to 2.5% from current 5.5%. But every cloud has a silver lining, the timely decline in oil prices shall be of great usefulness for the Indian govern-ment to offer relief as for every 2 rupees per litre increase of excise duty on oil would result in additional rev- enues worth 0.1% to 0.15% of GDP. These are just estimates of the possible losses and the real scenario could be different and far more problem-atic.

There has been a major impact on the shipping industry as well due to this virus. It’s outbreak had led to a decline in the number of ships being called on International ports. The main reason for it is, because Western countries have announced International lockdowns. Due to this, the world economies have come to a declination. For example, earnings from the Persian Gulf to China have dropped from $103, 053 to $18, 326 which is nearly about 82% reduction. The Crude Oil demand has also reduced significantly since they are negligible transports or vehicles, due to the lockdown by Government. The question arises whether lockdown is the solution. Well yes, because the incubation period of this virus is 14 days and by then only you’ll get to know about it’s symptoms. The tragic part however, is by the time one would be knowing whether he’s affected, he would be the virus spreader to his surrounding people. And the cycle continues like Chain Reaction.

Around March 2020, four Indian Officers onboard Maersk Kyrenia, a ship owned by the biggest world container line, faced resistance from the local police as they signed off on being relieved at the end of their contracts, when the ship was called at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust(JNPT).

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The event highlighted the ordeal faced by seafarers as crew changes turn a nightmare for fleet owners. So these seafarers wanted to sign off but the local police didn’t allow them to get off the ship, as per the orders given by Amar Singh Thakur, general secretary of maritime Union of India, the body representing merchant Navy officers in India. After this incident the Director-ate General of Shipping has asked the chief secretaries of all coastal states, to advise their law enforcement agencies to facilitate services engaged in supply of provision and transportation of ship’s crew within the city.

The various impacts of COVID-19 on maritime industry are as follows:

• Mandatory re-arrival reports should be done before entering ports. • Unless Transportation facilities from government would be provided, one can’t signoff. • No shore leave• Extra paperwork and operational delay• Delay in Pilotage services• Classification societies are not responding to survey requests.

Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, many countries are not allowing seafarers to disembark from their ports. That means no shore leave and no crew changes. Due to this, the seafarers who are currently onboard have got their extended contracts. Some of them have been onboard for about 9-10 months, or even more. This hugely results in reduction of productivity and safety-con-sciousness, but at this critical stage this seems to be the ultimate option. Current scenario of a seafarer is critical, because they have to work and keep the supplies running. Also one should make sure that contact with any shore personal should be avoided. All the rules and methods to fight Corona Virus should be followed by the seafarers like wearing masks, washing hands frequently and so on. Being a seafarer at this situation is like being a soldier who has been sent to the Frontline and then leaving them there with no intention to extract them after they have accomplished their mission. And as long as this virus resides, there would be uncertainty in the life of seafarers and Mariners. They have to take care of their safety and also from time to time socially interact with their friends and family till this Pandemic exists.

The scariest part will be if the mankind remains the same after the end of this pandemic. Mother nature has warned us against the harm done to the nature by humans through this pandemic. Nature has tried to teach us a lesson by proving that no matter how much the humans evolve they are answerable to nature for their deeds against it. The further losses are unpredictable and the deaths are irreversible.

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Latest Maritime Trends

• Maritime Trends: 2020 & Beyond

While accurately predicting future, events may evoke memory of Carnac the Magnificent. DNV embarked upon and earlier this summer presented findings from us study “Shipping 2020”, a study undertaken as the class society increasingly found itself being asked (and in turn asking itself): “how can we predict the deployment of important emission-reduction and energy-saving technologies in the world fleet by 2020?”

The technology

• LNG as fuel is one of the emerging tech-nologies that most clearly has been iden-tified and moved forward as a potential solution in may respects, financial and en-vironmental topping the list. In predicting that 30% of the new buildings delivered by 2020 will be gas engines.

• DNV takes the assumption that energy costs will continue to rise, and that LNG prices will remain 30% lower than that of heavy fuel oil (HFO).

• DNV sees the global sulfur limit assumed to be effective from 2020 as having the most significant impact on the implemen-tation of gas engines, provided of course the capacity and fuel supply are there.

• Scrubbers are another area of marine tech-nology that were factored into the shipping 2020 study. Low price of LNG as com-pared to HFO sees a limited demand for scrubbers, estimating a modest 200 instal-lations per year.

Fuel to burn

• DNV shipping 2020 study estimates that HFO consumption will plummet from about 290 million tons in 2019 to only 80 to 100 million tons in 2020.

• The shipping 2020 study contends that in the big ship market, LNG will become a cost-efficient option for ships that spend more than 30% of their time sailing in ECAs. Specifically, when 0.1% sulfur limit in North America and Northern Europe comes into force, about 40% of the world fleet will be affected.

“The third major finding of the Shipping 2020 report predicts that demand for marine dis-tillates will be 200-250 million tons by 2020, versus demands of about 30 million tons in 2014, per year. To put this in perspective,200 to 250 million tons per year equals the entire distillate consumption of the United States in 2010. This is a huge increase.”

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World’s Largest Shipyards Testing LNG Pumps in Denmark

Nothing is left to chance when Korean ship-yards Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries are building giant gas tankers worth billions of dollars. In recent months, Lars and his colleagues have been extraor-dinarily busy in the pump factory’s 35-metre test tower in Aalborg, Denmark. Full-scale tests are being conducted here on the different types of gas pumps, which two of the world’s largest shipyards, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), have ordered for six new VLEC’s. A total of 84 deep well pumps, which amount to tens of millions Danish kroner combined, will be shipped from Aalborg to South Korea over the coming months. However, this case concerns a new solution for handling liquefied ethane, developed by Svanehoj in collaboration with French gas tank specialist, GTT. The system involves three pump types: Cargo pumps to unload, the gas spray pumps to keep it refrig-erated, and fuel pumps to ensure that the gas is transported from the giant membrane tanks to the ship’s engines.

New Dry Bulk Management Stan-dard Launched To Improve Dry Bulk Vessel And Fleet Safety

The new Dry Bulk Management Standard (DBMS) to support the improvement of safety and risk management standards within dry bulk ship management has been officially launched. The voluntary programme is de-signed to allow ship managers to measure their Safety Management System (SMS) against agreed industry standards, with the aim of improving fleet performance and risk management. This will ensure an operator’s policies align with industry best practice to both advance their performance and attain

high standards of health, safety, security and pollution prevention.

Continued collaboration to improve the stan-dards is encouraged, with owners, operators and managers all having the opportunity to submit their feedback and shape future iter-ations.

Now launched, DBMS will:Provide expectations and targets against which companies can assess their own safety management systems.

• Benchmark a company’s management system against four key levels: basic, inter-mediate, advanced and excellence.

