This industry is growing at an annual rate of 18%, and trained professionals who possess the requisite technical and managerial knowledge can steer it in the desired direction. Experts of this field can look forward to a rewarding career from the initial days itself, as the variegated sectors of this industry provide ample opportunities to them at all levels.
Similarly, the MBA Port & Shipping Management course of UPES has been setup with the aim of organizing the maritime trade sector of the country. The employment opportunities exist in more than 8 fields of this industry, which account for 95% of the country’s trade by volume and 70% by value.
These two courses are run by the Colleges for Transportation Logistics of UPES, and have durations for two years. Interested candidates need to give a national level management aptitude test, like CAT, MAT or GMAT, or the UPES-MET, and the shortlisted candidates are called for interviews and group discussions by this University of Petroleum Studies.