SIMS Inauguration Supplement -Pg 9
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Why I’m saying so is, in fact this idea came from Mr. Chatterjee this morning that he is going to tell everybody that please go and see that institute and if you can make such an institute then come to us otherwise then don’t.

Maritime training in India dates back to 1911. Ninety six years of maritime training is to be having in this country. We’ve produced the best of Chief Engineers and the best of the Captains. We have all heard of the greatest sailing ship – the biggest oil tanker ever produced of ½ million, 5 lakhs capacity that used to be called Jenny Viking; is no longer there but for 8 long years it had an Indian Captain and an Indian Chief Engineer. That is the kind of quality that we’re looking for and just 2 weeks back, a training ship from Japan called port, the name, I forget it and that too had an Indian Captain and an Indian Chief Engineer.

So when we have institutes like this, we look forward to having more engineers, and Chief Engineers, and Captains from India. Indian officers, by the way, are the most sought after by the ship-owners and the reasons are obvious. You cannot find a better officer when it comes to being loyal to the company; they are all IT-savvy, English-speaking, etc. A lot of shipping companies used to come and tell me that they want Indian officers and I used to put them in touch with the relevant issues.

We’re not the largest, we’re the fifth largest and I can tell you there are a large number of applications waiting and tomorrow morning we can flood the market but we’re not going to do it because we are conscious of the quality we need in the Indian officers. And therefore, I used to tell the officers wherever I went that I want to see each one of you as an ambassador of the Indian Administration, the DG Shipping, and the Indian government wherever you go because those people can then pave a way for others to come join them.

Well gentlemen, I won’t really take too long now because most of you have woken up really early in the morning and most of you must have a big round and must be really tired now and waiting for lunch now. Once again, thank you very much for coming.


Speech by Mr. G. S. Sahni, Former Director General Shipping, Govt of India.

Chief Guest of the occasion, distinguished gathering, 3 years and 25 days back, some of us had assembled at this very location for what is called the Ground Breaking ceremony. I was one of them and I can assure you, I did not imagine that we would have an institute of this capacity and a world-class training establishment here itself in Pune, Lonavala. At least I didn’t know it. And for that I think we have to really really thank Mr. & Mrs. Teeka.

Actually may I request Mr. & Mrs. Teeka to keep on sitting and other gentlemen and ladies to stand up and give them a standing ovation please.

Some of my colleagues, ex-colleagues, Mr. Chatterjee and I see Mr. Uppal also there. They will agree with me, I’m saying they will agree with me because I’m in no capacity to make the statement I’m about to make now, that this is the best institute that we have in the country today.

Dear Teeka-san, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

I feel proud and privileged to be here today during the inauguration ceremony of the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies.  It is a rare opportunity for me to attend such a gala function in India.

First of all, let me thank Teeka-san for having given me and my team the splendid opportunity to attend this function.  I am very glad that Executive Ship Management is steadily growing and is branching out to related fields other than ship management.  “Whatever Teeka-san ventures turns into gold”, I should say!  In a short span Executive Ship Management has grown into an established player in the field of ship management. Executive Ship Management have about 60 ships under its management, and I should say that about half of the ships is Japanese owned.

Though Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies was established only 6 year ago, it is on the way to become one of the finest seafarer-training institutes in the world, if not already.  

India is a land of seafarers.  Indian officers and crew play a major role in world shipping.  Getting quality seafarers is a priority of the maritime community around the world, and the work done at Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies in producing world-class seafarers is very commendable.

As you may know, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, the international classification society also known as ClassNK, head quartered in Tokyo, is the largest classification society in the world with over 150 m GT and about 6800 ships in class.  And the average age of NK classed vessels is 11 years against the world average of 21 years.  And I should emphasize that quality is the motto of ClassNK.



I am very glad that quality is the main motto of Executive Ship Management and Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies as well.  This is exactly the reason why our mutual relationship is growing stronger.

Finally, I wish the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies all the best wishes on this auspicious day, and hope this Institute will become the world leader in producing quality seafarers to world shipping in the years to come.

Thank you again.

Speech by Mr. Noboru Ueda, ClassNK

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