The Pioneer of AIMS –Capt. Rajiv Sinha
It is said that a journey of thousand miles begins with
one step.The journey of AIMS commenced in 2009 by Capt. RAJIV SINHA,who in his
tenure analysed and understood the need of the companies and importance of imparting
quality knowledge to the cadets. He founded AIMS institute with a view to train
the cadets under best experts from the industry in various courses related to
Maritime. There was no looking back with the initiation of Value Added courses
in 2011 for teaching quality professional training for seagoing staff, also the
institute introduced Ship’s cook courses in 2012 with the approval from
Liberian authorities. In 2014, AIMS Institute became an authorised Centre for
Marlins English Test. Last year in 2015,It became the first shipping company to
have ISO 2015 certification from Indian Registrar Of shipping as well as
approved Test Centre for Safe Bridge type Specific ECDIS includingthe
Commencement of ETO COC Exam preparatoryClasses.
AIMS Institute offers Post Sea going career in compliance
with the requirement of STCW 1995/2010, ISM
Code, ISPS Code, Security training, Safety training, SOLAS and MARPOL of
the shipping companies and train seafarers about how to learn on ships while
working on board and prepare cadets to successfully pass the examination that
will enhance their career making it a rewarding profession. They also offer
Ship Cook Training wherein, existing chief cooks are trained in multi-national
cuisines to qualify as versatile and global chefs. The courses’ are open to
National as well as International cadets who have successfully completed the 2nd
mate examination.
It’s not just numerous courses under one roof that AIMS
has to offer but also lots of shore job opportunities for officers who are
looking to settle ashore. Mr. Sinha shared his perspective on Maritime course in
India; he stated that, Maritime courses offers enhancement of knowledge and creates
better job opportunities with the government’s initiative of creating employment
of our citizens in the world market. Seafarers are great source of earning.
They are the key source of foreign currency remittance to India to reduce
balance of payment situation for the country. In his view a skilled maritime
educated is an asset for the maritime world and India in particular as majority
of Indian maritime educated nationals are working on foreign ships.
The scope of competitiveness is fierce in this industry,
there as many as 120 government approved Maritime Institutes’ offering maritime
courses and about 50 more institutes’ offering valued added courses’ as per the
requirement of various companies. Sharing his future plans for AIMS Capt. RajivSinha said, “We intend to expand our presences as well as focus on setting a
benchmark in terms of quality training standards and raise the level of
competition by including more valued added courses that
would be beneficial in the Maritime industry.
