Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education and Training (MANET) located in Pune has recently gained popularity for giving top-notch marine officers to the Maritime World. Started in the year 2001, an institute for MAEER’s MIT ADT University, MANET’s biggest aim is to make India proud by providing the industry with marine officers who hold world-class standards of discipline, decency, diligence & humility in their conduct.

At MANET, students pursue their goals in an environment that values diversity, individuality, mutual respect and free exchange of ideas. We are committed to promoting value-based education system along with the latest professional techniques to give total satisfaction to the cadets, their parents, the statutory bodies and the shipping industry. Also MANET strives to develop the cadets into physically as well as mentally strong and spiritually elevated winning personalities.

MANET is committed to being an instrument of optimistic change in the maritime industry for the ultimate benefit of society. The experienced marine faculty has more than 500 years of collective sailing experience, MANET is unique in many ways such as, it imparts theoretical and practical knowledge but it mainly focuses on changing attitudes and transformation of overall personality of the cadets during the tenure of the course. MANET has a distinct, accepted and applauded training module & pattern; Ship–in-campus, Simulators, Workshop, Labs, hostel and mess. Till now over 2000+ cadets from MANET have been recruited by reputed international shipping companies.

The best practices MANET follows are:

Best practices in environmental preservation and Safety

• Rainwater harvesting in the premises of MANET
• Disposal of recyclable waste for plastic and e-waste through recykal platform
• Disposal and management of bio-waste of mess processed in environment friendly manner 
• Implementation of ISO standard (quality management) right from foundation of MANET which provides strong base of systems to various departments to conduct their activities smoothly 
• Conduction of evacuation drills from Admin & hostel building, as per PMC norms
• Use of safety kits during conduct of practical in Labs, workshops and ship in campus
• Availability of Ambulance 24×7 in the premises of MANET, as per DGS guidelines

 Best practices in Academics and Placements

• Constitution of “Advisory council” at MANET, which includes industry experts/ representatives to review the industry requirements in shipping every 6 months
• Simulation of actual procedures and fault finding on engine room simulator and bridge simulator
• Use of NPTEL chapter for the enhancement of knowledge of cadets
• Recording online lectures on ERP, as per DGS guidelines, so that cadets can go through the lecture, if they have missed out on a particular day
• Conducting mock interviews and group discussions for preparing cadets for the interview
• Monitoring the performance of the cadets after their placement in shipping companies

Best practices in Discipline, Administration & Student Insurance

• Implementation of prohibition of alcohol and drug policy in the premises of MANET
• Formation of disciplinary committee to maintain the discipline among the cadets
• Implementation of “Officer like quality” (OLQ) system related to discipline, which monitors behavior of cadets during the entire duration of their course at MANET
• Implementation of face recognition facility for cadets, as per requirement of DGS
• Medical & Accident insurance of Rs.1,00,000/- to all cadets, staff & faculty members of institute
• Checking DGS site, at-least on weekly basis, for updates on circular & guidelines for MTI’s
• “Suggestion Box” kept at various location of administration building for suggestion from cadets as per QMS procedures

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