**Executive Summary**
Training Circular No. 11 of 2018, issued on April 16, 2018, amends DGS Order No. 7 of 2016 and DGS Order No. 5 of 2016 regarding faculty approvals, qualifications, and institute structures. The circular revises faculty verification procedures and institute formation requirements. Existing societies operating maritime training institutes must convert to a non-profit public trust or Section 8 company within six months of the circular's issue date, or their approval will be canceled.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Faculty Verification and Reporting:**
* Verification of faculty qualifications, experience, and age limits will now be done during QSS audits and academic council inspections instead of submitting half yearly reports.
* Maritime Training Institutes (MTIs) must update faculty details on the DGS website following a specified procedure.
* The steps for the faculty update are:
* Go to DGS - website dgshipping.gov.in.
* Click on e-governance tab and select e-governance section. Login with the User id and password.
* Select the menu 'profile'. Go to submenu 'Faculty Details'.
* System would show the list of all faculties with 'Discontinue' link for each faculty.
* In case of deletion of the faculty, click on the link 'Discontinue' for a Faculty and follow the steps below from step 6 to step 10.
* System will show the Faculty Detail page with mandatory parameter 'Last date of service'.
* Enter the 'Last date of service' and add 'remarks' if any.
* Click on the button 'Discontinue Service'.
* The system would show the Faculty record with the text as 'Discontinued'.
* In case for adding new faculty follow the step1 to step3 - 'Add Faculty Details' and click on 'Add to List' button
* MTIs must upload a fresh faculty load matrix whenever there is a change in faculty, or every six months if there is no change.
* **Institute Formation:**
* The clause allowing "Society" to open a maritime training institute has been withdrawn.
* Only institutes promoted, owned, and managed by Central or State Government, or registered non-profit public trusts, or companies registered under Section 8 of the Indian Companies Act, 2013 with management support of shipping professionals, can apply for approval for setting up maritime post-sea courses.
* **Compliance Deadline for Societies:**
* Any society approved by the Directorate to set up a maritime training institute must convert to a registered non-profit public trust or a Section 8 company within six months from April 16, 2018. Failure to comply will result in cancellation of approval.
**Impact Analysis**
**Impact**: Affected by changes in faculty verification and reporting.
**Action Required**: Must implement the new faculty update procedure on the DGS website. They should upload the faculty load matrix whenever there is a change in faculty.
**Impact**: No longer recognized for forming maritime training institutes.
**Action Required**: Societies currently running maritime training institutes based on the "Society" clause must convert to a registered non-profit public trust or a Section 8 company within six months from April 16, 2018, to maintain approval.
Key Entities Referenced
DGS Order No.5 of 2013: Original order addressing approvals, qualifications, age limits, and teaching hours for faculty in DGS approved maritime training institutes.
DGS Order No.7 of 2016: An order related to maritime training which is amended by the current circular.
DGS Order No.5 of 2016: An order related to maritime training which is amended by the current circular.
Directorate General of Shipping: The primary regulatory body responsible for maritime affairs, issuing the circular and the related orders.
Maritime training institute: The institutes that are governed under this order.
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF SHIPPING IS/ISO Clause
GOVT.OF INDIA. MUMBAI No.7.1
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Date : 16.O4.2O18
Trainlng Clrcular No. 11 of 2O18
Attention is invited to the DGS Order No.5 of 2013 dated 15.3.2013 with
regard to the approvals, qualifications, age limits, teaching hours of the faculty
engaged by the DGS approved maritime training institutes.
2. The issue was re-visited by this office and the Competent Authority has
decided to amend tJ:e following:
Para 1.2 of PART- 1 Approvals for the instmctors, faculty and Principal may be
read as follows:
1.2 The verilication of the number, qualiflcations, experience and age limits
of the faculty shall be done during the inspections carried out by the
organizations carrying out QSS audits for the institutes, and the respective
academic councils. The requirement of submitting half yearly report has been
dispensed with. Instead, the details of faculty shall be updated in DGS website
as per the following procedure:
Followlng are the ateps for Instltute Faculty Uodate:
Step1. Go to DGS - website dgshipping.gov.in
Step2. Click on e-governance tab and select e-governance section. Login with
the User id and password.
Step3. Select the menu 'prohle'. Go to submenu 'Faculty Details'.
Step4. System would show the list of all faculties with 'Discontinue' link for
each faculty.Step5. In case of deletion of the faculty, click on the link ,Discontinue, for a
Faculty and follow the steps below from step 6 to step 10.
Step6. System will show the Faculty Detail page with mandatory parameter
'Last date of service'.
,remarks,if
Step7. Enter the 'Last date of service' and add any.
Step8. Click on the button 'Discontinue Service'.
Step9. The system would show the Faculty record with the text as
'Discontinued'.
Step10. In case for adding new faculty follow the stepl to step3 - ,Add Faculty
Details' and click on Add to List' button
2.1
Whenever there is a change in faculty, the MTI must upload afresh the
faculty load matrix.
2.2
If there is no change in faculty, faculty load matrix is to be uploaded
every six months.
3.
Simultaneously, para 1.3.2 of DGS Order 5 of 2016 was revisited by this
office and in order to have a uniformity in clause for the opening up of pre-sea
and post-sea institutes it has been decided to amend the para 1.3.2 and the
same to be read as follows:
Pa:.a I .3.2 Form of Institute - Only such institutes as promoted, owned,
managed by Central and State Govt. or by registered non-profit public trust or
a company registered under section 8 of Indian companies Act, 2013, with
management support of shipping professionals, can apply for approval for
setting up of maritime training institute for conducting maritime post-sea
courses.
In general terms, the Competent Authority has decided to withdrawn the clause
allowing Society to open a maritime training institute. Hence, wherever, the
clause "Societ/ appears in DGS Order No.S of 2016 shall be treated as deleted.
3.1 Any Society which has been granted approval by this Directorate for
setting up of maritime training institute should get the same converted to
registered non-proflt making public trust or a company registered under
Section 8 of Indian companies act within six months from the date of issue of
this circular. All the approvals granted to a society shall be deemed to be
cancelled in case of non-compliance.Shipping and
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