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MoU signed with National Law School of India University
Academic collaboration:P. Vijayan, Vice-Chancellor, Indian Maritime University (left) and R. Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore (right), exchanging MoU in the presence of G.K. Vasan, Union Minister of Shipping, and Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law, at a function in Chennai on Sunday.
Chennai: The Indian Maritime University (IMU), Chennai, will enter into an academic collaboration with the Malta-based International Maritime Law Institute in June to provide specialised course in Maritime Law. Besides, it will also set up the Department of Maritime Law this year, said Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan on Sunday.
IMU Vice-Chancellor P. Vijayan and National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore Vice-Chancellor R. Venkata Rao signed the MoU in the presence of Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily and Mr. Vasan.
As per the MoU, IMU will offer two elective subjects in Maritime Law to undergraduate students. Mr. Vijayan said “the two-year specialised course in Maritime Law will be offered at IMU Chennai/Cochin from July onwards. If we are able to sign the MoU with Malta, then we have the option of providing training to students in Malta for a year.”
According to him, within a short period of time IMU-Chennai has established six departments and it is in the process of signing MoU's with IIM-Ahmedabad and IIT-Chennai/Kharagpur to offer e-MBA and Naval Architecture courses.
Mr. Vasan said that if the Philippines could meet 30 per cent of global manpower requirement of maritime sector, why India can't do it? The need of the hour is to have a concerted effort to step up its offering from the current six per cent.
“Our economy is growing and we have to sustain the momentum. The growth in sea trade will lead to increased maritime disputes and this calls for creating world class maritime law experts. The MoU between IMU and NLSIU will fill in the vacuum. Both the institutions will collaborate in mutually agreeable academic events, faculty and student exchange and training and research,” he said.
In his keynote address, Mr. Moily said that shipping industry had to deal with worrying issues such as threat of piracy, manpower shortage, climate change and environmental issues.
“The threat of piracy has escalated to epidemic proportions. Piracy concerns us all. It has an impact on trade while also raising the spectre of an environmental catastrophe. But, above all, our concern should be for the safety of life at sea and interest of the seafarers involved and their families. Effective laws and their implementation are necessary to combat the threat of piracy. A national consultation on second generation legal education reform would be held on May 1 and 2,” he said.
Mr. Moily also called for streamlining the laws to reflect current global standards in shipping and maritime industry and creating a strong group of maritime law experts and professionals to understand the issues and to deal with it.
IMU to set up Maritime Law Department
MoU signed with National Law School of India University
Academic collaboration:P. Vijayan, Vice-Chancellor, Indian Maritime University (left) and R. Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor, National Law School of India University, Bangalore (right), exchanging MoU in the presence of G.K. Vasan, Union Minister of Shipping, and Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law, at a function in Chennai on Sunday.
Chennai: The Indian Maritime University (IMU), Chennai, will enter into an academic collaboration with the Malta-based International Maritime Law Institute in June to provide specialised course in Maritime Law. Besides, it will also set up the Department of Maritime Law this year, said Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan on Sunday.
As per the MoU, IMU will offer two elective subjects in Maritime Law to undergraduate students. Mr. Vijayan said “the two-year specialised course in Maritime Law will be offered at IMU Chennai/Cochin from July onwards. If we are able to sign the MoU with Malta, then we have the option of providing training to students in Malta for a year.”
According to him, within a short period of time IMU-Chennai has established six departments and it is in the process of signing MoU's with IIM-Ahmedabad and IIT-Chennai/Kharagpur to offer e-MBA and Naval Architecture courses.
Mr. Vasan said that if the Philippines could meet 30 per cent of global manpower requirement of maritime sector, why India can't do it? The need of the hour is to have a concerted effort to step up its offering from the current six per cent.
“Our economy is growing and we have to sustain the momentum. The growth in sea trade will lead to increased maritime disputes and this calls for creating world class maritime law experts. The MoU between IMU and NLSIU will fill in the vacuum. Both the institutions will collaborate in mutually agreeable academic events, faculty and student exchange and training and research,” he said.
In his keynote address, Mr. Moily said that shipping industry had to deal with worrying issues such as threat of piracy, manpower shortage, climate change and environmental issues.
“The threat of piracy has escalated to epidemic proportions. Piracy concerns us all. It has an impact on trade while also raising the spectre of an environmental catastrophe. But, above all, our concern should be for the safety of life at sea and interest of the seafarers involved and their families. Effective laws and their implementation are necessary to combat the threat of piracy. A national consultation on second generation legal education reform would be held on May 1 and 2,” he said.
Mr. Moily also called for streamlining the laws to reflect current global standards in shipping and maritime industry and creating a strong group of maritime law experts and professionals to understand the issues and to deal with it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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