Upon completion of a comprehensive training programme involving a lot of hard work and dedication, a Passing out Ceremony was held for the 35^th batch of DNS and 14^th batch of B.Tech respectively on 28^th July at Crowne Plaza, Convention Centre, Greater Noida.

The whole staff, faculty along with (graduating) cadets and their parents were present on the occasion. Many dignitaries from the shipping industry also graced the occasion with their presence like Poonam Nagpal from MSC, Tushar Sharma, Capt. Raj Kumar and Capt. Sachin Wahi from Fleet to name a few. The celebration commenced with the arrival of Chief Guest Capt. Rajendra Poswal (Nautical Surveyor cum DDG Technical) was greeted with an outstanding Guard of Honor. Cadets offered a prayer to the Goddess of knowledge and music, which was followed by the lighting of the lamp by Capt. Rajendra Poswal, Capt. S.K. Bahl (Promoter Director), Capt. Ashok Kohli (Chairman), Saurabh Varshney (Head of the Institute), Chief Engineer Rajesh Trivedi (Vice Principal), Capt. Pramod Kumar Singh (HOD Nautical) and Chief Engineer Arvind Agarwal (HOD Engineering).

Cadets of DNS 35 sang some mesmerizing melodies on stage. Then, Capt. Pramod presented the batch report for DNS 35 and Chief Engineer Arvind presented the batch report for B.Tech. 14. The cadets got a great platform to showcase their hidden talents of art and music by giving live performances of dance, playing different musical instruments, and singing. The audience was hooked to their seats the entire time as the brilliant performances by the cadets left everyone applauding and amazed. Cadet Naina Sahni, cadet Prajual, cadet Karan and many more grooved to some great songs and left everyone speechless. While other cadets left the attendees enamoured with their musical notes and tunes. After an array of performances, Capt. Saurabh addressed the audience.

The event progressed with a prize distribution conducted by the HOI and Capt. Bahl along with Poonam Nagpal and Tushar Sharma. The certificates and medals were handed over to the outstanding performers by the Chief Guest who wished them good luck in their future endeavours. Cadet Yuvraj Tiwari was awarded as the best overall MSC cadet and the best in navigation award was given away to cadet Rohit of DNS 35. In B.Tech, the best all-rounder was awarded to Abhi Aggarwal and the best shipmate to Rohit Choudhary. The last category of awards was the best overall cadet in IMI for batch 2021-22 and the award was jointly won by cadet Yuvraj Tiwari and cadet Kartik Malik.

After the prize distribution, the chief guest Capt. Poswal gave an encouraging speech to all the young boys. He said “On the exciting occasion of passing out of the 35th batch of DNS and 14th batch of B.Tech in marine engineering, I am thankful to IMI for inviting me. Every time I visit this institute, it reminds me of my own institute. It’s maintained really very well. To the cadets, many things have been said by Capt. Varshney and others. I would like to add one thing to them please do not stop over here, continue your hard work because onboard ship it’s a different lifestyle. Get used to this lifestyle now. It will be a different world. What team building you have learned over here, continue that onboard ship. That will be very useful for you. Do not work in isolation onboard because the onboard ship you have to work as a team, you cannot work alone.” Further, he assured us that MMD will always be there for IMI cadets and help them in any manner possible.

In her address, Poonam Nagpal said, “Do not forget MSC and other companies who have sponsored you and will be placing you soon on the ships. Going forward, you will be now sailing on ship initially as a cadet and then as an officer. Your training will stand with you throughout. I am sure that your teachers have told you to be safe at all times and follow procedures. I totally advocate this and I suggest you do the right things always. Most importantly be mentally and physically strong.”

Soon after, the promoter director of IMI Capt SK Bahl presented mementos to our revered Chief Guest Capt Rajendra Poswal, Poonam Nagpal and Tushar Sharma. Vice Principal Rajesh Trivedi then gave a vote of thanks.

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