The journey of Tempest was started way back in 1973 as “Marino Fest”, by the 1973-77 batch of the Directorate of Marine Engineering and Training (DMET). This was a testimony to the fact that in spite of all the discipline and scheduled life at college, the mariners were nowhere to be left behind when it came to being involved with the city of Calcutta. The first step to the fest started with two m
onth’s stipend money contributed by four of our forefathers. ‘This’ then went on to become a stepping stone in the history books of heritage Calcutta and ‘Marino Fest’.
“Making Waves to Save Our Seas”- Tempest 2011 is an effort. An attempt to bring the thinking youth of the city under one roof, and to think about where we stand today. In a world where Marine Pollution has brought the entire world to stop and think, ‘we’ need to come together and put in our efforts. As they say, ‘never judge a man by his size’; it is high time we realized that every mortal is important and in some way or the other we do make a contribution. A contribution to the pollution; and if we try, a major contribution to protecting over three fourths of the world. Tempest is a movement-a journey where each one of us who are a part of it, take a pledge to put in the tiniest little effort from each of our sides to make the ‘blue planet’ a better place. Rightfully as Michael Jackson had once said,
“There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me”
In 2011, we start a new wave at Marine Engineering and Research Institute by bringing back Cacophony, by giving fuel to Chakravyuh and by giving birth to Propulsions.
