Chapter1
Introduction
1.1
Please throw light on the background of this : Reference the Gazette
of India
hand-book (Right to
Information Act. 2005). Published by the authority dated.
25.06.2005”The Right to Information
Act”.
1.2. Objective / purpose of this
hand-book : To implement R.T.I. Act for public
Awareness.
1.3 Who are the intended users of
this handbook? : Public/Students of Marine Sectors.
1.4 Organization of the
information in this : As above
handbook :
1.5 Definitions (Please provide
definitions of :
various terms used in the
hand-book).
MERI : Marine
Engineering & Research Institute
DGS : Directorate General of
Shipping,
MOSRT&H : Ministry of Shipping,
Roadtransport & Highways.
LBS : Lal Bahadur Shastri
College of Advanced Maritime Studies &
Research.
T.S.Chanakya: Training Ship
Chanakya
E.O. : Engineer Officer
D.D.O.: Drawing & Disbursing Officer
O-I-C : Officer-In-Charge
Public Authority : Marine Engineering &
Research Institute, Kolkata.
Public : Prospective students,
Students, Interested parties of Maritime
Industry/Association.
1.6 Contact person in case some
body wants to : Appellate Authority, Sri B.N.Das,
get more information on
topics covered in the Dy.Director, also details in MERI
handbook as well as other
information also. Website www.merical.ac.in
1.7 Procedure and Fee Structure
for getting : Training/Examination related Fees:
information not available in
the handbook. For syllabus - Rs. 95/-
Form & Information Rs.300/-
Brochure
(For SC/ST Candidates Rs. 200/-)
For transcript (per page)Rs. 15/-
Duplicate Marksheet Rs. 10/-
Purchase & other Information :
Fees per page @ Rs. 10/-
as of 2006.
Chapter-2 (Manual .
1)
Particulars of Organization, Functions and Duties
2.1 Objective/purpose of the
public authority. :
1.
Impart the best learning opportunity to the students vide State-of-art
techniques
and
continuous enhancement of required facilities, curriculam and delivery
process.
2.
comply with requirements of quality management system, maintain and
continuously improve the effectiveness of the same.
3.
Create effective interface for compliance with latest requirements of
national and international regulatory and accreditation bodies.
4.
Deliver & exceed need of our customer and other interested parties.
5.
Provide appropriate training to the Employees.
6.
Provide adequagte
resources.
2.2. Mission / Vision Statement of
the : MISSION
public authority.
Enable establishment of a Central Maritime
Training and research & thus foster maritime
Professionals.
VISION
To be
an internationally acclaimed center of
Excellence
of maritime education, training
And
research.
2.3 Brief history of the public
authority and context of its formation.
Marine Engineering &
Research Institute (MERI) which was formerly known as Directorate of Marine
Engineering Training was established in 1948 at Calcutta by Govt. of India. On
recommendation of the Merchant Navy Officers Training Committee, Engineers’
Training was shifted from T.S.Dufferine to DMET in 1949 and Course started in
1949 August.
MERI (formerly DMET)
is the only Institute of its kind in India and one of the most prestigious
Institute for Marine Engineering in Asia. The Institute is under MOST,Govt. of
India and administered by Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai and has been
funded by Govt. of India. The Institute is presently under the domain of ‘Indian
Institute of Maritime Studies’, Mumbai. The graduation Certificate awarded by
this Institute is accepted by IMO. The Institute being affiliated to Jadavpur
Unuiversity, the pass out students get the Bachellor Marine Degree from the
University.
Present premises of
MERI was set up and inaugurated in 1953 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. It has a
campus of 33 acres of land encompassing main college administration building,
hostel for the Cadets/students and residential building for Officers and Staff.
MERI has a large
Workshop with adequate Machineries and steam and Diesel power plants for
training of Cadets/students meet I.M.O. and A.I.C.T.E. requirements. In
addition, cadets also visit marine Workshop for on the job training in Marine
Engineering. Adequately equipped laboratories are provided for cadets/students
to conduct various practical experiments. Adequate class rooms and teaching
aids are provided satisfying the A.I.C.T.E. requirement.
For the Games and
sports, there are one football ground, one hockey ground, one Olympic size
swimming pool, various courts for other outdoors games and arrangement for
indoor games including gymnasium.
Hostel for the cadets have capacity
of about 500 seats including single seated rooms for final year students. Food
is supplied to the cadets by Cadets’ Mess Committee which consists of members
elected by the cadets every year.
Institute has adequate
faculty members as per A.I.C.T.E. and I.M.O. requirements.
Institute also ensures
strict disciplined hostel life for cadets similar to on board ship life.
Regular parades, fall in, physical training etc. are conducted. Cadets also
take part in ex-curricular activities like cultural activity and engineering
model making etc.
Institute is equipped
with a dispensary for medical treatment of cadets. In case of serious illness,
services of leading hospitals of the city is also availed.
Institute is committed
to continuous development of all its infrastructure and facilities for producing
finest marine engineers.
2.4 Duties of the public
authority.