• Allow the creation of self-assessment results that can be used to develop phased plans to support continuous improvement of ship management systems.

• Encourage companies to regularly review their self-assessment results against DBMS expectations and to create achievable plans for improvement.

Cyber Security in Shipping There are guidelines for providing high level security for maritime cyber risk management. It is to safeguard shipping from various vul-nerabilities to cyber threats in present and future. The International Maritime Organi-zation (IMO) has set 1st January, 2021 as the deadline for its cybersecurity mandates for ship owners. Negligence in the security can lead to a potential circumstance where infor-mation or systems can be corrupted, lost or compromised. • According to a survey conducted by US-

based law firm, companies with small and medium sized businesses are most vulner-able to any cyber attack. Not just limited to financial gains anymore, cyber attacks are also being used for causing business inter-ruptions.

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Block chain Technology

• Block chain technology enables companies to keep a record of trades and transactions, in a chronological order. Originally created to support and organize digital currency and transactions. This would use an en-cryption process to link port and terminal operators, cargo owners, customs authori-ties, freight forwarders, brokers and trans-portation companies in a seamless process free from the hassle of seamless paper-work. It speeds up operations by eliminat-ing printed shipping documents from the process and cutting down bureaucracy. From being used to track cargo shipments for speeding up terminal works and cutting down costs to increase trading safety and transparency, the technology has a lot to offer.

Smart Containers

• The new technology in container intelli-gence would help sharing the movement status of containers close to real time pro-viding better customer service. The goal is to ensure that the quality of individual goods stay acceptable during their trans-port and find a safe and secure way to their destination by utilizing the time.

Cutting Sulphur Oxide Emissions

1st January 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has limited the sulphur content in fuel oils used on board ships operat-ing outside designated emission control areas to 0.5% m/m (mass by mass). Detained boats will be imposed large fines and prison sen-tences. This step is to encourage ship builders and owners to use new greener options. It’ll help to improve health and safety of Maritime workers and populations living close to ports and coasts.Ecosystem will be benefitted with

this crucial step for limiting the damage towards it.

Impact of tensions in Iran on shipping

• Iran is one of the world’s leading suppli-ers of oil and with the conflict going on in the Strait of Hormuz it has been a talk of great concern among shipping companies. Tensions which are a result of heightened drama between political and economical forces has had an immediate knock-down effect on shipping industry. With escalat-ing tensions, security to tankers will be provided by the military ships. Traffic in the waters of the strait have reported less traffic since the recent hostile situations.

Corona Virus outbreak in China

• There’s decline in number of ships calling on Chinese ports of Shanghai and Yang-shang. A 17% decline was noted during the month of January as the factories across the country remain closed. There were numer-ous ships calling cancellations, represent-ing a notable capacity reduction. Maersk is expected to be most affected by these can-cellations due to its wide exposure towards container shipping and port terminals.

• To prevent the spread of corona virus among the seafarers, the ports around the world have adopted a 14-day quarantine period for vessels arriving their.

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REGULATIONS

List of amendments to have entered into force:

8 April 2019 - electronic data exchange under FAL Convention

Under the revised Annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), from 8 April 2019, it becomes mandatory for ships and ports to exchange FAL data electronically. The revised Convention also encourages use of the so-called “single window” concept in which all the many agencies and authorities involved exchange data via a single point of contact.

1 September 2019 MARPOL Annex VI amendments

Amendment to Regulation 13 – Nitrogen oxides (NOX) to make clearer emission control areas for NOx, by replacing the words “an emission control area designated under paragraph 6 of this regulation” with the words “a NOX Tier III emission control area”;Amendments to Regulation 21 – Required EEDI to update the reference values for Ro-ro cargo ship and Ro-ro passenger ship.

13 October 2019 Amendments to the BWM Convention

The amendments to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (BWM Convention) relate to the implementation of the treaty, including the schedule for ships to comply with the requirement to meet the so-called D-2 standard (amendments to section B).

Other amendments (to sections A and D) make mandatory the Code for approval of ballast water management systems, which was also be adopted at the session. Further amendments relate to section E on survey and certification.

1 January 2020 - MARPOL Annex VI 0.50% sulphur limit

The global limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board ships of 0.50% m/m (mass by mass) enters into effect from 1 January 2020. This will significantly reduce the amount of sulphur oxide emanating from ships and should have major health and environmental benefits for the world, particularly for populations living close to ports and coasts. See here for further information. .

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1 March 2020 - MARPOL Annex VI amendments - carriage ban on non-compliant fuel oil

Adopted by MEPC 73: The amendment will prohibit the carriage of non-compliant fuel oil for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a ship - unless the ship has an exhaust gas cleaning system (“scrubber”) fitted, if accepted by the flag State as an alternative means to meet the sulphur limit requirement.

The amendment supports consistent implementation of the 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil. The 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships’ fuel oil is in force from 1 January 2020, with benefits for the environment and human health.

1 October 2020 MARPOL amendments – use of electronic record books

Adopted by MEPC 73: MARPOL Amendments to allow for electronic record books to be used were adopted, for Annex I - Oil Record Book Part I – Machinery space operations and Oil Record Book Part II – Cargo/ballast operations; Annex II - Cargo Record Book; and Annex V - Garbage Record Book; and Annex VI for records relating to Regulation 12 – Ozone-depleting substances, Regulation 13 – Nitrogen oxides (NOX) and Regulation 14 – Sulphur oxides (SOX) and particulate matter. Guidelines for the use of electronic record books under MARPOL have been adopted.

1 October 2020 - MARPOL amendments - EEDI regulations for ice-strengthened ships

Adopted by MEPC 73: Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI , relating to the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) regulations for ice-strengthened ships, replacing the words “cargo ships having ice-breaking capability” with “category A ships as defined in the Polar Code”.

Source- www.imo.org

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Amazing Biological Facts

1. The tropical fungus ‘OPHIOCORDYCOPS’ infects ants’ central nervous systems covering them into zombies for nine days.

2. Human bone is an excellent example of perfect architecture. The femur that supports the weight of the body is more powerful when compared to the solid concrete of the same weight.

3. Dolphin sleep half awake. They keep one eye open while they consciously breathe and float on the water

4. The power generated by our brain is enough to illuminate a blub.

5. Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glacier is Penguin urine.

6. Magnetoreception is a type of magnetic compass present in some migratory birds that help then navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field.

7. All clownfish are born male – some turn female to enable mating.

8. Koala fingerprints are so close to humans that they could taint crime scene.

9. Meet the Deadpool of animal world. “Turritopsis Dohrnii”, also known as the immortal jellyfish can regenerate any part of its body.

10. The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a chemical “distress” call used by plant to beg nearby animals to save them from attack.

-Cdt. Sujit Singh

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1. Some cargoes, such as certain types of coal, can heat themselves up to a temperature where they can automatically ignite. What is this process called?A.Biological heating. B. Biomass conduction. C.Nuclear Fission D.Spontaneous combustion.

