National Institute of Water Sports (NIWS) conducts both on-campus and off-campus training courses. During the period from 2009-10 till now, such courses have been conducted at Goa, Maharashtra (), , Valley- , ), Andaman & Nicobar, Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), J&K (Jammu), Uttaranchal (), Delhi, , Darjeeling, Karnataka ( Nagar) and in Kerala (Calicut & ).
Expenditure incurred on conducting the courses is as below:
| Sr. No. | Year | Expenditure (Rs.) |
| 1 | 2009-10 | 523055 |
| 2 | 2010-11 | 545457 |
| 3 | 2011-12 | 731216 |
| 4 | From April 2012 | 230075 (Approx.) |
Total number of courses conducted by the Institute (NIWS) and number of persons trained therein during each of the last three years and the current years as follows:-
| Number of courses conducted | Number of trainees | ||
| 1. | 2009-10 | 26 | 636 |
| 2. | 2010-11 | 38 | 869 |
| 3. | 2011-12 | 43 | 1026 |
| 4. | From April 2012 till now | 19 | 330 |
Scheduling of out-station courses are done on the basis of requests received from the sponsoring agency. Specific to Maharashtra, during May-June 2012, Institute has conducted 04 courses each in Life Saving Techniques & Powerboat Handling-Tiller at (). Few more courses are being scheduled on receding of the Monsoon. The request for few courses at region is also being finalized.
This information was given by the Minister for Tourism, Kant in a written reply to Suresh in today.
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