31st
March 2007 was
a red-letter
day at AMET.
Ushering
in it's 15th
year of operation,
the AMET Annual
Day popularly
known as Tidal
Wave 2007, took
off to a great
start, sharp
at 1700 hours
in spite of
the Tamil Nadu
Bandh.
The
Chief Guest
was Mrs. Janet
Okten, Principal
of Glasgow College
of Nautical
Science, U.K.,
(GCNS) , which
college was
the founding
collaboration
of AMET in December
1992.
The
Guests of Honour
were, Mr Douglas
McHugh, Asst.
Principal and
Head of Faculty
(Engineering)
of GCNS U.K.
and Mr. S. Dinakar,
Field General
Manager, Indian
Overseas Bank,
Chennai.
Mr.
J. Ramachandran,
Chairman AMET,
welcomed the
gathering with
great nostalgia
narrating the
humble beginnings
with the GCNS
collaboration
and recounting
AMET growth
to it's present
stature of reportedly
becoming largest
pre-sea training
maritime institution
in the world
and boasting
of prestigious
collaborations
with world leaders
like A.P.Moller-Maersk
Group. He further
proudly declared
that very soon
he would be
addressing as
the Chancellor
of AMET University,
which is about
to happen.
Capt.
S Bhardwaj,
CEO & Director
AMET, spoke
thus, AMET-GCNS
collaboration
pioneered two
important initiatives
in the country.
(a) International
collaborations
in Maritime
education, and
(b) Private
initiatives
in maritime
education.
For
AMET, it was
a foundation
well laid. Today
we have This
AMET, an edifice,
almost perfect
in its parts
and honourable
to its builders.
AMET now stands
tall, in its
academic profile
as well as in
its global role.
The underlying
drivers to this
transformation
have been the
Vision and Vitality
of the organization.
Compelling vision,
of attaining
and retaining
leadership position;
and above all,
the superordinate
purpose of creating
employment opportunities,
has been the
main driver.
Vitality is
manifest at
AMET in many
ways, including
deepening insight
into maritime
education, breakthrough
innovations,
ability to rapidly
absorb knowledge
, and, the growing
nimbleness to
proactively
manage change
and adaptiveness
to continuously
leverage market
opportunities.
A robust platform
is now shaped
for embarking
on the next
phase of aggressive
expansion ,
that would unveil
shortly; of
which Chairman
has already
given the hint.
Mrs.
Janet Okten,
the Chief Guest,
proudly recounted
the long and
successful collaboration
with AMET and
hoped it would
grow further
from strength
to strength
for which grounds
are being laid
in her this
visit. She declared
that GCNS has
just been sanctioned
large funds
from the Scottish
Funding Council
consequent to
the successful
inspection by
Her Majesty's
Inspectorate
of Education,
and that this
funding will
assist in further
improving the
quality of education
at GCNS. She
further stated
that GCNS was
attracting students
from various
countries, but
the ones from
AMET stood above
all in terms
of high levels
of academic
standards, discipline
and general
turn-out.
On
the occasion
of the Annual
Day, Long Term
Service jewels
were presented
to Deputy Director
Mr. K. Seyadu
and the AMET
bus driver Mr.
Krishnamurthy,HOD
Marine Engineering,
Mr. Venugopal
was felicitated
for successful
completion of
the prestigious
"Ship-in-Campus"
project.
Senior
Cadets Rushil
Tandon and Vidyut
Narayanan spoke
on behalf of
their passing
out batch with
gratitude to
the excellent
training and
education received
at AMET and
the overall
transformations
brought out
on them to take
up the career
at sea.
The
formal function
concluded, brilliant
talent in cultural
programme was
on display by
the cadets commemorating
TIDAL WAVE 2007.