2. Ideally the adjustable jet/spray nozzle on a hose should be used as _____A.spray of arc 30 degrees B. A jet C.a spray of arc 60 degrees D.a spray of arc 90 degrees

3. If a combination carrier is engaged in the carriage of cargoes other than oil, the main inert gas supply line on deck (with the excep-tion of the inert gas supply to the slop tanks) must be _____A. drained and washed.B. isolated by fitting a blind flange.C secured by padlocking the inert gas main supply valve.D. removed.

4. Serious tube leakage in the air ejector con-denser assembly will cause _____A. loss of vacuum. B. fouled nozzles.C. clogged steam strainers.D. faulty steam pressure.

5. The revolutions on the turbocharger have increased during the night with unmanned engine. Could this be caused by:A. We have favorable winds and currentB. The current and wind are holding the vessel backC. The viscosity of the fuel is to highD. Poor combustion due to malfunction of fuel valves.

6. During a ballast voyage, the fuel consump-tion is noticeable higher than normal and all pressures and temperatures is normal, may the reason to this be:A. Water in the fuel.B. Long time since the last overhaul.C. Opposing sea currentD. Fouling of the hull

7. The main engine is running steady. What is the normal shut down temperature for the main engine thrust bearing segment?A.85 B.100 C.65 D.70

8. The steam that is discharged from the safety valves goes to theA. main condenser B. auxiliary condenserC. atmospheric line D. bilges

9. If you get a heavy scavenging air fire, which of these parts is likely to suffer the most serious damage?A. The crosshead bearing. B. The piston.C. The stuffing box. D. The exhaust valve

10. When taking a set of crankshaft deflec-tions the + sign is indicated, example +4. This means that _____A. the crankpin location is 4/100 mm out of centre.B. the crankwebs have closed in by 4/100 mm.C. the crankwebs have opened up by 4/100 mm.D. one main bearing on one side is 4/100 mm bigger than the other.

Answer Key:1.D , 2.C, 3.B, 4.A, 5.B, 6.D, 7.A, 8.C, 9.C , 10.C

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1. If we call coastal station, on a working fre-quency, it will normally reply on :A) DSC channelB) Distress channelC) Paired channelD) Walkie-Talkie

2. Rope tied to an object is called:A) KnotsB) HitchesC) BendsD) Loops

3. Flag displayed during man overboard is called:A) OscarB) AlphaC) LimaD) Zulu

4.Monkey Island is part of the :A) SuperstructureB) AccommodationC) Weather deckD) Cargo hold

5.Day shape displayed during Anchorage :A) DiamondB) ConeC) BallD) Cylinder

6.Full form of BNWAS:A) Bridge Navigational watch alert systemB) Bridge navigational watch alarm systemC) Bridge Navigational watch association systemD) None of these

7.Cargo carrying capacity of a ship is called:A) Gross tonnageB) Net tonnageC) Tonnes per centimeterD) Freight

8. Device which helps us take sights: A) PelorusB) Azimuth mirrorC) SextantD) Binoculars

9. In an overtaking situation, the vessel which is overtaking is:A) GiveawayB) StandonC) StationaryD) None of the above

10. Hand flares, Rocket parachute flares and Smoke signals are collectively called :A) PyrotechnicsB) PolytechnicsC) Fire Fighting appliancesD) Crackers

Answer Key:1.C, 2.B, 3.A, 4.B,5.C, 6.B, 7.B, 8.C,9.A,10.A

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Vishwanath Sports Meet-2020“Victory is in the quality of the competition and not just the final scores”

With great enthusiasm, teamwork and a spirit of good sportsmanship the 4th state level inter-col-legiate “Vishwanath Sports Meet-2020”, was organized by MIT-ADT University Pune from 20th January to 24th January 2020.

Sports unite people of different backgrounds, it breaks the barrier of caste, creed and religion to bring them together to achieve glory and honor. The Vishwanath sports meet-2020 was held at the auspicious MIT-ADT Rajbaug campus, Loni. The vision and mission of this event is to invite students from all over India to showcase their talent in true sportsmanship spirit, because it is believed that sports does not only build character but reveals it.

In this wonderful year the Inaugural ceremony was lighted up by the presence of Honorable Chief Guest Shri.Sunil Kedar, minister of Sports and Youth welfare. The event was sparkled up by Honorable Guest of Honor Mrs. Tejaswini Sawant Darekar (An Indian Shooter and a recipient of Arjuna Award) and Shri. Ashok Pawar (MLA, Shirur), along with the Presiding Guest Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D. Karad (Founder and President MIT Group of Institutions, Pune).

The event started with the beauty of hoisting National Flag, followed by the disciplined rhythm of unity, Guard of Honor Performed by the cadets of MANET and the lighting of lamp by the sports captain. Teams from all the colleges marched in the rhythm of drums and vowed their respect towards the sports and sportsmanship. The Chief Guest and Guest of Honor enlightened the participants and filled them with great feel of zeal, dedication and great passion towards sports. Following it, the different games kicked off and a three-day long anticipated competition started with great enthusiasm.

This meet witnessed multiple teams from various colleges competing with each other in 13 dif-ferent sports for 5 days. It consisted of sport events such as Swimming, Rowing, Boxing, Foot-ball, Basketball, etc. Every game played was filled with adrenaline rush and intensity. All the teams competed with utmost passion and made the events tough and exciting at the same time. With the budding athletes and sportsperson of this country showcasing their talents, the meet was made extraordinarily gratifying.

The final day of illuminating Prize Distribution Ceremony was lighted up by the presence of Honorable Chief Guest Padma Bhushan, Shri. Chandrakant Borde (Former Captain, Indian Cricket team), the Honorable Guest of Honor Commandant officer, Army Sports Institute, Pune Col. Rakesh Yadav, with Presiding Guest (Founder and President MIT Group of Institutions, Pune), along with Prof. Dr. Mangesh T. Karad (Executive President MIT-ADT University, Pune). Winning 9 golds in the meet, MANET was declared as the overall champion of Vishwanath Sports Meet-2020.

“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold, they’re made of Sweat, Determination and a hard to find alloy called Guts”.

With the sun setting in the horizon, along with all the participants and winners from all the col-leges we bid farewell to mesmerizing Vishwanath Sports Meet-2020. We came to its end on a very high note and as a memorable experience for everyone.

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National Maritime Day INTRODUCTION

There is a famous saying “The voice of the sea speaks to the soul” and the one who can listen to this voice, can only resonate with the harmony of the waves. National maritime day is celebrat-ed on 5th of April. Though this day is not acknowledged by most of the people but it is surely celebrated like a sacred festival in maritime colleges. This day is celebrated in the honor of “SS LOYALTY”, the first ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company. She sailed from Mumbai to London in the year 1919. It was a gala day in the Indian history. This auspicious day symbol-izes the hard work of our sailors. It flaunts their zeal to overcome adverse conditions with limited resources, their team spirit, their determination backed up by their hopes. A sailor is trained to withstand any adversity and carry on with his duty with valor and discipline.

