Maritime Training Trust, owned by the Indian government and the local shipping industry, will provide scholarships up to Rs. 1,00,000, to women seafarers, reports Safety4Sea.
The approved initiative
Maritime Training Trust, owned by the Indian government and the local shipping industry, will provide scholarships up to Rs. 1,00,000, to women seafarers in order to encourage and promote their career in the shipping industry. The initiative was approved by the Directorate General of Shipping.
Captain C L Dubey, Principal, Mumbai Maritime Training Institute said,
“It’s a good gesture to encourage women seafarers. This will encourage girls who want to take up seafaring as a career, they will not find the financial strain that much because part of the assistance will be coming from the Maritime Training Trust. In our institute we are giving a 25 per cent discount to women enrolling for any pre-sea training courses.”
Scholarship of Rs. 1,00,000
The governing committee of the Maritime Training Trust took the decision to offer a scholarship of Rs. 1,00,000 for the academic year of 2019-2020
- to each Indian woman who undergoes the pre-sea course
- to every woman seafarer undergoing pre-sea rating course with DG Shipping approved training institutes.
About Maritime Training Trust
For the records, the Maritime Training Trust is a charitable trust registered with the Charity Commissioner, Mumbai and consists the Director General of Shipping and the Additional Director General of Shipping as ex-officio trustees, two nominees representing the Indian National Shipowners Association (INSA) and one trustee nominated by the DG Shipping in consultation with INSA.
India’s attention to its women seafarers
Overall, this is not the first time that India pays attention to its women seafarers. Recently, the Government of India launched a guidelines focusing on the importance of women seafarers, highlighting that for the time being there are few Indian women on ships, and calling for additional women participation in the industry.
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Source: Safety4Sea
