Academy
of Maritime Education and Training,
Chennai, passed out their second
batch of 4 year B.E.(Marine Engineering)
course cadets with the prestigious
BIT Ranchi degree and with a full
placement.
At
a glittering and ceremonial function
held on 14th August 2006 at AMET
campus in Chennai, Capt R S Anand,
Resident Director, Anglo Eastern
Ship Management Mumbai who was the
Chief Guest, inspected an impressive
Guard of Honour and gave away the
Gold Medals, Awards and Prizes.
Prof.
Awadh Prasad, Resident Director
BIT Ranchi and Capt V Ramadass AESM
Chennai, gave away the passing out
certificates.
Mr
Ramachandran, Chairman AMET, welcomed
the gathering and outlined the heavy
investments made in the field of
Marine Engineering training at AMET
to make it best in class and the
consistent efforts on placements
of the cadets. He thanked the industry
for their continued support and
confidence in AMET functioning.
Capt
R S Anand in his keynote address
spoke thus:-
“I
am grateful to AMET for inviting
me to attend this passing out function.
It is a great pleasure and honour
for me to be present here, to address
this August gathering of the 2nd
batch of B.E. Marine Engineers passing
out today.
To my young graduates , ready to
go out to sea - for professionalism,
competence alone is insufficient,
They have to have commitment –
A commitment toward the goals and
objectives of the organization.
In
international environment keeping
a commitment is very important.
We as Indian officers, many times,
have lost out for not wanting to
keep to our commitment.
Of the total engineers and officers
available in India today, the Indian
shipping can accommodate only about
30% and 70% of the officers have
to compete in the international
market.
Indian officers and engineers by
and large are from better education
background, are competent, resourceful,
professional and problem solving
oriented, with no drug and alcohol
problems, with good command of English
and commercial understanding and
with loyalty to owners and managers.
On the face of it, one would not
see any reason whatsoever, for them
not to continue to succeed in the
International competition.
The ground realities however are
now different. Globalization has
changed the rules of competition.
Indian seafarers are now required
to compete with a moving target
- The Chinese, The East Asians,
The South East Asians, The Poles
, The Croatians. They are moving
at a fast space . Their training
standards are improving at much
greater speed than ours, with institutes
paying full attention to their English
language competence and most importantly
other Asians nationalities and Chinese
are willing to work for much lesser
pay than what Indian officers demand,
and for longer tour of duty.
I heard a great speaker say - you
can become stronger in your weakest
place .As in welding – the
broken point becomes strongest when
heat is applied, so thought and
intensity of faith can weld the
weak spot in personality into greater
strength. It’s amazing what
a person can creatively do with
his own self.
I congratulate the management and
faculty of AMET in constantly trying
to bring up the training facilities,
training standards and their long
term commitment to training.
I congratulate those trainees who
have achieved excellence and have
won the prizes today.
I must also congratulate those who
may not have a won prize but have
made their best efforts and have
been part of the team.
Lastly to all those who are passing
out today, let me give you a piece
of advise.
Don’t be afraid to say ‘I
don’t know’
Don’t be afraid to say ’I
made a mistake’
Don’t be afraid to say ‘I
need help’
Don’t be afraid to say ‘I
am sorry’
And don’t compromise your
Integrity
Good Luck and Good Sailings”
Capt
S Bhardwaj, CEO & Director of
AMET then delivered his Pass out
address:
“I
am sure you all share my sense of
great satisfaction at yet another
pass out, this time of course, it
is the 2nd batch of the 4 year B.E
(Marine Engg) course. This batch
has spent a long time at AMET and
seen through the transforming times
here.
Since
last one year, AMET has taken a
strategic choice of creating multiple
drivers of growth, leverage opportunities
in the emerging Indian economy that
best match our proven internal capabilities.
Consolidation
of our leading position, raising
the academic profile, capacity building,
distributed leadership, etcetra
meant a paradigm shift in the governance
mind set to realign to the new focus.
This
transformation was powered by the
vision of none other than our chairman
Mr. J. Ramachandran, which has provided
the overarching inspiration and
vitality to excel in strategy formulation
& execution.
We
have with us today the head of a
shipping company that rightfully
boast of being the biggest employer
of Indian Seafarers.
Sir,
we at AMET also boast to be the
biggest creator of this opportunity
for the youth of this country.
Statistics
reveal that more than 34% of Indian
population is less then 15 years
old, thus, this country which contributes
to over 16% of world’s population,
today has the potential to create
world’s largest & youngest
talent pool, when the population
of most development nations would
be on the wrong side of 60 years.
It
is also a well known fact that the
intellectual capital of India is
of a very high grade.
Sir,
there is so reason why a partnership
of yours and ours cannot make resounding
impacts in global shipping and go
that distance for creating enduring
value for the nation.
You
cadets passing out today are going
to be the brand ambassadors not
only of AMET but also of the country.
You have the responsibility to enhance
India’s brand value in the
global markets, and I have full
faith in your capabilities. You
have worked hard, produced impressive
results, got placed in good companies
and I congratulate you today.
This
is also a testimony to the best
in class capability of all your
faculty, and staff, whose glory
ultimately lies in your success.
I
wish you always favorable winds
& following seas in all your
endeavors.
Good
Luck !”
There
was then an impressive ceremonial
hand over of Cadets command from
Academy Cadet Captain Pawan Sridharan
to incoming Academy Cadet Captain
Rushil Tandon.
ACC
Rushil Tandon then led the ‘Sunset’
ceremony to the sound of the bugle.
The Award Winners :
| 1. |
Gold
Medal for Academics |
Cadet Reynold Sunny Francis |
| 2. |
Gold
Medal for General Proficiency |
Cadet
Satish Anand |
| 3. |
Gold
Medal for Officer-like-Qualities |
Cadet
Pawan Sridharan |
| 4. |
Ashwin
Atre Award for Best Project |
Cadet
Satish Anand |
| 5. |
Award
for Best Sports Achiever |
Cadet
Rohan Sylvester |
| 6. |
Award
for Best Sports person |
Cadet
Anand Narayanan |
| 7. |
Award
for Best Sports Volunteer |
Cadet
Senthil Kumar G |