HISTORY OF SHIPS IN INDIA

In the olden days Indians used to explore the sea routes for trading and adventures. There are various written documents mentioning the ships leaving Indian shores as far back as the first century. India used to trade with central Asia, China, Japan, Persia and Korea. Goods such as cotton, silk, ivory, animal skin, perfumes etc were traded. Amongst Hindus, “Lord Varun” is worshipped as the “Lord of the Oceans”. It is believed that Lord Varun has the knowledge of all sea routes and during pandemic he will come and navigate the sailors. The earliest evidence of ships in India is found in one of the four Vedas “ The Rig Veda”. The navigation was mostly done by following the motion of stars, positions of constellations, direction of wind, temperature of water, Polaris etc. Navigation now days are much simpler and techno-dependent yet their major principal remains the same till date.

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IMPORTANCE OF MARITIME INDUSTRY IN INDIA

Being a peninsular region, India has a strong backbone in the maritime field. India has a coast-line of 8118 kms and an exclusive economic zone of 2.02 million square kilometer due to which India has a good scope in fishing industries. According to the statistics more than 90% of Indian trade is done via sea routes. India has around 1000 ships with 722 coastal and 350 overseas ships. It has a contribution of 8 % to entire world trade. The maritime industry is striving hard to bring in rapid transformation. There are around 60 shipping companies out of which 19 are engaged in coastal trade and 29 are engaged in overseas trade, rest are engaged in both. The Indian ship-ping industry is governed by 3 different acts namely “the merchant shipping act “in 1958, “the inland vessels act” in 1915”and “The Coasting vessels Act” in 1838. Indian shipping industry has become the 14th largest fleet in the world as per the deadweight tonnage.

MARITIME DAY IN MANET

Unlike any other college, MANET, is different. Thomas Fuller once said “its skills, and not strength that governs the ship”. We at MANET keep proving it. Cadets here are good in studies, sports, as well as in co-curricular activities. Apart from knowledge, we are taught to add disci-pline in our day to day activities. On 5th of April, 2019 MANET celebrated the 56th NATION-AL MARITIME DAY. A celebration for the same was organized by our senior cadets. They decorated our college auditorium and planned out a mesmerizing event for celebrating the same. The function started with a dance performance followed by various bands performing, reciting poems followed by singers pouring out their souls into music. Skit was acted by two cadets depicting how placement interviews are carried out. Next came in dancers, dressed in colorful attires, the whirling dancers were a sight to watch. A day before, invitations were sent out. Final screening of the items was done by the Principal and the panel of senior teachers. The event was extremely colorful topped up with melodious songs which turned out to be the most enthrall-ing performance of the event. The event ended with the prize distribution to students excelling in co-curricular activities. It was the combined efforts of the organizers, performers and the spectators which resulted in marking the event as one of the memorable days on the calendar of MANET.

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Persona Fest 2020

In the month of March, MIT ADT University was all decked up to host its prestigious and most awaited techno-cultural fest PERSONA, the Prism of Expression. Ideas were pouring in from several corners as the students were all gassed up for Pune’s one of the most awaited College events. Persona Fest is truly a cultural extravaganza which is getting humongous participa-tion and overwhelming response from the students across the length and breadth of Maharash-tra. More than 11,000 Students from the 125+ Institutions and Universities participate in this MIT-ADT University Flagship event. This year marked the fourth edition of the Persona Fest. Persona Rally, which is a promotional event for the fest, was held on 5th February. Students from various Raajbaug institutes displayed their talents in the form of Dance, street-play (nukkad natak), dhol tasha patak and many more. It was no less than watching a carnival in Rio!

The main event was inaugurated on 12th February and this extravaganza lasted for four magical days till 15th February. The opening ceremony was followed by the Mega Jamm, the band competition. The bands from the different parts of the country took part in the competition and thrilled the audience with their immense musical energy. ‘The Crankcase Explosion’ and ‘Rollin n pitchin ’, were the bands from MANET who made everyone to get on their feet by their amazing performances. The following days had various events which were held at various parts of the campus. Technical events such as QUIZ, Best manager, HACKATHON brought out the thrills as the best brains were fighting for the title. Architecture and Design events were very fruitful in extracting the best creative ideas from the students. The audience was highly motivat-ed by listening to India’s prominent motivational speakers. ‘Mahayan’, the street play team from MANET showcasing the troubling world scenario with humour,was really adored by the judges. ‘Achanak Bhayanak’ dance crew from MANET bagged the runner up title by their stunning dance performance. For the very first time, MANET presented its Fashion team ‘Kalainan’. The team was praised for their amazing designs and the confident walks during the persona show-stopper event. Cadets from MANET participated in various events and showcased their talents. Naval Show event was organised by MANET to give the guests a gist of life at sea. The guests were given a guided tour of the Ship-in Campus by the cadets. The entire fest was star-studded by the presence of prominent personalities of various backgrounds. The fest was blessed with names like Roopkumar Rathod, Padmashri Adnan Sami, Sonalee Kulkarni,Saurabh Gadgil, Darasingh Khurana, Shilpa Agarwal, Vaibhavri Apte, Ramakant Gaekwad and many more who graced the events with their presence.

Whenever we hear something like a ‘fest’, we immerse ourselves into the thoughts of alluring colourful lights, unstoppable music, DJs and VJs, and even savouring foods. We tend to bend our hunches towards competitions, huge crowds, and cultural diversities which indeed gifts you a massive package of memories.

Knowing people, working with them and understanding them is like the crux of every fest. In-teractions with different ideological personalities, adds a bit more spice to your experience.But that’s not all that you get from a fest, there are a plenty of things that one learns while en-gulfing himself/herself into a fest.You learn to get out of your comfort zone.

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MANET CAFÉ

Alumni Interview IMr. Utsav Goswami(Batch:2008-2012)

“Talking about the old days of a bright cadet, I saw some old mem-ories with a blossoming face”. I Cdt. Abhishek Upadhyay got a chance to interview one of the brightest Cdt. from the 2008 batch of our institute, Cdt. Utsav Goswami currently working as 3rd Engineer with Mitsui O.S.K lines (Japan).

1. What have you been doing, during this quarantine period?

I’m at home and waiting for my time to go on board ship. When this pandemic is over, they will give me my sailing contract. In the mean time I have been given some circulars to read, related to new rules coming in the company and in the shipping industry.

2. What is your current rank and the name of the esteemed company you are sailing for?

I got placed from the college itself when I was in third year with M.O.L and the current rank I’m holding is of 3rd Engineer in the same company. I passed out in August, 2012 from 2008 batch engineering side and went on my 1st ship in the month of November. So, if I count this year this will be 8th year of my sailing period with the same company.