This Institute
primarily imparts training/education for student selected through IIT-JEE all
over the country and abroad. N attaining four year training course, a Degree in
Marine Engineering issued by Jadavpur University is awarded which is also duly
approved by AICTE (all India Council for Technical Education). The Institution
takes immense pride in her alumni who at present apart from being regarded as
one of the finest Marine Engineers around the globe, presently manning shipping
world over. She is also satisfying the present need of STCW-95 Convention of
IMO and is an ISO-9001-2000 certified Institution. Her students apart from
shipping also well established in the avenues such as Administrative services,
management, entrepreneurship, etc. Today she embodies discipline, dedication
and integrity of the highest order in the Maritime field with more than 5000
floating ambassadors of the country sailing all over the globe.
2.5 Main activities/functions of
the public authority.
and
2.6 List of services being
provided by the public authority with a brief write-up on them.
In addition to running
the core course, our Branch at Mumbai conducts the one t year full
time Marine EngineeringTraining programme for the graduates of Mechanical
Engineering/Naval Architecture and also B.SC (Maritime Science) - a 3 years
polyvalent Degree course under the aegis of University of Mumbai. The Institute
started conducting various mandatory pre-sea modular courses for cadets.
MERI(Mumbai) has
submitted R.T.I. manuals separately.
2.7
Organizational Structure Diagram at various levels namely State,
directorate, region district, block etc (whichever is applicable).
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Ministry of Shipping, Road
Transport and Highways, New Delhi |
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Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, Mumbai. |
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Directorate General of
Shipping, ‘Jahaz Bhavan’ Mumbai. |
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Lal Bahadur
Shastri College of Advanced Maritime Studies, M’bai. |
Marine
Engineering & Research Institute,P-19,Taratola Rd,Kol-88 |
Marine
Engineering & Research Institute,Hay Bunder Road,M’bai-33 |
T.S.Chanakya, Vill:Nerul,
Navi Mumbai
-400706 |
2.8
Expectation of the public authority from the public for enhancing its
effectiveness and efficiency.
To enhance the
perfect ness and to create effective interface for compliance with latest
requirements of national and international regulatory and accreditation bodies.
2.9
Arrangements and methods made for seeking public participation/
contribution.
Arrangements are
made for Convocation/Final Passing Out ceremony every year.
2.10
Mechanism available for monitoring the service delivery and
public grievance
resolution.
Vigilance Officer of the
Institute is presently monitoring the Public grievance resolution.
2.11. Addresses of the main
office and other offices at different levels. (Please Categories the addresses
district wise for facilitating the understanding by the user).
1.
M.E.R.I. ,P-19, Taratola Road, Kolkata – 700 088
2.
M.E.R.I., Hay Bunder Road, Mumbai – 400 033.
2.12.
Morning hours of
the office : Monday to Friday - 09.00 - 13.00 Hrs
Closing hours of the office
: Monday to Friday - 13.30 - 17.30 Hrs
Chapter
. 3 (Manual . 2)
Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees
3.1 Please provide details of the
powers and duties of officers and employees of the Organization.
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(i) Powers & duties of officers and employees
are governed by the Delegation of Administrative and financial powers
notified from time to time.
(ii) The Duties andresponsibilities of each
category of officers and staff have been notified by internal circular.
The general
norms set by Govt. of India for discharge of functions by its employees are
applicable to MERIemployees. The employees of MERI are governed by the
MERI General Service Rules (GSRs), Central Civil Services (conduct) Rules
and classification, control and appeal Rules and broadly by the provisions
of General Financial Rules(GFRs) for discharge of their various functions. |
Administrative |
1. Shri S. Mukhopadhyay,
Director
2. Shri B.N. Das, Dy.Director
&
Head of Office &
President, MESS. |
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1. Shri S. Mukhopadhyay,
Director
2. Shri B.N. Das,Dy.Director &
H.O.
3. Shri S.K.
Mukherjee,Engineer Officer & D.D.O.
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Other & Duties |
1. Shri K.K. Moulik, E.O. &
P.I.O &
Vigilance Officer.
2. Shri B.K. Roychowdhury, E.O,
&
OIC, Hostel & Training
3.SriM.K. Ghosh,E.O.& OIC(W/shop)
4.Sri R.K. Paul,E.O.&Controller
of
Examinations
5.Sri A.K. Bakshi, E.O.
6.Sri A.B.Haldar,E.O.& O-I-C
(Sports & Culture)
7.Sri S.Varghese,Lecturer &
O-I-C
(Purchase)
8.Dr.S.K.Shukla,Lecturer &
O-I-C
(Library)
9.Sri W.J.Basha,Lecturer,
A.P.I.O. &
O-I-C(Sanitation &
Horticulture)
10.Dr.S.Choudhury, Medical
Officer |
Chapter - 4 (Manual . 3)
Rules, Regulations, Instructions, Manual and Records, for
Discharging Functions
4.1. Please provide list of
rules, regulations, instructions, manual and records, held by public
authority or under its control or used by its employees for discharging
functions as per the following format. This format has to be filled for each
type of document.
Name / title of the
document : 1. Rules and Regulations of Cadets training of MERI Kolkata.
2.Rules & regulations of
Employees of MERI,Kolkata governed by Central Civil Service Rules,GFR ,Leave
Rules,Pay Rules of Govt. of
India.
