Me and my wife were immensely proud when he obtained his “Diploma in Marine Surveying”.


Our pride was multi-fold when he was accorded the “Student of the Year Award”, on board the prestigious Queen Elizabeth 2 (in 2019), during the IIMS bi-annual conference, at Dubai.


a regular feature nowadays (...modest confession...).


I have tremendous faith in the ability and energy of today’s youth. Essentially, as part of my retirement plan, my vision board is to capitalize on my maritime experience (coupled with my oratorical skills) and become a teacher in the maritime world.


It will give me immense satisfaction and pride to impart my knowledge and experience to deserving youngsters, who aspire to enhance their professional life, by inducting themselves in the maritime industry.


Rohan receiving the “Student of the Year” award in 2019 from Mike Schwarz


Q10. How might I find Uday relaxing at the end of a hard day’s work?


I have multiple choices for that.


Primarily, a walk in the park revitalizes me at any time of the day or night. I connect well with the solitude and serene ambiance of nature, whilst I walk alone. My beloved wife had once gifted me a book called “In the Sphere of Silence”. I am QUITE CONVINCED that she has NOT read that book, but I did finish reading it. I continue to reap benefits of the values that I imbibed from this book. I would suggest that it is a “must read book” for one and all.


My relaxation mode would be to read diverse books (not on a computer, but the paper-back version).


I do nurse a passion for hearing yest- year (ROMANTIC) melodies of Indian Bollywood movies. The poetry and purity of some of those compositions are vintage and priceless. They are integral to my “never-say-die” positive attitude and my immense belief in the power of love.


Of late (thanks to covid related lock- down) I have developed an inclination to play “on-line scrabble”. It gives me a “high” whenever I score a BINGO by making words with “all seven tiles in”,


My goal is to demonstrate to aspirants that it is NOT mandatory to be a seaman, to become a marine surveyor. There are numerous entry options. Primarily, they need to find a mentor and adopt the “on-job- training” model.


The aspiring youngsters need to be educated that they must enhance their knowledge by doing relevant courses for leveraging. In fact, courses conducted by IIMS could be the perfect platform.


There are so many other methods of induction, which a well-meaning youngster can easily enshrine. By being involved in all above activities, I will continue to learn more and add value to my post- retirement life.


Like my mentor Tony Sir often says, I too believe that “being a student is a life-long process”.


Q11. What are the main attractions of living and working in Dubai?


Dubai is “home away from home”, especially for people like me who hail from Mumbai, which is on the west coast of India. Lifestyles are similar and airline connectivity to my hometown are fantastic.


Dubai is a perfect harmony of modernization, finely blended with cultural values.


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However, I am very clear in my thoughts that “my boots will NOT hang, until I am incapable of tying the boot-laces, by my own self”. After thought: No wind blows in favor of a ship that has no destination... THEREFORE... my destination will always be my QUEST for EXCELLENCE.


“Social tolerance and familial happiness” are high up on the agenda of the city fathers and decision makers. Dubai takes pride in providing “quality service” and “value for money”. Cost of living has definitely increased. Gone are the days when you could earn enough to save something for the rainy days. Nevertheless, there are abundant opportunities for prospering, when you do things the RIGHT way.


Q.12 When you finally decide to hang up your surveying boots, what will you miss most?


UNDOUBTEDLY... the lure of the sea... AND the bliss therein.


Uday on the job at sea


The below image (as received from a fellow seaman) says it all... once a seaman ALWAYS a seaman.


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