User:Achingemini/sandbox

Mr. Achintya Bikas Dutta (Achintya), after graduated from the Directorate Marine Engineering Training (formally known as DMET and now called as the Indian Maritime University) in 1987,joined the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI Ltd) as junior engineer (5th Engineer) and continued his fleet service in SCI Ltd. till 2003 (round about 15 years) at various ranks and had sailing experience as Chief Engineer for more than 7 years. Being fortunate enough to be associated with the Indian National Fleet (SCI Ltd), he could sail on most of the types of vessels (viz, Bulk Carriers, Oil Tankers, General Cargo ships, Container carriers, Specialized tankers, Passenger ships and also on offshore vessels). A B Dutta has also assisted SCI Tanker Division during construction of its new Swez-max tankers in the Huyndai Shipyard, ULSAN, South Korea way back in 1993-94. He has worked with the SCI Ltd. in the capacity of Manager (Tech.) for nearly two years. He joined the Directorate General of Shipping in November 2004, and continued there till January 2019 (which is almost another 15 Years). Presently, he is associated with the Indian Ocean MOU on port State control Secretariat as Secretary since February 2019.

While serving the Indian Maritime Administration, he has also worked as Port State Control Officer(PSCO), carried out PSC inspections on many ships in the ports of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Kandla, Mundra, Vizag, Haldia, Port Blair and Paradip.

He is a qualified examiner for the Marine Engineers of all grades, he is also a qualified Lead Auditor for ISO and ISM.

In many occasions, he also has represented India either as a member or as the Head of the Indian Delegation on the sessions/meetings (Technical Committee meeting, MEPC, PPR, HTW, Inter-sessional meetings on GHG emissions, Intersessional meetings on Low Sulphur Fuel Oil, Steering committee of CO2 Update Study 2014, Low Sulphur Fuel Oil etc.) in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), London, and on Climate Change issues (SDG14) in the UN General Assembly, New York. He has taken part as the Project coordinator on the IMO-UNDP-GFC launched GloMEEP & GloBallast Projects. While serving in the Directorate General of Shipping under Ministry of Shipping, he was one of the nominated members of the ship Recycling committee since 2015.He has been also actively involved in enforcement of various types of Rules under M.S. Act in India through Survey & Inspection, Casualty investigations.