3. How was your experience during your college days in MANET?

When I joined MANET College in the year 2008 it was in the phase of transition where we saw various changes in the faculty and the infrastructure as well. We saw many faculty coming in. Initially, there were only two floors in the college we saw one more coming there in front of us, B.Sc. Nautical Science started.In hostel Side two more extra floors were constructed i.e. 3rd and 4th floor, earlier there were only two students in each cabin later on they shifted three students in one cabin. Our entire syl-labus till we passed out was totally with YCMOU. We heard of IMU coming but it came after we passed out.

4. Any Pros of being a MANET Cadet?

Being a MANET Cadet I can say that before us not many of the batches had passed out so we were in the rush of creating a name. From sixth batch we had full strength of 180-200 students and half of them got placed. I’m really thankful that MANET introduced me to M.O.L, it is a very good company with high standards,they invest in you towards how to develop a cadet to a Chief Engineer / Captain. So, being a MANET cadet M.O.L had a good impact of us. They acknowledged that these cadets are sincere because of the discipline induced in us. The regular P.T and Parade schedule really helped us shape into ideal candidates for the job.

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At that time our institute came up with the idea to tackle this situation through conducting mock interviews, drill sessions and a handy time in ship-in-campus to get a better hands-on experience about the job.

5. With recession hitting the current scenario and jobs being scarce,what suggestions would you like to give to the potential cadets who haven’t been placed yet ?

To be honest we are facing very tough competition from the Filipinos. I am not sure about the other companies but Japanese companies like MOL, NYK and K-Line are preferring filipinos as they know that if they invest in these cadets for three years, they’ll be capable enough to run their ships.

I think our cadets need a bit more exposure and work upon their overall personality development.

6. Where do you think our Indian cadets are lagging behind from the Philippine cadets ?

Our Maritime Union is not able to get a good bargain for our seafarers from the shipping com-panies especially from European ship owners. We’re still working with the methodical mind-set and thus we are not in a position to demand a salary hike for short contracts as this will reduce our demand in maritime industry. Though our education structure is very efficient in various aspects and we have an edge over Filipinos but we’re lagging behind them as their union is strong and are capable of putting their points and bargain towards the shipping companies .

7. With regard to your personal experience what changes do you observe with regard to the evolution of marine industry over the years of your sailing?

In my sailing years I’ve experienced a drastic change in the grade of fuel being used earlier. Fuel with high sulphur content was being used but now the authorities are particular about eradicating the sulphur content due to the threst it poses to the environment. The MARPOL annexures for the air pollution has made it compulsory.Automation of ships has gradually happened, reducing the manpower required to accomplish the job.The support from our government has also paved the way for ease in advancement in the maritime industry.DG Shipping has been prominently focusing upon digitisation of documents and procedures which has,to a great extent been vital for smooth operations of necessary aids for the seafarers.

8. What are the pros and cons of joining this field that you have experienced during your stint as a Mariner?

Pros-When you join this field you become independent at a very early stage of life whereas if you go for normal engineering such as mechanical engineering and go for industrial jobs, the initial salary is usually low.So if you have taken any sort of education loan or home loan you can repay them very early as compared to your friend who’s working on a normal desk job.

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Since the course is a mandatory residential course, you get used to the hostel life at an early stage of your life and adapt yourself to living away from home for suitable durations of time .Financial stability is there so If you are fond of materialistic things this field provides you to afford these materialistic things at an early stage of your life.

You get the chance to explore the world, you get shore leaves too so you can assume that you are paid to explore the world, keeping aside the professional tasks .If you’re sailing for a good company they invest in you by working upon your overall personality development such as communication skills, professional courtesy. So if you sail for these reputed companies they put efforts to groom you.

This is a universal field so people from different native places come together to work as a team.So you get to know the intellect, perspective and thought process. The Europeans, Filipinos’s culture is different from ours and this field gives you the opportunity to acknowledge all these aspects of different native places.

Cons-When we got selected for MOL, out of 20 selected cadets only 12 are currently sailing. Within first two years almost 8 cadets quit their job because it didn’t suit them. So joining and adapting for this field is not everyone’s cup of tea.

You get socially isolated from your family and friends. It is difficult to maintain regular contact with them as internet services may be down at times.

Sea state gets rough at times, putting yourself together during such times requires mental tough-ness else these fears can get into your mind. On an average if two days the weather is calm, third day it may be rough.

For Engine side, working conditions are a bit grating as you have to work in high temperature engine rooms, noise level is high. During emergencies you may have to rush down from your cabins irrespective of the time because manpower is limited onboard ship.If you’re staying onboard ship for long contracts of 5-6 months, then you need a very under-standing life partner who is well aware of the fact that you’ll be away for almost half the duration of a year.

9. Your personal advice based upon your professional life ?

It is a beautiful career prospect. The initial phase is difficult but once you get started and get your first seatime done it is a very attractive profession. The more experience you get as a mariner, greater is your demand in the industry. What’s vital is getting your feet booked in a shipping company preferably before passing out from the college.

- Thank You , Sir

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Alumni Interview IIMr. Sagar Gonnagar(Batch:2013-2017)

We had an interview with an alumni of batch 2017, Mr. Sagar Gonnagar. He has cleared his class 4 in the year 2019 and is currently sailing as a Junior Engineer on Torm Hilde. As he is currently sailing we conducted this interview via text messages on Instagram.

1. How was your first day on-board?

Following the Indian tradition before setting my foot on the gangway,I touched it first as we do before entering the temple. That’s for the emotional part. We were in dry dock. It had been a day full of tiresome journey, and after having a good night’s sleep. I was summoned by the cadet whom I was relieving. My first step in the engine room and boom!! I thought I knew from looking at videos what engine room would look like. But I never imagined what it looks like when drydock is going on! You literally don’t have space to walk freely with all machineries opened up and shore lines passing through everywhere. With a complete round of the engine room done I was sure of the stress that I would be undergoing in this one month of stay at drydock and I was getting ready to handle it the best way possible.

2. What attention should one pay before getting on board?

One should mentally prepare about the things he/she has to learn, the basics taught in college are more than sufficient for going onboard as a cadet. The training we have undergone in Manet is rigourous and we people can adjust to any work condition. On a lighter note I have seen my juniors (even I did the same mistake) pack in excess for their first contract.. be light.. . A few pair of clothes, a few accesories will get you through 6-8 months. Carry about 100-150$ with you while leaving which will be needed in case of emergency, brief your family about whom to contact in the company in case of any emergencies, keep a calm mind and focus on how you are going to go about your work.

