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Meet our Team @ HQ

Stephen Window
Head of Qualifications - Professional Development , The Nautical Institute

Somiyeh Djavanroodi
Qualifications Team, Nautical Institute

Argiro Bell
Senior Administrator, Nautical Institute
Meet our Instructors

Captain Sarabjit Butalia FNI
Short course instructor

Captain Sanjay Mittal
Short Course Instructor
After a fruitful innings at sea, Captain Mittal held various leadership positions in the areas of Ship Management and Marine Consultancy. He currently runs a consultancy with a broad range of services including Inspections, TMSA Audits, Navigational Assessments, Surveys and Incident Support. He is also frequently consulted on Admiralty claims, particularly in oil and gas transportation, and has investigated several maritime incidents. He has been a member of various loss prevention bodies and has worked actively to promote safe practices. He has also been instrumental in conceptualizing leading initiatives in shipboard training, which have since become an industry norm.
Capt. Mittal is based in Singapore and holds an MBA with Distinction from University of Bradford.

Mrs Naomi Rewari
Instructor
Director of Applied Research International, Naomi Rewari holds a M.Sc. Post Graduate Certificate in Education and has set up a maritime training institute offering maritime courses. She is part of the senior management team of a simulation technology institute, delivering simulation solutions across the globe and has spearheaded the use of simulators for competency assessments. A practitioner using psychometric tools for personality and aptitude assessment, Naomi has contributed a chapter to The Nautical Institutes' publication entitled “Human Performance and Limitations” and co-authored the IMO Model Course 6.10 “Train the Simulator Trainer and Assessor”.

Mr Anjaney Borwankar
Co-founder & Chief Strategist, Navozyme
Anjaney Borwankar (Anjan) is a serial entrepreneur and a seasoned business executive with over two decades of management experience. He is a thought leader on Digital Transformation and Blockchain and a regular speaker at leading conferences worldwide.
Anjan co-founded Navozyme, a Singapore headquartered technology company dedicated to enhancing lives in the maritime sector via proprietary blockchain enabled platforms. Navozyme is leading several transformative blockchain pilots in Europe and Asia.
Anjan has a Blockchain Strategy and FinTech Certification from Oxford University (Said Business School).

Dr Simon Daniels
Instructor
Simon qualified as a Solicitor in 1984, specialising in criminal and marine dispute resolution, before moving to the academic field, where he managed the law and business parts of the MCA-accredited Merchant Vessel Operations programme at Warsash Maritime Academy. He led the BSc (Hons) Degree course in Marine Operations Management from its inception in 2008, taking it to a collaborative partnership in Hong Kong, and forging links with another partner in Colombo. He has remained a qualified Solicitor and in 2012 was awarded a PhD for his thesis: The Criminalisation of the Ship’s Master. A new approach for the new millennium. He has published a number of academic papers and, in 2016, wrote Corporate Manslaughter in the Maritime and Aviation Industries, published by Taylor & Francis. In 2021 Simon contributed a number of articles to the Nautical Institute's magazine Seaways. His book Responsibility and Accountability in Maritime Law was published by Taylor & Francis in April 2022. He is now writing a new textbook on Shipboard Management studies, to be published by Taylor & Francis in 2024.

Captain Sushil Bhan
Instructor

Captain Ajay Varma
Instructor
After spending 27 years sailing, Capt. Ajay Varma has spent over 15 years working as a certified Navigation and Safety Trainer/Auditor. He is an alumnus of TS Rajendra (1979-80) and holds a Navigation Assessors Certificate from the Tokyo Maritime University amongst other industry qualifications and certifications. He founded his own Navigation Consultancy company in November 2020.
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