Mr. Rajeeva Prakash has over 40 years’ experience in the shipping industry as a marine engineer, both on shore and at sea. He started his sailing career with Shipping Corporation of India and further sailed with United Ship Management, Hong Kong. He holds the certificate of Extra First Class Marine Engineer issued by the Directorate General of Shipping. Mr. Prakash is an academician by training and holds a “Training for Trainer and Assessors” certificate issued by the Maritime Training Institute of the Shipping Corporation of India. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers (India) and is presently a member of the School Board of Marine Engineering at Indian Maritime University (IMU). Mr. Prakash is an ex-member of the Executive Council, Academic Council and Court of Indian Maritime University. He has served as the Institute in-charge of the Marine Engineering and Research Institute (IMU, Mumbai campus) and has been director of various campuses of the IMU.