Lok Sabha Question No. 4703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Maritime Colleges
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30thMARCH, 2017

## LOK SABHA MARITIME COLLEGES

## 4703. SHRI K.N.RAMACHANDRAN:

## Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

## पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) the number of maritime colleges/institutions in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total number of students whopass out of these colleges/institutionsannually;
- (c) whether the Government has anydata regarding the number of students who got placement after passing out from thesecolleges/institutions during the last three years and the current year and if so, thedetails thereof;
- (d) whether the Government providesany kind of financial assistance for students pursuing courses at these centres and otheronboard training courses; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along withthe number of students benefitted as a result thereof during the said period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a): The  Director  General  of  Shipping,  Government  of  India  has  recognized  123  maritime training  institutes.      The  State-wise  details  of  Maritime  Colleges  in  the  country  is  as under:-

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/Union Territory   |   Pre-sea/post-sea maritime training institute |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                      |                                             01 |
| 2.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands            |                                             01 |
| 3.        | Bihar                               |                                             02 |
| 4.        | Goa                                 |                                             05 |
| 5.        | Gujarat                             |                                             02 |
| 6.        | Haryana                             |                                             01 |
| 7.        | Karnataka                           |                                             01 |
| 8.        | Kerala                              |                                             04 |
| 9.        | Maharashtra                         |                                             45 |
| 10.       | Delhi                               |                                             06 |
| 11.       | Odisha                              |                                             02 |
| 12.       | Tamil Nadu                          |                                             32 |
| 13.       | Sikkim                              |                                             01 |
| 14.       | Telangana                           |                                             01 |
| 15.       | Uttar Pradesh                       |                                             05 |
| 16.       | Uttrakhand                          |                                             01 |
| 17.       | West Bengal                         |                                             13 |
|           | Total                               |                                            123 |

- (b): The number of students who passed out of these institutes during the last three years is as under:-
- (c) No data is available in respect of placement other than Indian Maritime University (IMU) Campuses.   The number of students who got placements in IMU campuses during the last three years i.e. 2014, 2015 and 2016 is 358, 309 and 388 students respectively.   For the current year no data is available as the current Academic Year is still going on and Programmes will be completed only in June 2017.
- (d)&(e):No financial assistance is provided to students pursuing courses and for completion of on-board training.   However, the number of OBC/SC/ST students who received various scholarships from the Government of India/State Governments for pursuing the courses in  IMU  Campuses  during  the  years  2015-16  and  2016-17  is  82  and  145  students respectively.

|   Sl.No. |   Year | Number of students   |
|----------|--------|----------------------|
|        1 |   2014 | 134,997              |
|        2 |   2015 | 184,694              |
|        3 |   2016 | 227,660              |

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