3. What challenges did you face during your first sail?

As I said Drydock was a tiresome time, you must have heard from many seniors,” As soon as you join onboard, finish tracing of pipe lines within first 2 months”, that was practically impossible for me, my work hours being 6 am to 6 pm for a minimum.. and extra hours for critical work. I had to do the tracing while working, being about 15 year old ship the systems were basic like that taught in college, as to what I find now on a brand new ship where things are far more advanced. My senior’s were quite helpful and I learnt many things from them, whenever I got stuck in some confusion they helped me out of it!Everyone faces different challenges on their own expedition and this was mine.

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4. What things should cadets focus on in their academic years?

Technical subjects are really very important. The topics which were taught to us by our faculties as well as practicals in ship-in-campus does half of the work even before we set on the vessel. I believe we tend to ignore subjects like psychology which, to be honest is really crucial on board. Unless you’re mentally healthy, it’s really difficult to perform the technical jobs. I had a lot of stress during my first sail. That’s when you recall Seema Ma’am’s lecture on battling stress. I developed a lot of allergies due to these stress factors. I started practicing yoga in my free time and overcame these stresses.

5. What is the best thing to do during the waiting period?

Best thing to do during waiting period is “keep in touch” with your academics as you keep in touch with your school friends after farewell. Learn something new, a new software, a new instrument, a mathematical technique, relax a bit, keep yourself fit. My company had given us some computer based tutorials to complete during waiting period.

6. How shall one prepare for Class 4 exams?

Stick to the Basic Marine engineering books instead of rumoured Xeroxes of Frequently asked questions. Start from first page of reeds, hd m George, BL thareja, D T hall etc. all these basic books which were refered to us by our professors. Our MMD also has an online portal where you can learn things for free, it’s called DG e-learning, one of the best material from a reliable source, starting A to Z, through everything of class 4.

7. Was adjusting to the normal life difficult after your first sail?

Being Engineers we have minimum interaction with the people working on shore while we are sailing. Engineers are surrounded by just bulkheads and instead of vast ocean and beautiful horizon. This affects your personality. And one can tend to be an introvert. It can be really diffi-cult to adjust to normalcy after having a dynamic and a very stressful life on –board. . But when it comes to the solution; keep meeting friends and family everytime possible, go out, take part in social gatherings, take part in group talks. There are various clubs where you can participate to give a speech which is decided for a week.. basically it’s rehabilitation for your mind and thoughts.

- Thank You , Sir-Interviewed by Cdt. Manish Poojari

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Alumni Interview IIIMrs. Yogita Parevar(Batch:2013-2017)

We had an interview with an alumni of batch 2017,Mrs. Yogita Parevar.

1. How does it feel to be back with your Alma-mater?

It feels great! I noticed a lot of changes around here, es-pecially the construction. I had been missing this life.

2. Even the morning and evening schedules?

Especially them! Pre-graduatues don’t realise this but it is essential for survival on ship. Besides, sound sleep is a luxury seafarers can’t afford.

3. How has life proceeded for you since MANET?

So yeah.....I got married right around the end of my final semester and then joined Farish ship management. I worked there as a technical assistant for 6 months before going Arya Tankers Private Ltd. I worked in the same post there as well to eventually make my first sail as a TME in MT DON Haridwar and Mansarovar. I trained there for 7 months.

4. How has your experience as a lady TME been different than a male TME?

I guess there are certain feelings, heart to heart communication that a woman cannot have with male acquaintances. So I felt a bit off in terms of emotional stabiltity. However it does vary from person to person. It is more of a personal comment rather than a broader spectrum of women seafarers.

5. Does that mean you have faced bigotry on board?

Absolutely not! On board your gender, religion, caste, creed or colour doesn’t matter if you are efficient and hard working. Professionally, or even personally, I haven’t faced any such treatment. If we’re doing our jobs inefficiently or say highly efficiently, the chief engineer would shower us with the same curses and praises.

6. Tell us something about our favourite moments at sea.

Apart from the food (laughs), I have faced some extraordinary moments. In my 7 months tenure I had faced two fenicyclones, one near paradweep port where we were stuck for 5 days and another in June near Gandhidham, Gujarat. The tremendous magnitude of rolling and pitching of the ship couldn’t let me eat for those 5 days. Adventure right!

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7. Well most people would call it traumatic rather than favourite, don’t you think?

Yes. But the feeling of emerging out of those life threatening situations, without any sense of direction, literal or figurative, is incomprehensible. I came out of it a stronger person. And that’s my favourite part!

8. How was your first day on board?

First day was critical. It was blackout onboard because auxiliary engine was not maintained properly and everyone was panicking and rushing here and there with bizarre expressions. I thought I wouldn’t be able to make my sailing career. Then, since I had travelled so much that I felt asleep for two hours. When I woke up the situation was managed well and we came out of danger so I was relieved.

9. How did it feel to have completed your 7 month tenure?

For the first month it was difficult since no one usually communicated with me. Later, I got fa-miliarized with everyone and by the end of the sailing contract I was attached so much that I didn’t want to disembark.

10. Lastly, what would you want to tell aspiring girl cadets?

In my opinion there should be as many girl cadets on board as the male member working in the company. Girls are no less. The field is meant for both. I want to motivate the young girls to join this field, they can do it. It is a safe working environment for women.

-Thank You, Ma’am

-Interviewed by Cdt. Kanishka Roy

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Alumni Speaks

Mr. Kailash Chandra Batch: 2008-2012Currently Fourth Engineer at AG. Maritime

I graduated from MANET in the year 2012. It was really a great expe-rience, even now I remember and cherish those amazing moments I spent in all those 4 years of my training. MANET had taught me a lot. All the faculties there are highly qualified and professional. They used to help us in every situation. The non teaching staff which included wardens and instruc-tors were also very supportive. They helped me in sharpening my skills and strengthening my concepts which eventually shaped my future. The train-ing provided in MANET is of high standard but it is of no use unless the cadets utilize it and work hard. The current situation in the industry is not very good and they really have to work hard otherwise all their time and money will be wasted for nothing as there is no alternative to hard work. MANET has all the necessary resources including experienced mariners and well equipped ship-in campus. It rests on the cadets as to how they use it. They should clear their doubts and strengthen their basics. Apart from this, the cadets should have good attitude and they should be polite to their seniors and obey their instructions. They should do their assigned jobs judi-ciously on board ship and should carry a learner's frame of mind, otherwise they will end up defaming their institute's name. It does not matter whether you come from MANET or any other institute, if you don’t carry a working attitude you will not be preferred by your company. The message I want to convey to the present cadets of MANET, is that they should follow their career with sincerity and passion.

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Mr. Chetan KhuranaBatch: 2008-2012

Currently Third Engineer at Goodwood Ship Management Pvt. Ltd. Singapore.

