Training Ship Chanakya is an Indian maritime college located near Mumbai.Training Ship Chanakya, the shore based successor to the Training Ship Rajendra (1972–1993) & Training Ship Dufferin (1927–1972), is situated off Palm beach road in an area of about 40 acres (160,000 m2). In spite of recent mushrooming of several private maritime training colleges across India, T.S. Chanakya is considered as the best maritime training academy since it is the oldest and most renowned Indian academy. [1][2][3]
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It is operated by the Indian Maritime University and Directorate General of Shipping of the Government of India's Ministry of Surface Transport. It offers various training programs but the most respected is its flagship degree course i.e. the three-year degree program. The intake is through merit list of Joint Entrance Exams conducted by Indian Institue of Technology (IIT JEE) conducted every year across India and widely considered as one of the toughest competitive exams to clear in world. Graduates from T.S. Chanakya receive a B.Sc. (Nautical Sciences) degree from the Indian Maritime University, and are eligible to seek employment on Indian or Foreign going ships. Currently it is also called as mumbai campus of Indian Maritime University, Chennai. T.S. Chanakya(1993 - till Date) is a progeny of T.S. Rajendra (1972-1993) and T.S. Dufferin (1927-1972). The earlier two were actual ships floating at Ferry Wharf, Mumbai while T.S Chanakya is a shore based brick and mortar academy in Navi Mumbai. The entire Indian Shipping and Logistics Fraternity and Indo-origin seafaring community across world is majorly thronged by ex-cadets of this community also called as DRACEA (Dufferin Rajendra And Chanakya Ex-Cadets Association) and is the strongest Alumni Association in Shipping with close-knit bonds within. A distinct mix of intelliegence, strong experience and camaraderie is what makes DRACEA alumni stand out of the normal seafaring crowd everywhere. Recently, T.S. Chanakya is also hitting limelight in non-shipping industries because of the ex-cadets who leave merchant navy career after significant experience at sea and go on to clear next level of competitive exams like CAT, GMAT, IAS, GRE and go for further studies or change in their job profile. Institutions like Indian Civil Services, Harvard, Emory, CASS, LBS, Lancaster, Yale, IIM's, ISB, XLRI, IIFT, FMS, Great Lakes, S.P.Jain, MDI e.t.c. welcome these ex-naval officers in their admits willingly since they bring along a wide and diverse expereince and add stupendous value to their future occupations and even entrepreneurships by their fresh and mature perspectives.
The campus spreads across North-South, parallel to Palm Beach high way at Navi Mumbai in about an area of 40 acres (160,000 m2). The campus comprises Administrative block, Scholastic block with class rooms, faculty/staff rooms, library, laboratories and common rooms, Fire fighting complex, Power station and pump house, Marine engineering work shop, two hostel blocks, Catering block, Sports ground, Olympic size swimming pool, Laboratories such as: Physics/ Electronics, Computer, Seamanship, Navigation, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), Environmental Sciences, Marine Engineering Control Station & Chart room, Gymnasium, own jetty having two FRP rowing boats etc.
The institute conducts 2 streams of fully residential courses & other modular courses:
Ø 3 years B.Sc. (Nautical Sciences) Degree Course - The Flagship Course
Ø 1 year Diploma Course in Nautical Science
Ø 1 week duration of Advanced Fire Fighting Course
Ø 2 weeks duration of GMDSS Course
Ø Basic modular courses for in house cadets : a) Fire Prevention Fire Fighting b)Personal Safety & Social Reasonability c) Personal Survival Technique d) Elementary First Aid.