General norms for institutes for the conduct of

B.11.2 FACULTY QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION PROCEDURE

An engineering training division shall have the staff as given below:

1. 
   Administrative In-charge and teaching faculty
   
2. 
   Workshop Staff
   
3. 
   Technical Supporting Staff
   
4. 
   Library and Computer Centre Staff
   
5. 
   Administrative Staff
   
6. 
   Maintenance staff and other Miscellaneous staff.
   

The number of staff should be commensurate with the number of trainees and the number of batches being trained annually.

B.11.2.1. Faculty Cadre
The faculty should principally consist of the following categories:
B.11.2.2 Permanent faculty

1. 
   Teaching (academic)
   
2. 
   Training - skills, practical, competencies
   

B.11.2.3. Visiting faculty

1. 
   Teaching (academic)
   
2. 
   Training skills, practical, competencies
   

The classification used for academic staff are on lines of those practised in accordance with UGC and enduring norms of the marine industry that is
Professor : Phd/ M.Tech/ Extra First Class Engineer with 15 years of relevant experience / PGDMOM From IIT / KGP
Asst. Professor : B. Tech/ B.E. / Msc. / First Class Motor or Steam Certificates with 12 years of relevant experiences / PGDMOM From IIT . For IMO model courses Master Mariners with 15yrs relevant experience can be used as applicable .
Lecturers : First Class Motor with 7 years of relevant experience. For IMO model courses Master Mariners with 7 years of relevant experience can be used as applicable .
Instructors : a. Instructors should be trained and experienced mariners

holding the superior certificate of appropriate grade of training being imparted but with specialized higher grade of training and experience in the field of training imparted.

b. Instruction for basic fire fighting must have Class II

COC or COS having undergone a specialized approved course in Advanced Fire Fighting training.

Certificates of service holders will be given appropriate classification solely at discretion of MI based on experience and capabilities. Radio Officer holding COP Class II, Class I. Doctors holding MBBS, MD shall be given appropriate Classification at discretion of MI.
The permanent faculty and visiting faculty must be pre-approved by the Directorate. Generally the visiting faculty must constitute only 50% of the total faculty. However exceptions can be made with prior permission from the Directorate in case of outstanding cases. All the faculty whether permanent or visiting will be under constant scrutiny by Academic Council by virtue of student response forms, its own inspection and assessment and institutional reports.