MAEER’s Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education and Training more popularly known as MANET was founded in 2001 in the MIT, Kothrud Campus to train Cadets to join the Merchant Navy. MANET is approved by Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping), Ministry of Shipping, Government of India. It offers two streams of curriculum: 4 years B.Tech. (Marine Engineering) and 3 years B.Sc. (Nautical Science). MANET has a Ship-in-Campus which is a fully operational replica of a ship’s engine-room and Cadets are trained in it to get a feel of actual ship boarding engine-room operations. In terms of placement all the cadets have been placed in reputed Indian and foreign shipping companies.