The Company of Master Mariners of India (CMMI) was established in 1957 by 54 Master Mariners serving in the Government of India. Over the years, CMMI has grown and established itself as a central body representing senior Merchant Navy officers in India. Some key events in CMMI's history include purchasing office space in 1994, starting biannual seminar programs in 2003, introducing new membership rules in 2006 to encourage more young Master Mariners to join, and continuing to provide a forum for discussing matters related to the Merchant Navy and advising the government on maritime issues.

1. The Company of Master Mariners of India
ESTD. 1957
Diamond Jubilee
Compiled & Presented By : Capt. B. K. Jha
Deputy Master

2. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
1956
• Fifty four Master Mariners
serving in the Government of
India founded the Company of
Master Mariners, India
8th August 1957
• The memorandum and articles
of association were prepared
and approved by the founder
members
23rd August 1957
• The Company was registered
under the Company's Act
1956.
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History of CMMI

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We strive to always
provide a central body
representative of the
senior officers of the
Merchant Navy for the
purpose of developing
and promoting the
traditions and efficiency
of the Merchant Navy.
We encourage and
maintain a high and
honourable standard of
ability and professional
conduct in the officers of
the Merchant Navy and
we promote and
maintain, in all respects,
efficient and friendly co-
operation between the
Merchant Navy and the
Indian Navy.
We collect and circulate
statistics and other
information relating to
our industry. We actually
constitute a body of
experienced seafarers,
who will be able to act as
Members of, or to give
evidence before any
Government of India
Commissions, or any
Courts of Enquiry as may
be required by us.
We strive to provide
opportunities and
facilities for the discussion
and study of matters
concerning or affecting
the Merchant Navy and
we stand as a central
consultative body of
practical seamen, who
will be available to the
Government of India and
to ship owners, seamen
and the public, for
information and advice on
all matters connected
with the safety of ships.
We publish and distribute
periodicals, and hold
seminars for the
enhancement of
knowledge and to keep
the members up to date
on the happenings in the
industry.
We promise to undertake
and execute any trust
which may lawfully be
undertaken by the
Company and that we
believe to be conducive to
our basic objectives.
We are at all times,
striving to be the Leading
Maritime Constituency
and Fraternity in the
country.
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CMMI Noble Objectives

4. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
MOTIRAM LEKRAJ ADVANI
- Port officer Madras Port
Service
SAM BEHRAM AGA -
Marine Surveyor, Ericson
and Richards, Bombay
PHILIPOSE ALEXANDER -
Principal, Nautical and
Engineering College,
Bombay
JAGDISH CHANDRA
ANAND – Deputy Marine
Superintendent, The
Scindia Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd., Bombay
RONALD BAKER – Chief
Officer in The British India
Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
Bombay
BRIJ LAL BATRA – Cargo
Superintendent, The
Scindia Steam Navigation
co. Ltd. Bombay
PREM NATH BATRA –
Assistant Conservator,
Calcutta Port
Commissioners
SRINIVAS NARISIMHA
BAYENKAR – Dy. Harbor
Master & Dredging
Superintendent,
Vizagapatam
BOMI JEHANDBUX
BHANDARA – Pilot,
Bombay Port Trust
SARVOTAM BHANDARI –
Cargo Superintendent, The
Scindia Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd. Calcutta
NARENDRAKUMAR
NARBHERAM BHANSALI –
Commanding in The
Scindia Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd. Bombay.
ROBERT BRUCH –
Commanding in The
British India Steam
Navigation Co. Ltd.
WALTER ALFRED BUSBY –
Commanding in The
British India Steam
Navigation Co. Ltd.
SUNIT CHATTERJEE – Pilot,
Bombay Port Trust
UPKAR JUMMY SINGH
CHOPRA – Pilot, Bombay
Port Trust
JOHN RAMBOTTOM
DAVIES (O.B.E.,
Commander R.N.R. (Retd.)
– Ex-Nautical Adviser to
the Government of India.
GAJANAN DHURANDHAR
– Dredge and Dispatch
Service, Calcutta Port
Commissioners.
ALBERT EDWARD DOWEY
– Commanding in The
Scindia Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd.
CHARLES ELSON M.I.N. –
Chief Officer in The British
India Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd.
DAVID GODDARD GALE –
Marine Superintendent,
The Bankline (India) Ltd.,
Calcutta
GEORGE GEORGE –
Assistant Harbor Master,
Calcutta Port
Commissioner
ERIC HOPE GLASSUP –
Deputy Conservator &
Harbor Master,
Vizagapatnam
*MARCUS FRANCIS
SPENCER CRONIN
HARVEY, Lieut. Cmdr.
(Retd) – Capt. Supdt. T.
S.DUFFERIN, Bombay
JOHN STANLEY HAWKES –
Dock Master, Bombay Port
Trust
JOHN JAMES HERBERT –
Commanding in The India
Steamship Co. Ltd.
SADANAND
HARISCHANDRA
HONAWAR – Assistant
Harbor Master, Calcutta
Port Commissioners
VASANT VISHWANATH
JAVADEKAR, Nautical
Surveyor, Directorate
General of Shipping,
Calcutta
CHARLES WILLIAMS
JENKINS – Commanding in
The British India Steam
Navigation Co. Ltd.
PREM NATH KAPANI –
Acting Dock Master,
Bombay Port Trust
*RAMKRISHNA
GANGADHAR KARNIK
M.B.E. – Pilot, Bombay
Port Trust
NOSHIRWAN
KAIKHUSROO KERSHAW –
Chief Officer, Training Ship
“DUFFERIN”, Bombay
GANESH PURSHOTTAM
KIRPEKAR – Master Pilot,
Bombay Port Trust
SHRI KISHEN KUMARHIA –
Nautical Surveyor,
Directorate General of
Shipping, Bombay
DONALD BASIL LATTIN –
Marine Superintendent,
The British India Steam
Navigation Co. Ltd.
Calcutta
McDONALD MARTYN, OC.
– General Manager,
Messr. Dinshwa& Sons
Ltd. Bombay
JAYANT JAGMOHANDAS
MERCHANT – Assistant
Cargo Superintendent- A.
B. Cursetjee& Sons Ltd.,
Bombay
BANWAR LAL MITAL –
Assistant Conservator,
Calcutta Port
Commissioners
CALPAKAM JAGAN
MOHAN – Commander I.
N. (Retd) Deputy
Conservator, Calcutta Port
Commissioners.
MULJIBHAI SHANKERBHAI
PATEL – Nautical Surveyor
Directorate General of
Shipping, Bombay
ROBERT CHARLES PITT –
Commanding in The India
Steamship Co. Ltd.
PADMANABHAN
PARAMESHWARA PRASAD
– Port Officer & Secretary,
Tuticorin Port Trust
EDWARD HERBERT RABEY-
Harbor Master, Calcutta
Port Commissioner
RICHARD ARTHUR ALBERT
REGO – Dock Master,
Bombay Port Trust
THOMAS ERIC MERVYN
ROZARIO – Asst. Mar.
Superintendent, The
Scindia Steam Navigation
Co. Ltd. Bombay
*CHANGARAM
KUMARNATH SANKUNNI -
Nautical Surveyor,
Directorate General of
Shipping, Calcutta
GUR SARAN SINGH, –
Deputy Nautical Adviser to
the Government of India,
Directorate General of
Shipping.
INDERJIT SINGH, –
Executive Officer, Training
Ship “DUFFERIN”, Bombay
Harbor.
AMRITHALINGAM
SIVARAMAN – Port officer,
Cuddalore, Madras Port
Department
VENKATRAMAN KALYANA
SUNDARAM – Pilot,
Vizagapatam Port.
HEROLD THEDORE TOBIT –
Director, - Metcalf &
Hodgkinson (Private) Ltd.
Bombay
*THOMAS TOD– Marine
Superintendent, The
Mogul Line Ltd., Bombay.
WILLIAM EDWARD
VANGEYZEL – Deputy Port
Conservator, Madras Port
Trust
JOSEPH JAMES
WALMSLEY, – Ship Marine
Surveyor, Ericson &
Richardson, Bombay
EDWARD GEORGE
CONWAY YOUNG –
Marine Superintendent,
the Asiatic Steam
Navigation Co. Ltd.
Calcutta
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54 Founder Members of CMMI

5. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
Honoured by the visit of
Queen Elizabeth–II
Honoured by the visit of
The Duke of Edinburgh
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54 Founder Members of CMMI

6. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
Capt. Inderjit
Singh Capt. J. C. Anand
Capt. N. N.
Bhansali
Capt. Rozario
Our Living Legends
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7. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
Sr. No. Term Master Dy Master Sec Gen Treasurer
1 1958-60 Capt. T. Todd R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
2 1961-65 Capt. G. S. Singh R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
3 1966-68 Capt. Sam B. Aga R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
4 1969-70 Capt. J. C. Anand R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
5 1970-71 Capt. M. S. Patel R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
6 1971-72 Capt. J. C. Anand R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
7 1973-74 Capt. M. S. Patel R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
8 1974-77 Capt. J. C. Anand R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
9 1978-81 Capt. B. D. Kataria R. N. A. R. N. A. R. N. A.
10 1982-83 Capt. R. D. Kohli Capt. P. S. Vanchiswar Sr. Warden - Capt. J. S. Gill No Treasurer was appointed
11 1983-84 Capt. M. S. Karnik Capt. P. S. Vanchiswar Sr. Warden - Capt. J. S. Gill No Treasurer was appointed
12
1986-87 Capt. P. S. Barve Capt. R. D. Kohli Sr. Warden - Capt. J. S. Gill /
Capt. A. W. Kirtikar
Capt. T. E. M. D'souza
13 1987-89 Capt. P. S. Barve Capt. T. E. Rozario / Capt. N.
N. Bhansali
Capt. A. W. Kirtikar, Joint
Secretary - Capt. B. S. Aga
Capt. T. E. M. D'souza
14 1989-91 Capt. P. S. Barve Capt. T. E. Rozario Capt. A. W. Kirtikar, Joint
Secretary - Capt. B. S. Aga
Capt. E. M. D'souza
15
1991-93 Capt. P. S. Barve Capt. K. Guha Capt. A. W. Kritikar, Joint
Secretary - Capt. A. Mahapatra
Capt. E. M. D'souza
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CMMI Office Bearers
From 1958 to 1993

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Sr. No. Term Master Dy Master Sec Gen Treasurer
16 1993-95 Capt. P. S. Barve Capt. K. Guha Capt. A. W. Kritikar, Joint Secretary -
Capt. A. Mahapatra
Capt. E. M. D'souza
17 1995-97 Capt. K. Guha Capt. S. S. Naphade Capt. S. M. Halbe, Capt. D. S. Patrao &
Capt. O. P. Dhondiyal / Capt. A. W.
Kiritikar
Capt. S. K. Khurana, Joint Treasurer -
Capt. M. S. Bhardwaj / Capt. Ashok
Mahapatra
18
1997-99 Capt. K. Guha Capt. S. S. Naphade Capt. S. M. Halbe, Capt. N. M. Sassoon
& Capt. O. P. Dhondiyal
Capt. M. S. Bhardwaj, Joint Treasurer -
Capt. S. K. Khurana
19 1999-2001 Capt. K. Guha Capt. H. Subramaniam Capt. S. M. Halbe, Capt. V. N. Aindley &
Capt. A. Achuthan
Capt. M. S. Bhardwaj, Joint Treasurer -
Capt. N. A. Hiranandani
20 2001-03 Capt. H. Subramaniam Capt. N. A. Hiranandani Capt. S. B. Kundargi Capt. Rajesh Tandon
21 2003-07 Capt. N. A. Hiranandani Capt. V. N. Aindley Capt. S. B. Kundargi Capt. Ajay Achuthan
22 2007-09 Capt. R. D. Kohli Capt. M. R. Paranjpe Capt. M. V. Naik Capt. K. N. Deboo
23
2009-11 Capt. V. K. Gupta Capt. J. P. Menezes Capt. M. V. Naik Capt. R. Chandramoeleswaran
24 2011-15 Capt. V. N. Aindley Capt. S. M. Halbe Capt. Philip Mathes Capt. B. K. Jha
25 2015 - Present Capt. Philip Mathews Capt. B. K. Jha Capt. K. V. Pradhan Capt. S. Y. Limaye
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CMMI Office Bearers
From 1993 to Present

9. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
1994
•24 Sept : Fee
structure changed
from annual
membership to one
time entrance and
membership fee.
1995
•26 Sep : Purchase of
Office space in Cuff
Parade
2003
•Starting of six
monthly seminars-
Potpourri and
Spectrum
•Allowing children at
CMMI dinner
2004
•Nomination of
Varuna award &
Other award to
NMDC
•Made Honorary
Fellowship
2005
•Started BES
jointly with IME
•Command Seminar
held jointly with NI
2006
•On the membership front, our initial membership criteria and
selection process were very stringent and many young Master
Mariners were reluctant to become members. Without diluting
our qualification criteria , new rules were introduced to
encourage young member including Seagoing Master mariners.
•26th Oct : Till late 80's members were reluctant to become
wardens or office bearers. This resulted in two MASTERS being
re-elected for lengthy periods. Rules were modified ( or
Gentlemen's agreement ) to restrict position of Master being
served not more than 2 terms of 2 years each.
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CMMI Timeline

10. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
2013
• 16th May :
Starting of first
FC in Mumbai
2015
• 10th Dec : Seminars –
container with indus
try.
• Deck Cadet TAR
Book
• 24 Sep : Date we
received our Income
tax exemption under
section 12A of
Income tax act.
2016
• 20 Feb : Introducing awards – lifetime achievers, ‘ bravery at sea ‘ etc.
• Calling all chapter chairmen for meeting in Mumbai
• Aug : Representation in various bodies a) Associate Member of IFSMA, Indian Merchant
Member (IMC).
• Bombay Chamber of commerce & Industry (BCCI)
• 16 Aug : Purchase date of 2nd office.
• Sep : Received ISO certification
• Sep : Articles & Rules changed to bring them in line with present scenario
• Feb / May / Nov : Sent Delegation to IMO
2017
• July : Publishing Book
under CMMI Banner
• Legal Advise to Master
arrested Abroad
• Master Classes – 6th &
7th May (Vetting
inspection) & 15th & 16th
July (Insurance)
• Mentoring Classes
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CMMI Timeline

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New Office Inauguration

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BES Activities

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Master Classes

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Mentoring Classes

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Award 2016

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Award 2017

17. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
List of Honorary Fellowship
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Hon Fellowship No. Name Conferred on
HF / 001 Shri Raj Bahadur
HF / 002 Dr. C.P. Srivastava
HF / 003 Shrimati Mehroo Bengalee
HF / 004 Mr. William O'neil
HF / 005 Shri S. Hajara 22nd September, 2015
HF / 006 Shri Nitin Gadkari 9th November, 2015
HF / 007 Shri M. V. Ramamurthy 28th April, 2016

18. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
VARUNA Awardees
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Year Function Theme VARUNA
Ms Sumathi Morarjee
Vasant Sheth,
Dr. C. P. Srivastava
Dr. Leo Barnes
Capt. J. C. Anand
Dr. N. P. Tolani
2004 41st NMDC Sagar Mala - Meritime Revoluation in the Making' Late Capt. S. S. S. Rewari
2005 42nd NMDC India-Maritime Destination- A vision for Tomorrow' 1. S. Venkiteswaran 2. Shri. K. M. Sheth
2006 43rd NMDC Maritime Education & Training - Road Map for Future' Shri. Arun Mehta
2007 44th NMDC India - maritime transport services - opportunities and challenges None
2008 45th NMDC Solving the manning crisis in maritime industry' None
2009 46th NMDC Piracy and Criminalization - Threats to the Seafaring Profession' 1. Mr. Rashid A Yusuf 2. Late Shri Motee Jagtianee
2010 47th NMDC Seafaring - A Career of Opportinities' 1. Late Shri Jit Paul 2. Shri Michael P Pinto
2011 48th NMDC Indian Coast Line - A New Opportunity Capt. S C Sood
2012 49th NMDC Safer Maritime Navigation on Indian Coast Shri D.T. Joseph
2013 50th NMDC Last 50 years of Indian Shipping - Introspectin and Way Ahead Capt. P.S. Vanchiswar
2014 51st NMDC Maritime India - exploring avenues for HRD' None
2015 52nd NMDC Make in India - an opportunity fo the maritime sector None
2016 53rd NMDC Ease of Doing Business in the Maritime Business 1) Capt. Arun Kumar Karkare 2) Shri S. Hajara
2017 54th NMDC Connecting India through Shipping Capt. Purushottam Shankar Barve

19. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
Fecilitation Center
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20. CMMI Diamond Jubilee
Mumbai
(Head Office)
Chennai
Delhi
Goa
Kochi
Manglore
Banglore
Pune2007
Deharadun2010
Patna2010
Chandigarh2011
Vizag2011
NaviMumbai
2013
Kolkata2015
Bhubaneswar
2017
Kakinada2017
CMMI Chapters
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21. THANK YOU
Diamond Jubilee