Marine engineering experience

Great place if you want to study engineering in unconventional way. Where you would work both in class as well in workshop. A place which would make you work hard also open a gateway for great career.

I gave IIT JEE entrance exam and score All India rank of 4052. Couple of reason for choosing MERI. 1. At my rank i cannot get anything i like in any IIT. 2. Mechanical and electrical engineering always fascinated me and this seem perfect choice providing me both the experience. 3. Market scenario was bad in 2001 when i joined the program and marine engineering seem safe bet.

My course didn't offered elective and custom suited to make us marine engineer. MERI course curriculum is well designed to make us perfect Marine engineer by giving us both both practical and theoretical knowledge about all kind of Vessel. Unlike other courses where studies usually lag behind market , ours was in line with market experience. In fact when i joined my first ship i had studied about almost every technology present on that oil Tanker. Beside course sharpen our anyltical mind in such a way that 10 year down the line all my batch mates are excelling in different fields.

Part of curriculum was getting internship at port of kolkata. We learn about both support vessel and port handling machine. At my time we were not paid but now students are getting their internship on Vessels and paid good amount.

All of my batch mate were placed by the time we finished our engineering. In addition My institute has very close knit alum which support each other not at start of our career but life long.

We have annual college Festival planned and organised by students. Beside we have various sport meet including representing our institute in various IIT's. We also had model making and technical paper presentation which help us develop creativity in the technical fields.

For first three year we paid Rs 36,000.00 and in final year we paid Rs 45,000.00. This fees include lodging and boarding. I believe this is amazingly low.

I only remember couple of scholarship which was offered by oil major Shell and shipping company Chelaram. I didnt availed any scholarship.

We had some event every month and more important we are always encouraged to compete with other schools. MERI is ideal place offering opportunity to identify your interest and work on it.

Hostel were well equipped and I had lot of nice experience of my stay in hostel. Food was good but still not same like home cooked food. In wither case hostel mess is managed by student in themselves.

Very close knit Alum and well spread both in career choice as well geographically. I have been supported by Alum 10 year latter in Netherlands in career post MBA.

Exams were nicely segregated. In such a manner that we have enough time to involve in extra curricular activates but still keep our focus in technical studies.

Faculty in MERI is very different than your average engineering college. Almost every teacher (we call them engineering officer) was cheif engineer on some kind of Vessel. We gained immensely from the life experience.