Indian Maritime University (formerly Training Ship Chanakya, abbreviated as T.S. Chanakya) is a maritime training institute located in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the campuses of the Indian Maritime University.
The campus offers academic and vocational programs in nautical science, including a three-year Bachelor of Science in Nautical Science, designed to prepare students for careers as deck officers in the merchant navy. Admissions to the programs are conducted through the Indian Maritime University Common Entrance Test (IMU CET). Graduates are qualified for employment as deck officers in the Merchant Navy.
In 1927, following advocacy by Sir P. S. Sivaswamy Iyer, the Government of India established a school to train people for maritime careers. The government passed a formal resolution on 19 March 1927 and acquired the ship HMIS Dufferin to serve as a training school.
After the T.S. Dufferin, training moved to T. S. Rajendra (named after King Rajendra Chola and built by Hindustan Shipyard). Rajendra could train 250 students at a timeâÂÂsignificantly more than the previous shipâÂÂand was used for 21 years to train both deck officers and service staff.
The current shore-based campus, known as T.S. Chanakya, began operations on 5 April 1993, coinciding with National Maritime Day. The campus is located in Navi Mumbai and covers approximately . These shore-based facilities replaced earlier maritime training institutions that operated aboard permanently moored training ships (T.S. Rajendra, 1972âÂÂ1993; T.S. Dufferin, 1927âÂÂ1972) at Ferry Wharf in Mumbai.