Cadets coming out of any Merchant Navy training institute often are equipped with the relevant academic knowledge. However that alone is not enough to excel in the Merchant Navy profession. What are equally required are employability skills such as:

The key differentiating factor that makes Bharath Institute of Marine Services stand out is its stress on its unique Employability Skills Enhancement Program targeted at its students, to make them 'job ready'. BIMS realizes that there is a greater demand for cadets with good soft skills, across the industry. We therefore focus on both domain-specific skill-set as well as soft skills so that the learning curve and transition into the Marine Industry is considerably reduced.