Being a part of MANET has always been a wonderful experience for me. It brought remark-able changes in my lifestyle and gave me some never-ending friendships. Every day spent there has taught me something new and even now when I reminisce about my college days, I feel as if I had just passed out yesterday. MANET is not like a normal college; as its name suggests it’s more of an ‘academy’ therefore we had to adhere to a more laborious routine as compared to other colleges. You have to live a disciplined life on ship and MANET has helped me inculcate that. Living a hostel life inculcates a sense of unity and you start respecting each other more. The marine faculties shared some life experiences while teaching to motivate us and keep us abreast of the ground realities. The staffs at MANET are really very supportive, not to forget the highly equipped Ship-in campus which gave us a better insight and a fair idea about our jobs onboard and the various equipment. It has been a great journey for me, I got placed in Goodwood Ship Management in my 8th semester. I did three contracts as a junior engineer, the first was bit difficult but from second onwards I never looked back. Every day was a new learn-ing experience for me, I kept improving day by day. I must say what you apply on ship is 70% practical knowledge. My advice to the cadets is that they should never hesitate to take initia-tive, if you take initiative you will boost your knowledge, the other crew members will like you and that will motivate you. Secondly, they should take out some time for their studies on board ship no matter how old a ship you get; trust me you will become confident. Third but equally important, indulge in physical exercises and be in shape, that will make you more efficient and productive. Marine engineers need to be as vigilant as possible. The industry is looking for disciplined and hardworking cadets, these are the most important qualities one should possess in my opinion. You have to be honest at work and you should gain trust of your crew members. If you have committed a mistake, acknowledge it and tell your superiors as problems on ship keep on occurring on daily basis, if you don’t you will lose the trust of your seniors and that will be pretty bad. I think cadets should focus on their classes in their academic years and not take it for granted, they should listen to their faculties and get their doubts cleared. MANET makes you rough and tough, and gives you the required training to excel in this field, it’s up to the cadets to use it to their advantage.

My message to the young and aspiring cadets of MANET will be to attain discipline in your life, just keep focusing on your goal with your full concentration. MANET and the shipping world will take care of the rest. Thank you, Sir


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Mr. Sriram Subramanian IyerBatch: 2013-2017

Currently working as a Crew Operator with the re-cruitment team in marine HR.Maersk Line Fleet Management Technology Pvt. Ltd.

1. How was your experience during college days in MANET?

> I had the best time of my life in MANET. I had decided to pursue a degree in Marine Engi-neering on my own accord after getting guidance from many of my mother's colleagues who are seafarers. So I had a clear idea about the routine, limited leaves and night-offs and the strict rules and the discipline that I was supposed to adhere to. With clarity about what was expected of me and a goal ahead of me, life was easy. A decent and honest attitude is good enough to get along and befriend everyone. Just to be clear, this attitude is exactly the opposite of sweet talking and fake smiles to get out of trouble. The lecturers taught very well, and important-ly, I was interested to learn. So studying was not an issue. I mostly studied in the academic building only during lectures simply by listening and jotting notes. Hostel time was only for recreation and having fun. We didn’t even have assignments till our last year so there was no additional work to be completed. I made amazing friends who have taught me so much about life. I am thankful to the morning PT. It has made me follow the routine of everyday activity and exercise even today. Again, coming back to the topic – my experience during college days was INCREDIBLE.

2. What do you think make MANET cadets standout in this field? Like what is the quality which MANET inculcates in its cadets?

> I see two questions here because there are two different explanations for it. Let us first see the second question. MANET inculcates many qualities in its cadets. Discipline is the foremost of those. At least, I learnt discipline in a new way in MANET and I apply it to my life every day. MANET, I believe, encourages cadets to live life holistically. Honesty is inculcated as well. I guess everyone will understand how beating around the bush during oral exams is going to turn out. One more thing that I personally think is worth mentioning is MANET has taught me how to be a good teacher. The teachers here have taught subjects with the intention of impart-ing knowledge and not covering the syllabus. To answer the first question, I would mention that MANET being a new institute among others does not have a vast alumnus who has stood out. It is a matter of time, but there have been a few standouts. Back when I was selected by TORM, we met a fellow MANETian who had got his class I ticket and was a 2E working with TORM.


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There is one more guy who is the Head of Purchase and Logistics in TORM. MANET’s lady engine cadet didn’t sail, but she worked her way up to become Assistant Vessel Manager in TORM. (Vessel Manager is the term used to denote superintendent in TORM) There would surely be many more cases. But having met them all, I can say that they all have dedication and sincerity towards their work. It is not about cutting corners to get the work done. It is about getting the work done as best as possible. This quality stands out.

3. I have heard that you scored really high in the ERM subject, which is quite tough to do. Do you apply those skills in your office work?

> I had to go back and check my score which was 87/100. The ERM subject is not necessarily theoretical. I hate rote learning. That system never worked for me. ERM only required defini-tions to be word for word which wasn’t much. The rest of the subject covered psychological and social aspects of behaviour and how to apply them for efficient management when onboard. It is prep work for the officer that you all will be. Understanding of the concepts was priority and rest all depends on how well you can mention it in a crisp and concise manner. Nothing more or nothing less. I apply this concept all the time, not just in office, but also at other places and occasions. Understanding a thing is of paramount importance. Knowing what is to be written will definitely get you marks but understanding what is being written is more fruitful. (I hope this isn’t mentioned in the interview but the way we were explained the fight or flight response related to the stress cycle, I can never forget it even if I wanted to) That is the power of making one understand a concept.

4. What message you want to convey to the current cadets of MANET through this mag-azine?

> I think a few points mentioned in the previous questions – honesty, sincerity, understanding concepts should be remembered for life. It is always good to be optimistic. Life throws many curve-balls; it is supposed to. And that is the best part. Challenges help us grow as a person. Lastly, have some flexibility in your personality. Now is the perfect time to be accommodating of changes. Once inculcated, this trait will help you think through obstacles and understand things from various perspectives.

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P O E M S

OFTEN AMPUTATEDHorrified,hurrified,testified

Still not justified.Eyes blind foldedCan’t see the tide.

I am halfway down,No time to take pride.Rather finish the race,

Or remain unidentified.

When I’m optimized,They call me traumatized.

They see me dead,But I’m back to life.They crave for share,

But I have a blunt knife.

What If our coordinates don’t collide,Have mindset so wide,

To digest the shades and side.

Stop telling me your truth,I am doing what’s right.

I’m not unknown,I’m notified.

Weaker the soul,Can’t break the bowl.Let it drink the whole,

Then march till the pole.

Let me run,The road not made of granite,Who cruises the calm night.

Moral of the life,To reveal that you hide,

Whitened hair that you dyed,Showcase your stride,Now take the pride.

- Cdt. Nazre TouheedSem - VIII, Div-III

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A girl at seaside

A girl at seaside,With pain and sorrow inside,

Hands covered with a pale cloth,Colored with tear drops.

Her crossed red bleeding hands,And scratches on her bare neck.

