A Mechanical Engineering Graduate choosing Marine Profession which saw him serving as a Chief Engineer on various types of vessels. Founder & CEO of Hindustan Institute of Maritime Training, Chennai. With a Penchant for Imparting Quality Maritime Training Mr. Vakil started HIMT in 1998. He has helmed with great dedication & professionalism to elevate HIMT as a most reputed Maritime Training Institution with over 2 decades of providing Quality Maritime Training to Mariners. HIMT which started off with only one Modular Training Course is today the largest Maritime Training Institute in India in terms of Number of Courses approved by DG Shipping. HIMT has received several prestigious International Awards & National recognitions. Mr. Vakil has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Lakhotia College Of Taxation and presently pursuing his PhD in Maritime Training.

BTech Course Incharge and Management representative

Chief Engineer with 24 years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels and 9 years of Teaching Experience for Engineering Competency and Modular Courses

A graduate of the World Maritime University, Malmo specializing in Maritime Education & Training handling the Business Development and the Process Improvement for HIMT Group.

Master Mariner with 15 years of Sailing Experience. Specialized in Oil Tanker Operations. Total Teaching Experience of 7 Years. Faculty for various Nautical Competency & Modular courses. Working with HIMT since July 2017

Master Mariner with 20 Years of Sailing Experienced. Specialized in DP operations. Has worked as a Senior DPO / Ballast Control Supervisor on Drill Ships & Semi Submersible Drilling Units. Faculty with HIMT since July 2015, teaching Nautical Competency Courses / DP Simulator Training Course & Modular Courses.

Master Mariner with over 25 years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels including Tankers and Passenger Vessels. 15 Years of Teaching Experience with HIMT for Passenger Ship Familiarization Course (Crowd Management), Advanced Passenger Ship Safety Course (Crisis Management) and for other Modular Courses.

Master Mariner with over 25 years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels and over 10 Years of Shore Experience. Retired Indian Naval Officer and holding Post Graduate Certificate in Law.

Worked as a Chief Engineer for over 15 years on various types of vessels. Teaching Modular & Engineering Competency Courses at HIMT for the Past 1 year.

Chief Engineer with 20 years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels and over 9 years of Teaching Experience for Pre sea Engineering, Engineering Competency and Modular Courses

Chief Officer with over 13 years of Sailing Experience on various types of Vessels. Holding Bachelors Degree in Marine Engineering Technology from BITS, Ranchi. Teaching Various Modular Courses in HIMT since July 2018.

A sailing Master Mariner with hands-on experience on Oil, Chemical, and Gas tanker vessels. A dean student of Singapore Polytechnic, awarded for academic performances by MPA -Singapore in 2014. Associated with HIMT since 2020, developing and delivering online training modules for various Pre-Sea and Post-sea courses.

Master Mariner with over 25 years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels. Command Experience of over 15 years. Teaching Nautical Competency courses at HIMT since October 2018.

Commenced Merchant Navy carrier in 1989 with SCI as Trainee Nautical Officer Cadet.
Total Sailing experience is about 24 years on oil and chemical tankers in various ranks including as Master
Worked with various Indian and Foreign flag ships and with multi-national seafarers.
12 + years teaching experience as senior marine Faculty in various reputed Maritime Training Institutes including HOD of Nautical Science.
Associated with HIMT in 2018 as Faculty and now CIC B.Sc. Nautical Science.
Have done TOTA and AECS and also associated with DGS as approved External Examiner for 2nd Mates (F.G)

Sailed as a Chief Engineer for over 20 years on various types of vessels including Passenger Ships. Specialized in LNG type of vessels. Worked as a Technical Superintendent ashore. Teaching various Modular & Engineering Competency Courses in HIMT since 2014

Worked as a Chief Engineer for 8 years on various types of Oil Tankers. Total Sailing Experience of 20 years on various types of cargo vessels. Joined HIMT in July 2019 as Faculty for Modular Courses & Engineering Competency Courses

Started as sea career as Engine Cadet with Dredging corporation on board dredgers in 1981, and worked as 5th Engineer with India Steam Ship, and SISCO. Worked up to 2nd engineer in SISCO, and worked with many ship management companies (Wallem, Great Circle, BSM, Maersk, MSC, etc, worked as chief engineer on General Cargo, Bulk Carriers, Car Carriers, Container ships. Sailed as Chief Engineer From 1991 to 2019, 28 Years as chief engineer.

Started the sea carrier as 5^th/junior engineer in the year 1995 with M/S. Barber ship management- Manning office at Mumbai and Head office at Norway.

Sailed as Chief engineer officer for a period of 12 years.

Radio Officer with over 4 years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels & over 13 years of service on various types of Offshore Drilling Units. Teaching Experience of over 10 years at HIMT for GMDSS & other Modular Courses

Sailed as a Chief Officer on various types of Vessels including Oil Tankers. Vast Teaching Experience in various Modular Courses at HIMT since 2003.

Chief Officer with over 15 Years of Sailing Experience on various types of vessels. Faculty with HIMT teaching Pre Sea Nautical / Nautical Competency & Modular Courses, since Jan 2016

Doctorate in Psychology. RCI Certified Consultant Psychologist with 12 years of experience. Counseling to various age groups to overcome personal / academic problems / Inducing Positive Attitude. Specialized in Soft Skills / Team Building / Interpersonal Relationships. Teaching in HIMT for over 5 years.

Post Graduate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Teaching various Engineering related topics in HIMT for Competency Courses.

Doctorate in Psychology. Consultant Psychologist with 15 years of experience. Counseling to various age groups to overcome personal / academic problems / Inducing Positive Attitude. Specialized in Soft Skills / Team Building / Interpersonal Relationships. Teaching in HIMT for over 7 years.

MBBS Graduate with over 23 years of Medical Practice. Specialized in Industrial Safety. Teaching First Aid related topics in HIMT for the past 20 years.

Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) from Ryazan State Medical University (Russia). Practice Experience of over 20 Years. Teaching variou First Aid Topics in HIMT for the past 10 Years

Bachelor of Dental Surgery with over 17 years of experience. Teaching First Aid related topics in HIMT for the past 14 years.

MBBS Graduate with over 25 years of Medical Practice. Giving Guest Lectures at HIMT on various Medical Topics in First Aid Courses

Respiratory Therapist specialized in Haemodynamic Monitoring & respiratory therapy with a practice experience of over 17 years with various Hospitals. Hands on experience in Emergency care Medicine for breathing problems, heart attack, drowning & shock. Faculty with HIMT since Nov 2011 teaching various First Aid Courses.

Mrs. Tarangini hails from an Educationalist family from Vadodara, Gujarat. After her initial school of education & graduation from Bachelor of Pharmacology from M.S University, Vadodra, Mrs. Tarangini started her career as Chemist with Mercury Pvt. Ltd at Vadodra, Gujarat. She rose in various levels and after a stint of 3 years in the same company. In 1998, she was instrumental in setting up HIMT along with Mr. Sanjeev S.Vakil. She has been managing all the financial activities of all the entities of HIMT Group. Additionally she has undergone the Diploma in Taxation and has been keeping herself updated with all the latest rules and regulations so as to efficiently manage the accounting of HIMT Group of Institutes.

Diploma holder in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. 25 Years of experience in operation & maintenance of various types of Industry heavy electrical equipments. Teaching Electrical topics for Pre Sea & Post Sea Training in HIMT since Feb 2016.