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Common Entrance Tests for Admissions                           called for Counselling at designated IMU Campus(es) and
                                                               will involve verification of original mark sheets and certifi-
All admissions to the various UG and PG programmes of the      cates, physical fitness clearance, and allotment of seats in
IMU and its Affiliated Institutes are done through All-India   the IMU Campuses or Affiliated Institutes.
Common Entrance Tests (CETs) conducted every year, usu-
ally in the month of April.                                    N.B: Admissions to Diploma in Nautical Science leading to
                                                               B.Sc. (Applied Nautical Science) programme in Affiliated
There is a CET common to all UG programmes.                    Institutes are open only to 'sponsored candidates', i.e. can-
                                                               didates sponsored by Ship Owning or Managing Companies
There is a CET common to the 2 MBA programmes; another         who qualify in IMU's CET for UG programmes.
CET common to the 2 M.Tech programmes; and yet another
CET for the programme.                                         Computer-based (Online) CETs

The results of the CETs are valid for the particular Academic  The following facilities have been made available:
session only.
                                                                Online Registration of Applicants with facility to upload
Application Fee is Rs.1000 for General candidates and               photographs, scanned signatures and SBI challans and
Rs.700 for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates.              to download and print filled-in application in standard
                                                                    formats. For Online Registration, Applicants should
The Syllabus for CET for UG programmes is Physics, Math-            visit the website of the Indian Maritime University at
ematics, Chemistry, English, General Knowledge and Apti-            http://www.imu.edu.in
tude at Plus 2 level (CBSE, ISE and State Boards).
                                                                Facility for Applicants to download their Hall Tickets/
The Syllabi for the CETs for PG pro-                                Admit Cards with the name of the Test Venue indicated.
grammes is as follows:
                                                                Automated will be e-mails/SMS to every registered
 For the 2 MBAs - i) Quantitative ability, ii) Data inter-         Applicant on successful registration of Application, up-
     pretation, iii) Verbal ability and iv) Logical reasoning       loading of Hall Ticket, publication of results, etc.

 For the 2 M.Techs - English, General Knowledge, Apti-         Evaluation of answers and publication of CET results
     tude, Mathematics and Engineering.                             within 5 days.

The questions are of multiple choice                           Candidates are requested to visit IMU's website periodically
types.                                                         to keep track of new announcements and changes if any.

Candidates who are shortlisted based on CET scores will be

   India-born Surya Deva appointed UN Adviser on Human

                        Rights and Businesses

An India-born academician Surya Deva has been appointed as the United Nations (UN) Adviser on Human Rights and
Businesses. He was appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as the Asia-Pacific representative
of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
Surya Deva is an associate professor at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong. His research interests lie in
Business and Human Rights, India-China Constitutional Law, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable
Development. In 2014, he was elected a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of
Constitutional Law. Recently he had written a background paper for India's National Framework on Business and Human
Rights. He is one of the founding Editors-in-Chief of the Business and Human Rights Journal. He also sits on the Editorial
Board of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights.

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

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