The proposed Goa Institute of Maritime Excellence (GIME) has run into rough waters even before its inception, as only one university has responded to the states call for bidders to set up the institute.<\/p>\n
The state had decided to start 22 long-term, short-term, mandatory, and optional courses at GIME. A senior official said the concessionaire would have to run six mandatory courses and 16 optional ones.<\/p>\n
Other courses include safety, rescue, fire fighting and first aid, dinghy sailing, kayak, sea bob, and water toy courses, lifeguard courses for professionals, lifeguard courses for swimming pools, beach guard courses for professionals, and adventure courses such as for scuba diving, fly boards, yacht deck crew, cruise and super yacht hospitality. It also mooted courses for fishing trawler skippers and electric boat operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"