All India Technical Seminar TRANSTECH 2022, the 15^th edition, was organized by Tolani Maritime Institute (TMI), in association with The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Pune Branch and The Institution of Engineers (India), Pune Local Centre from 24th to 26th March.

TRANSTECH provides a platform to students from maritime as well as other engineering colleges to present their technical papers and showcase their ideas as models on the specified theme. Poster display and Marine Quiz were new additions to the event this year.

The main theme of the event was “Future Trends in Shipping Industry” and the 8 subthemes were: Blue Economy, Industry 4.0 in Maritime Sector, Alternative Propulsion Systems, New Techniques and Advancements in Fire Fighting, IMO’s GHG Strategy: How to Meet 2030 and 2050 Goals, Innovative Solutions for Ship-Shore Data Link for Real Time Monitoring, Maritime Education & Training Framework for Autonomous Vessel Operations and Technological Advancements in Navigation, Communications and Search & Rescue in Maritime Industry.

Transtech welcomed a multitude of eminent personalities from shipping, education and other fields who shared their knowledge and experience with the young cadets, faculty and guests.

Dr Sanjeet Kanungo, Principal, TMI Pune, welcomed the gathering and emphasised on the relevance of themes and subthemes of Transtech 2022 for future trends in shipping.

Capt M. Sairaj, Director, Synergy Navis Marine Pte Ltd, Pune was the Chief Guest on the first day. He delivered inaugural speech on ‘The Innovative Smart Ship Solutions’ which was well received by student fraternity and professionals alike. He released the ‘Book of Proceedings’ for Transtech ‘22 and the Institute’s Annual ‘Bulletin of Maritime Science & Technology’.

Mr Chirag Bahri, Director of Regions at International Seafarers’ Welfare & Assistance Network (ISWAN) and a TMI alumnus spoke on “Pre-departure awareness for seafarers”.

Mr Praful Kalankar, Director, SP Auto Engineering, Pune shared his insights on “Total Quality Management”.

Prof Tanuja Sachin Khatavkar, Regional Coordinator (Pune), Virtual Labs Regional Centre, IIT Bombay” and “Prof Pushpdeep Mishra, Senior Project Manager, Virtual Labs-IIT Bombay” shared their cognizance on “Introduction to virtual labs” on the second day of the event.

Capt Nikunj Parashar, CEO & Director, Sagar Defence, Pune was the guest speaker on the 3rd day.  He delivered a talk on Remote Operation of vessels and his journey and involvement in the build-up of such vessels and establishment of his venture.

Dr (Mrs) Malini V Shankar, IAS (Retd), Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University was the chief guest on the 3rd and final day. She delivered a keynote address on “Challenges in Maritime Education and Training to Deal with Future Trends in Shipping.” She inaugurated the newly installed state of the art Simulators for Navigation, Cargo Handling, Engine Room and Welding.

24 full length papers were received on the given subthemes from 5 institutes across the country and finally 12 papers were selected for presentation. Seven technical models were also there. A team of three judges selected deserving participants for the prizes. Top three prizes for technical papers were sponsored by The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Pune branch and the remaining by Tolani Maritime Institute itself.

Transtech 2022 was held in hybrid mode. Distant participants presented papers online while many presented in physical mode. All model makers were present with their respective model. The papers which were not selected, were given a chance to present the same as Poster. The best poster was awarded cash prize Marine quiz was a new addition to Transtech this year and it captured the attention of the audience. Marine quiz prizes were sponsored by Amazeng Nautical Association, Pune.

Overall it was a very interesting, informative and successful webinar which benefitted students, faculty, guests and online viewers.

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Winners of Transtech 2022

Technical Papers Presentation

First prize – A Sharma, C Mahajnab and C Yesudas, TMI Pune for their technical paper titled ‘Hybrid Energy Regenerating System’

Second prize – A Chauhan, R Dutta, R Mishra, GEIMS, Lonavla for their technical paper titled ‘Smart fire extinguishing device (SFED)‘

Third prize – A Ratha, E Anto, and R Nair, IMU Vishakhapatnam for their technical paper titled ‘Review Analysis on Advancements in NCSR Technologies’

Technical Models – All 7 models were from TMI Pune

Bhavesh Kumar Sendh won the first prize for his technical model titled ‘Safety and Efficiency Improving Technologies in Autonomous Ships’

Bendre Shardulshantanu, Shaurya Sharma and Vipul Kumar Dubey won the 2nd prize for their technical model titled ‘ Thermoelectric Cooler- Waste Heat Recovery System on Ships’

Aryadeep Bharadwaj, Arpit Raj and Harshvardhan Bhati won the 3rd prize for their technical model ‘Green Energy Power Generation on Ship Using VAWT’

Technical Poster Display

Sandrana Nandini, Aditi Wadekar and Adarsh Ranjan, IMU Visakhapatnam won prize for the best technical poster

Marine Quiz

Kartik Thakur and Hriseeka Nayak, TMI Pune won the 1st prize in Marine Quiz Competition

Ojasvi Saxena and Karan Maliya, GEIMS Lonavala won the 2nd prize in Marine Quiz Competition

Shashikant Mishra and Sudeep Ray, HIMT College Chennai won the 3rd prize in Marine Quiz Competition