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outcomes, including enhancing the soft skills edge systems. At FMIRO, we are committed to
of the faculty. A scheme to improve the providing the highest quality training to our
professional skills of the faculty has seen 3 students and are constantly looking for ways

Nautical faculty and 1 engineering faculty to improve and stay ahead of the curve. I am
steadily progressing through their Extra confident that our institute will lead the way in
Masters and Extra Chief Engineer's courses. maritime training and embody the best that a

maritime training institute has to offer.
The increasing demand for personnel with
both oil and chemical tanker training has led After all the restrictions imposed due to COVID,
the institute to apply for approval to conduct I am pleased to inform that all the courses that

Advanced Training in Chemical Tanker Cargo commenced on or after 1st April 2022 are
Operations Course. FMIRO is one of the few in being conducted to full capacity in physical

India that will conduct this class room course mode. The on-going courses as on that date
with simulator support. We are also preparing were completed in hybrid / on-line mode, the
for the future of the maritime industry. The use previous one having been completed on 30th
of alternate fuels and the need for "dual fuel" June 2022.
certified marine engineers has led us to

develop course infrastructure for these skills. Due to this switch-over to physical classes,
Preparations for the introduction of Basic and many outstation candidates dropped out of

Advanced Training for Ships Using Fuels the course bookings, and either went sailing or
Covered within the IGF Code (BIGF/ AIGF) are enrolled at other institutes located convenient
being made to meet this demand. to their place of residence. Consequently,
FMIRO Kolkata had a significant drop in number

Additionally, as the shipping industry becomes of students in April, May and June 2022.
increasingly automated and autonomous, we However, thereafter, the occupancy for the
recognize the need to adopt and assimilate courses have improved. The break-up of the

futuristic training methods that use Immersive occupancy of the Competency courses, as on
Augmented Reality tools and other cutting- date, is given overleaf