3.Rules & regulations of
Employees of MERI.,MESS,
Kolkata.
Type of the
document : 1. Related with cadets’ training.
2. Related with
Employees of MERI, kolkata.
3. Related with
Employees of MERIMESS,Kolkata.
Brief Write-up on the
Document : As enclosed in the Admission information
Brochure and
Website of MERI, Kolkata.
Choose one of the types
given below.
(Rules, Regulations,
Instructions,Manual, Records, Others)
Rules &
Regulations related with Cadets’ training
From
where one can get a copy of rules, regulations, instructions and records
&others:
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Address |
Telephone No. |
Fax No. |
E-mail |
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Marine Engineering &
Research Institute,P-19,Taratola Road,Kol-88 |
2401-4673 to 4678 |
2401-4333/4431 |
director@merical.ac.in |
Fee charged by the
department for a copy of rules, : As mentioned in Chapter 1.7
regulations,
instructions, manual and records (If any)
Chapter . 5 (Manual -4)
Particulars of any
arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members
of the public in
relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation
thereof
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Formulation of Policy
5.1 Whether there is any provision
to seek consultation/ participation of public or its representatives for
formulation of policies? If there is, please provide details of such policy in
following format.
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Sr. No |
Subject/Topic |
Is it mandatory to ensure
public participation (Yes/No) |
Arrangements for seeking
public participation |
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Budget/Finance/Resources
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* |
* |
*
Policy is
formulated by the Board of Governors, IIMS, Mumbai where members of
Industry/Association are representatives of public.
Implementation of Policy
5.2. Whether there is any
provision to seek consultation/ participation of public or its representatives
for implementation of policies? If there is, please provide details of
provisions in following format.
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Sr. No. |
Subject / Topic |
Is
it mandatory to ensure public participation (Yes/ No) |
Arrangements for seeking public participation |
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Budget/Finance/Resources |
* |
* |
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* On
behalf of public representatives from Maritime Industry/Association take part in
implementation of policy matters.
Chapter . 6 (Manual -5)
A
statement of the categories of documents that are held by it
or
under its control
6.1. Use the format given
below to give the information about the official documents. Also mention the
place where the documents are available for e.g. at secretariat level,
directorate level, others (Please mention the level in place of writing. Others.).
|
Sr. No. |
Category of the
document |
Name of the
document and its introduction in one line
|
Procedure to obtain the
Document |
Held by /under control of
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1. |
Cadets’ Training |
Rules
and Regulations of Cadets training of MERI Kolkata |
From the Office of MERI,Kolkata. |
The
Director, MERI, Kolkata. |
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2. |
Employees of MERI, kolkata |
Rules & regulations of Employees of MERI,Kolkata governed by Central Civil
Service Rules |
-Do- |
-Do- |
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3. |
Employees of MERIMESS,Kolkata.
|
Rules
& Regulations of MERIMESS, Kolkata. |
-Do- |
-Do- |
Chapter . 7 (Manual . 6)
A
statement of boards, council, committees and other bodies
constituted as its part
7.1. Please provide
information on Boards, Councils, Committees and Other Bodies
related to the public authority in
the following format :
o
Name and address of the Affiliated
Body :
Indian Institute of
Maritime Studies,C/O LBS College of Advanced Maritime
Studies and Research,
Hay Bunder Road, Mumbai – 400 033.
o
Type of Affiliated Body (Board,
Council, Committees, Other Bodies ) : Board
o
Brief Introduction of the
Affiliated Body ; Establishment Year - 2002
Objective / Main
Activities : 1. Assess the training needs
of the Maritime
Industry and to meet the same by developing
and implementing training programmes.
2.
Undertake consultancy, research and
development and publish information to keep
the maritime professionals updated.
3.
Prescribe standards of proficiency and
competency and conduct written examination
on
behalf of the maritime administration.
4. Award degree, diplomas, certificates and
other distinctions to
trained and qualified
students.
5.
Develop Indian seafarers for competitive
positioning
in the world maritime industry
6.
Act as an apex body in the maritime training
field facilitating affiliation of all public and
private maritime institutions and to regulate
the standards of training in all such
institutions on behalf of Maritime
Administration.
7.
Develop, upgrade, motivate and retain
Maritime and other associated faculty for
Improving the standards of maritime training.
8.
Assist Indian policy makers in taking a unified
approach relating to all matters in the maritime field.
9.
Augment revenue and reduce expenses to
become a self-sustained institution and deploy
all available funds for growth and development of maritime education and
training.
o
Role of the Affiliated Body
(Advisory / Managing / Executive / Others) :
Managing and Executing
o
Structure and Member Composition
:
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Sr.No. |
Members of the Board |
Performing as |
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01. |
Chairman,Ministryof Shipping ,
Roadtransport & Highways |
Chairman |
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02. |
Additional
Secretary, F & A, MOSRT&H |
Member |
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03. |
Joint
Secretary, MOSRT&H |
Member |
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04. |
Director
General of Shipping, |
-Do- |
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05. |
Chief
Surveyor with the Govt |