Hi Lavish.....

Merchant Navy is always considered a very exciting career because it is full of adventurous life. In Merchant Navy you need to a lot of travelling of all around the world. It may also have paid an impressive salary for their employees. That is the reason thousands of young candidates in India attract to join Merchant Navy and join the most adventurous life. Merchant Navy is a commercial/private raft which deals with commodities transportation in all around the world. Nowadays, a large percentage of export and imports are migrating through the sea. Except this, you do not have any other choice. Whether you are importing or exporting oil, heavy machinery, etc., you have the only choice to import or export the any commodities via sea. That is an area where the Merchant Navy comes into action and will power. Merchant Navy is a field where you consistently get to travel in different cities in the world. The person who loves to travel should option to make his career in Merchant Navy fields. There are various job posts in the Merchant Navy, but the top positions include radio officers, marine engineers and navigating officers.

Eligibility Criteria for Merchant Navy: For any top job position in Merchant Navy related to engineering fields, navigational officer candidates are required to follow courses, Bachelors degree course in Marine engineering or Nautical Science. The minimum required eligibility criterion for Merchant Navy is passed 12th from any recognized board with PCM as main subjects. Candidates should pass medical fitness test examination. Some other physical requirements, criteria include is eyesight should be 6/6 with no colour blindness affected. Candidate must be unmarried/single. These criteria are fixed for both female and male candidates.

You have also option to direct entry in the Merchant Navy. Direct entry to the Merchant Navy through following strategy:

Firstly, you can get a job as a Deck Cadet, if passed 12th class with PCM stream. B. Tech candidates, who have completed their degree in Electrical / Mechanical engineering, can get a job in the Merchant Navy as a post of Fifth Engineer/Junior Engineer/ Engine Cadet. Required to go through basic pre-sea training for those Candidates who have got a direct entry for deck cadets. Which is generally arranged by the recruiting company of the Merchant Navy. And candidates, who got a direct entry for jobs as an engineering cadet should do nine months long Pre-sea training in Marine Engineering from MERI College. Salary payment is one thing that you do not need to worry about in Merchant Navy jobs. Starting salary of a Navy employee is Rs 12k and could increase up to Rs 8 Lakh per month.

Hope this helps......Thank U