By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

1. Start your journey as a professional
2. Explore different jobs in the water sports industry
3. Work on getting global certifications 
4. Start earning as a professional diver

The water sports scene in India is exploding and if you want to ride the wave, both literally and metaphorically, you’ll love this workshop. This workshop by Temple Adventures is a step-by-step guide for anybody waiting to step into the next level as a professional. Here is what you’ll learn:

• Introduction
  – Identifying your passion for driving
  – Exploring job opportunities in the dive industry
  – Understanding how to begin your professional journey

• The professional path
  – Understanding different job roles
  – Exploring various business opportunities
  – Introducing financial cost
  – Understanding financial stability in different job roles

• International growth and opportunities
  – Understanding the industry in a global context
  – Receiving the correct certifications
  – Diversifying beyond India
  – Exploring liveaboards as a career option

• Professional Training at Temple Adventures
  – Divemaster
  – Instructor
  – MSDT and beyond

• Challenges on the job

• Questions and answers

Meet your host: 

Donarun Das is a mechanical engineer by degree, a graduate from the prestigious National Institute of Technology, Silchar. Along with a full time job, he managed to sign up for an Open Water Course in 2011. From then on he kept on learning new skills in diving, and did his Technical Diving course in 2014. He started helping out Temple Adventures in 2014, managing their communications. In 2016, leaving the government job aside, he moved to Pondicherry to work with Scubapro India as a defence liaison. In parallel he did his Divemaster course in 2016, and his Instructor course in 2017. By the end of 2017, he started helping manage the dive centre and slowly proceeded towards becoming a full time Director at Temple Adventures.

You can follow him on Instagram at Donarun.