In its continuous effort to underpin technological advancements in maritime with business, the Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Chennai Branch, is organizing an international conference traditionally named as “WORLD SHIPPING FORUM-2013”, from Feb. 7 to 9 next year in Chennai.Organised once in four years, the conference brings together people with diverse interests in marine related businesses to share their ideas and experiences on a common platform.
Speaking to Sagar Sandesh about the world renowned event in the maritime sector, Mr. K. Shankar, Chairman, The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Chennai Branch, said: “We at the Institute feel it is our bounden duty to provide this platform to you all and highly value your contribution at the forum.”
The global event is receiving a lot of mileage and the three-day event will have much interaction amongst the participating delegates on various topics of interest to the shipping industry, he stated.
The focus of discussion will be on the quality of Indian seafarers in today’s technology driven world and their attrition rate, more so when India is considered as the leading nation providing human resources for the industry.
For the benefit of industry, The Times Group and The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Chennai Branch, have co-created to bring out “A Coffee Table Book’ titled “Quality of Sea Farers – The Mentors” during the Plenary Session on Feb. 17.
The technical session proposes to have a detailed panel discussion on “Maritime Education – An Outlook towards the Future”, that will analyze the shortcomings of the training system, finding the right personnel to man the ships, their attrition rate, qualitative checks by statutory bodies, upgradation of knowledge to be in tune with the changing technology, e-learning, etc.
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