With an objective of developing a
sense of enquiry and the concept of research and innovation among the students
currently engaged in various academic programs in Indian maritime training institutions,
INSA (Indian National Shipowner’s Association) had embarked on an initiative
five years back, of holding a Technical Paper Competition Annually. The
initiative was spearheaded by the Research & Training Committee of INSA,
headed by Dr. B. K. Saxena.
The Indian National Shipowners’
Association (INSA) successfully hosted its highly anticipated 5th
edition of the Technical Paper Competition on the theme “Oceans of Opportunity:
The Future of the Maritime Industry.”
Held over two days on January 18th and 19th, 2025, the competition featured
presentations from 20 shortlisted papers selected from an impressive 127
submissions, focused on the above theme. A panel of Judges, comprising of eminent professionals, namely Mr. I. N.
Bose, Mr Dilip Mehrotra, Mr A. B. Dutta, Capt Kishore Sundaresan and Mr. Chitta
Dash, evaluated the papers. It was indeed a challenge for the Judges to
shortlist 20 papers out of the 127 papers submitted.