Every word she spoke while crying,Delineated her storyline.

Every wolf, vulture and fox,Who attacked her from behind.The dirty bar and broken belt,And resonating of iron chains.

Even the pillows and bed howled,When the innocent girl was mauled.

Every man who judged her,Every society who questioned her,

And every chancery who proved her grimy.One day the wolves will pay.

For their every sin and single crime.I trust the divinity and Supreme Being,

They will remorse that aching time.A girl at seaside,

With ruptured soul and heart inside.

- Cdt. Nandini RathoreSem – IV, Div-I

Traveling through Pain To Gain

In This Life’s Chain,

Preferably A Pervaded Train,We Travel A Mile A Minute To Gain,

But Neglect The Mains,Do We Really Gain

Or Endure The Pain?

We Make Oneself Restrain,So As To Ascertain,

That We’d Be Free From Any Strain,And Further Uplift The Communities Crane,

Do We Really GainOr Endure The Pain?

- Cdt. Gaurav Sathawane Sem- II, Div-I

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Blowing in the Wind

Speaking with the stars under the vast night sky,All about his children, his beloved wife & her kiss & goodbye,

He stays awake for us, noticing the compass N & dip,Guarding the coastline on his warship.

When off-duty, he might doze off but not to a sound sleep,At any time the radar alarm might beep!

The sound of the splashing sea greets him in the morn’The Naval Ensign reminds him: ‘ To rule the waters, you were born ‘.

The sea breeze soothes his past, merry memories,His daily diary gets filled up as he pens down his naval stories.

The dolphins try to oust his solidarity,But never does he get carried away, his emotions maintain the parity.

“Who is this hero?” – asked a young reader & the poet proudly grinned,Replied the poet: “The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.”

- Cdt. Himanshu SinghSem-VI, Div-II

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REST IN PEACE

Rest in peace little soldiers,

Oh! The pen outmatched by sword,

As self-proclaimed defenders of God,

Riddled fragile bodies with holes,

Trading innocent souls for souls.

Sordid and Shameful

Rest in peace Hebdo,

They say Mohammed felt insulted,

Jesus cried and Mahadev fainted,

As his freedom claimed his life too early,

The French kept roaring, ‘Je Suis Charlie”

Scrupulous and Squeamish

Rest in peace sweet girl,

Her innocent stare seems complaining,

So pure, even the Devil was praying,

Neither your God, nor mine could see her,

In His home, Khaki Demons’ prisoner.

Speechless and Shocked

Rest in peace Braveheart,

Justice, they say, your wife seeks,

Patriotism rises for a few weeks,

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly cry,

And along your body, shall your memory die.

Sad and Silent

Rest in peace all those forgotten,

All your pains, and all your tears,

And all your blood, and all your fears,

Has been avenged, like most scandals,

Burnt in the embers of thousand candles.

Sleeping and Sleeping…….

-Cdt. Kanishka Roy Sem-VI, Div-II

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P O E M S

LifeSometimes it becomes harder to proveSometimes it’s a bit difficult to move

Sometimes it’s needed to be aloneBut life will not be along.

Sometimes it’s harder to cope upSometimes we just need to give up

Some people are in life they need usSome people are in life they teach us

But life will still not be so tough.

Sometimes the time is not correctSometimes we are wrong

Thoughts may vary from person to personBut this life is to live for all.

Life is all about fightLife is all about love

Life is all about our familyLife will not leave you untill the time comes

Live your lifeLove your life

Each one of us is not lucky to be givenChance to enjoy every bit of life .

- Cdt. Ishani Smriti Shriti SinhaSem-II, Div-II

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- Cdt. Md. AsifSem-VIII, Div-III


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-Cdt. Vamshikrishna Injapuri SEM-IV, DIV-III


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-Cdt. Rahul SharmaSem- VIII, Div-IV


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- Cdt.Ishani Smriti Shriti Sinha Sem-IV, Div-II (NS)


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- Cdt. Keshar Kumar

Sem-VIII, Div-II

- Cdt. Shubham GargSem-VI, Div-III


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- Cdt. Akhil Raj Mishra Sem-VIII, Div-I


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-Cdt. Balaji Chandrakant Bhosle Sem-VIII, Div-II

-Cdt. Aditya Kumar Sonar Sem-IV, Div-I


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-Cdt.Sushant Kumar Sem-IV, Div-III (NS)

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-Cdt. Balaji BhosaleSem-VIII, Div-II

- Cdt. Ashish KumbharSem-VIII, Div-II


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- Cdt. Mansi MhatreSem-VI, Div-I


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-Cdt. Payal DuduskarSem-IV Div-I (NS)


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-Cdt. Harsh Murkar Sem- IV, Div- III

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--Cdt. Manish ShettyCdt. Manish ShettySem-IV, Div-IISem-IV, Div-II

-Cdt. Prerna Sawant-Cdt. Prerna SawantSem-IV, Div- ISem-IV, Div- I

-Cdt. Soumyajit Mandal-Cdt. Soumyajit MandalSem-VIII, Div-VSem-VIII, Div-V

-Cdt.Soumyajit Mandal-Cdt.Soumyajit MandalSem-VIII, Div-VSem-VIII, Div-V

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-Cdt. Abhishek Gaurav-Cdt. Abhishek GauravSem-VIII, Div-ISem-VIII, Div-I

-Cdt. Prerna Sawant-Cdt. Prerna SawantSem-IV, Div-ISem-IV, Div-I

-Cdt.Prerna Sawant-Cdt.Prerna SawantSem-IV, Div-ISem-IV, Div-I

-Cdt. Soumyajit Mandal-Cdt. Soumyajit MandalSem-VIII, Div-VSem-VIII, Div-V

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EPISTEME TEAM

Prof. Seema PundaleFaculty In-charge

Prof. Vrushali RampureFaculty Technical

Coordinator

Cdt. Nitin KumarIn-charge

Cdt. Manish PoojariCreative Head

Cdt. Anirnit BiswasAsst. In-charge

Cdt. Kunal KumarTechnical Head

Cdt. MD AsifHindi Head

Cdt. Balaji BhosaleMarathi Head

Cdt. Sahil GiriSr. English Editor

Cdt. Abhishek UpadhyaySr. English Editor

Cdt. Kanishka RoyEnglish Editor

Cdt. Dheeraj DasPhotographer

Cdt. Akhil Raj MishraSr. Hindi Editor

Cdt. Srijan ChandaSr. English Editor

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Cdt. Nandini RathoreEnglish Editor

Cdt. Payal DuduskarMarathi Editor

Cdt. Princy ChauhanEnglish Editor

Cdt. VamshikrishnaHindi Editor

Cdt. Adarsh VarshnayEnglish Editor

Cdt. Mansi MhatreMarathi Editor

Cdt. Rudrojit C.English Editor

Cdt. Aditya KumarEnglish Editor

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