Lok Sabha Question No. 3242 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Maritime Universities
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: DNV Senthilkumar. S., Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3242

ANSWERED  ON O5IO8I2O22

## MARITIME  UNIVERSITIES

3242. DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S,:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY  TATKARE:

DR AIVIOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO  BHAN4RE:

SHRII\4ATI  SUPRIYA  SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

Will the Minister  of PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state: qf,{,  +dqi[{6rrofusm{Ff dfi

- (a)  whether the Maritame  Universities  which have been established  in all the States of the country are being monitored directly  by the Government, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the funds allocated to the States by the Government for this purpose during the last three years and current  year,
- (c) whether  the Government  proposes  to set up more such universities  to meet the rising demand of trained  personnel in the shipping sector and if so, the details thereof:
- (d) whether  the students  graduated  from the Maritime  colleges have got placement  and if so, the details  thereof during the last three  years  and the current  year,
- (e) whether there are fewer employment opportunities in the maritime sector and if so, the corrective  steps taken/being  taken  by lhe Government  in this regard;  and
- (0 whether the Government has identified such maritime  clusters  in the country  to boost economic development along the coastlines  and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

(SHRI SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- (a) There are only two Maritime Universities  namely  (i) lndian Maritime University  (a Central  University established under IMU Act,2008  having 6 campuses at Chennai, Kolkata, Navi lvlumbai, Mumbai  Port, Kochi, Visakhapatnam); and (ii) Academy  of Maritime Education and Training  (AMET) University  {Deemed  (Maritime) University} at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The Directorate  General of Shipping  (DGS) is monitoring  the above Maritime Universities.

- (b) No funds are allocated to the State Governments by the Central Government  for this  purpose.
- (c) No Sir, there is no proposal  to set up more such Universities.
- (d) Yes Sir, many students graduating  from the Maritime colleges have got placement. The details of the students graduated from the approved Maritime  Training lnstitute  and underwent Ship-board  training in the last three years and current  year are placed at Annexure-1.
- (e) No Sir, there has been constant increase in the employment of lndian seafarers both on lndian and Foreign flag vessels  for the period 2014-2019.  However,  there has been marginal decrease  in the employment of the seafarers  in the year 2020 & 2021 compared to 2019. This marginal  loss of jobs  was for seafarers  working  on cruise ships since cruise sector remained inoperative  due to worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. The details of the employment  of the seafarers  engaged on lndian/Foreign  flag Vessels during the period 2014-2021  are placed at Annexure-ll.

(f) Yes Sir, the Government  has identified such maritime clusters  in the country  to boost economic  development along the coastlines.  The details are as under :-

The potential for sh ip-building/sh  ip-repair  was identified in Goa. Accordingly, representative of such industries in Goa were encouraged to form cluster to be able to pool their resources and obtain benefits under the cluster development  scheme  of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME).Accordingly,  Konkan Maritime Cluster  has been setup by the member of MSME at Goa.

The details of the students  oraduated from the approved Maritime  Traininq  lnstitutes and underwsnt Ship-boald  traininq  in the last thrce vear3 and culrent vear.

lship  Board Training  (SBT): All Pre-Sea candidates  afrer successlrl  completion  of their degree/diploma  have to undergo detined Shipboard training to become eligible for assessment of Ceiificate  of Competencyl

|         |                                | 2019                        | 2019                                       | 2020                       | 2020                                      | 2021                        | 2021                                      | 2022                        | 2022                                    |
|---------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sr. No. | \lame rf the ]ourse            | tlo. of :andidates rdmitted | No. of 0andidates ,rvho got SBT/ Placement | !o. of :andidates admitted | !o. of :andidates ruho got SBT/ )lacement | rlo. of :andidates rdmitted | tlo. of :andidates who lot SBT/ rlacement | tlo. of >andidates rdmitted | !o.of :andidates who lot SBT/ )lacement |
| 1       | BE / B-Tech Marine Enqineerinq | 1822                        | 1401                                       | 1489                       | 1002                                      | 1 356                       | 593                                       | 1279                        | 0                                       |
| 2       | 3.Sc \autical Science          | 1281                        | 983                                        | 1 339                      | 895                                       | 1319                        | 500                                       | 187                         | 0                                       |
| 3       | Sraduate Vlarine Enqineerinq   | 1529                        | 1062                                       | 565                        | 494                                       | 1311                        | 747                                       | 1 130                       | 53                                      |

## The details of the emplovment of the seafarers enqaqed on lndian/Foreiqn flaq Vessels durinq the  period  2014 to 2021

| S. No.   |   Year | Number of seafarers engaged on lndian / Foreign flag vessels   |
|----------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        |   2014 | 1 ,17,090                                                      |
| 2        |   2015 | 1,26,945                                                       |
| 3        |   2016 | 1,43,940                                                       |
| 4        |   2017 | 1,54,349                                                       |
| 5        |   2018 | 2,08,799                                                       |
| o        |   2019 | 2,34,886                                                       |
| 7        |   2020 | 2,24,478.                                                      |
| B        |   2021 | 2,05,787.                                                      |

(*The marginal loss of jobs in the year 2020 and 2021was for seafarers working on cruise ships since cruise sector remained inoperative due to worldwide  Covid-19 pandem ic)