The session is chaired by Navin Passey (Capt.), Managing Director, Wallem Ship Management (India) Pvt. Ltd., India.

The key presenters on the paper Maritime Higher Education are S. Bhardwaj (Capt.), Vice Chancellor, AMET University, India, K.N.Deboo (Capt.), Chairman GlobalMET – India Chapter and Director-Principal, Anglo Eastern Marine Training Centre, India

Panelist B. K. Saxena is the Principal of Tolani Maritime Institute, India.

The conference is headed by M.V. Ramamurthy, President (Shipping), Reliance Industry Ltd., India.

The paper presentation on Safety of Navigation – Technology Update is done by Tarun K. Mathur (Capt.), Director – Sales Transas Marine Pacific, Singapore.

Georg E. Scheuing, Project Manager, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Germany discusses the Modern Propulsion Systems for Offshore Patrol Vessels.

Lev Petrovich Gavriluk, Shipbuilding & Ship-repair Technology Centre, Russia speaks on the Concept of Shipyard Modernization for Conversation to Zonal Designing with Modular Installation of Weapon System.

Mr. Rene Huybregts, Hydrex NV, Belguim speaks on the New Technologies for in SITU Underwater Repairs.

The Session Chairman is Michael Rosenberg, Vice President, E.J. Krause & Associates Inc, USA

The keynote presentations are done by K.S. Aiyappa (Commodore), VSM, Naval Officer In-charge (MH) Indian Navy, India and Nithin Bawa (Capt.), Nautical Survivor, D.J Shipping.

The topic on the session Piracy – Gulf of Eden/ East Coast of Arica is briefed by Prakash Correa (Capt.), General Manager – Operations (International Tankers), The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd., India.

The Chairman of Session is Sudhir Rangnekar, CEO, Indian National Shipowners Association, India.

The keynote presentation and briefing on the subject Building Competitive Integrated Infrastructure are Vishal Kalantri, Director, Dighi Port Ltd., India and Prakash Tulsiani, Managing Director, Gujarat Pipavav Ports Ltd., India

S.K. Shahi, Panel Member, is the Chairman & Managing Director of SKS Logistics Ltd., India and Sandeep Mehta (Capt.), CEO – Container Terminal & Logistics Business, Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone, India will elaborate on the topic Private Ports Perspective.

The session is chaired by Commodore M. Jitendaran, CMD, Cochin Shipyards Ltd.

The keynote presentations are delivered by Arindam Ganguli, Director, Shoft Shipyards Ltd., India, focusing on the Supply Chain Management in SME Shipyards – A Case Study Illustrating Effective Solutions and Matthew Cuerdon, Vice President – Business Development, AVEVA NET Solutions Asia Pacific Division, UK briefs on the aspects of Collaborative Opportunities Sharing a Digital Information Hub

The panel is headed by Ralf Soeren Marquardt (Dr), Director, German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association, Germany and Junzo Takasu, Senior Staff Officer – Marine Propulsion Design Department, Kawasaki, Japan focuses on the Advantages of Utilizing CPP Propellers and Azimuth Thrusters for Propeller Systems as opposed to other Types of Propeller Systems which do not provide as much Efficiency, Speed or Maneuverability.

Commodore M Jitendran Chairman & Managing Director

Chairing the session will be Commodore M. Jitendaran, CMD, Cochin Shipyards Ltd., India. We brief you through the biography of his eventful and servicing life to the growth of the maritime activities in India.

Shri. M. Jitendran (Commodore: Retd) has been with Cochin Shipyard Ltd for the past seven years. He took over charge as C&MD, CSL in March, 2005. Prior to this, he was Director Operations) of CSL sine May 2002. A Post Graduate in Naval Architecture from IIT,Kharagpur and St.Petersburg, he is a fellow Member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, London. He joined this shipyard after premature retirement from Indian navy where he earlier served for 30 years.

During his tenure in Cochin Shipyard, the yard has secured many prestigious and large foreign orders for shipbuilding and high value orders in Ship repair. The net worth of the yard quadrupled remarkably and the yard has earned the reputation for timely delivery of high quality ships. More than 25 ships have been exported in the last 5 years. The product profile was widened including Aframax Tankers, Bulk Carriers, Platform Supply Vessels, Dredgers, Fire Floats, and Tugs. More than 300 ships including Oil rigs were repaired or upgraded both for Indian & foreign owners. The turnover of the yard has more than quadrupled in the last 4 years and has crossed the 1350 crores mark in 2008-2009. Separately, the construction of the prestigious Indigenous Aircraft Carrier has also commenced and is presently set to launch in 2010 / early 2011.

In 2007-08 and 2008-09, the shipyard set several records including launching 5 ships at a time on the same day. The yard also received Performance Excellence Awards from prestigious institutions. CSL was also conferred the Mini Ratna Category-I in July 2008.

He was born in July 1951 and is the son of an army officer. He speaks Hindi, Telugu, Tamil & Russian other than English.

Marine BizTV caught up for an exclusive interview with this stalwart of maritime India.

Watch the Commodore sharing his thoughts on the Cochin Shipyard, its success and shortcomings, and potentials of the Indian shipping industry.

The discussion is chaired by N.C. Singhal, Chairman – SCI Forbes Ltd. & Former Chairman, SCICI Ltd., India. Tobias Koenig, Managing Partner, Koenig & Cie, Germany delivers the keynote presentation.

A seminar paper on The Economic and Financial Crisis – Its Impact on Shipping Finance Markets is presented by Dr. Juergen Monzel, International Transport Finance Consultant, Germany

Raymond J. Ellis, Vice President, EXIM Bank, USA puts forward the aspects of Maritime India and the Path Ahead. The panel speaker Vishal Sharma, Managing Director & CEO, Tuscan Ventures Pvt. Ltd., India shares his knowledge on attempts to make India a global maritime industry.

Chairing the session is A.P.V.N. Sarma, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, India

Eminent panelists take part in the discussion on Maritime Policy. Ashwani Kumar, IAS, CEO, Maharashtra Maritime Board, India, Vijay Kumar, Managing Director, Bharati Shipyards Ltd. & Secretary, Shipyards Association of India, India, Vice Admiral Ajit Tewari (Retd.), Managing Director, Bengal Shipyards Ltd., India, Rajeeva Sinha, Whole Time Director, Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone, India. The first session ends at 3 pm.

03:30 pm to 04:00pm Coffee Break