Park Maritime Academy - PMA Coimbatore Answered Questions

Yes International Maritime Institute is as good as Park Maritime Academy - PMA for B.Tech. As International Maritime Institute also provides Pre Sea courses like Diploma in Nautical Science, B.Tech in Marine Engineering & Graduate Mechanical Engineering. Post sea and value-added courses are also available. International Maritime Institute offers better placement opportunities to the students. Proper preparation and efficient training are given to the students in the form of Personality development classes, Aptitude & reasoning tests, internal assessments, and mock interviews.

Park Maritime Academy - PMA has below criteria for taking admissions to it's various courses: CoursesEligibilityB.E. / B.TechCandidate Maximum age limit should be 25 years.
Candidate Minimum Height should be 157 cm.
Candidate Minimum Weight should be 48 kg.
Normal Colour vision
Candidate must have passed VIII, IX, X, XI & XII Std. from schools situated in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu native candidate who have passed any of the VIII, IX, X, XI & XII Std. or their equivalent exam from schools situated outside Tamil Nadu can also apply. They should produce Original Nativity Certificate.
Children of Central Gov. Employees, irrespective of their nativity, provided their parents or guardians (only if both parents are not alive) have been serving in Tamil Nadu continuously for the past 5 years.
Sons & daughters of All India service Tamil Nadu cadre officers are eligible to apply. A Self declaration from the parent in this regard is to be produced.
Children of employees in the Public Sector or Govt. recog. institutions had been working in their organisations for the past 5 years are also eligible, irrespective of their domicile.
Other State candidates who have studied VIII, IX, X, XI and XII Std. in Tamil Nadu are eligible to apply.

Let me list few things for you to consider:
1. A ship has a crew of 28 to 30 members, all being male colleagues.
2. Nature of work is very much physically demanding if in engineering side, since the working atmosphere might go to temperatures of around 45 - 50 degree C.
3. Got to be mentally tough.
4. Not all people get to see the world just because they work on ships.