The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India
Dr M Ravichandran, Secretary-MoES, along with Mission Director Dr M V Ramanamurthy witnessing MoES-NIOT's indigenously-developed deep-ocean human scientific submersible Matsya6000 integration at NIOT and having discussions with project team.
In the human cabin, along with
Matsya 6000, Developed by NIOT, is India's first manned submersible, set to explore 6,000 meters beneath the ocean's surface. This three-person vessel, part of the Samudrayaan mission, aims to unlock the secrets of deep-sea resources and biodiversity. The initial trials will dive
An Indian patent No369964 is granted today to
@MoES
-NIOT-OOS for the invention REAL TIME TSUNAMI MONITORING SYSTEM. Inventors R.Venkatesan, M.Arul Muthiah, R.Sundar, K.Ramesh-Unique features:Dual telemetry,power,Smart Interface,Multi mode comm. to TEWC
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@drrvenkatesan1
@MoesNiot
team successfully demonstrated human underwater capsule by carrying Director-NIOT & two senior scientists for mission endurance test & spent one and half hour at 7 m water depth with in-house made life support system for manned submersible program SAMUDRAYAAN.
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Hon'ble Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Science & Technology and Health & Family Welfare Dr.Harsh Vardhan dedicated the Coastal Research Vessel (CRV) Sagar Anveshika to the nation on 9th-Jan-2021 at Chennai Port.
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@pibchennai
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@ESSO_INCOIS
@ncaor_goa
NIOT celebrated International Day of Forest & conducted mega tree plantation drive with CISF Unit ASG Chennai by planting about 1000 saplings at NIOT campus. Padma Shree
@Actor_Vivek
(Actor & Environmentalist) joined as chief Guest & graced the occasion.
@moesgoi
@CISFHQrs
AUV - Ocean Mineral Explorer 6000 realized from Kongsberg, Norway has successfully completed 30 hours exploration at 5271 m in PMN CIO Site (13 DEG S) using
@MoesNiot
ship Sagar Nidhi.
@moesgoi
@CentreCoastal
United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) organizes a virtual session on "The Oceans and the Monsoon" on Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 6.15 P.M.
Link to register & participate at this event :
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@moesgoi
Hon'ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 1.5 Lakh litres per day capacity Low Temperature Thermal Desalination plants Established by
@MoesNiot
at Amini and Kalpeni, UT Lakshadweep on 18 March 2023.
@moesgoi
@CentreCoastal
@ESSO_INCOIS
Exploratory Mining Trials were conducted in the
#AndamanSea
locations for polymetallic nodules by the
#DeepSeaMining
Group of
#NIOT
. The locations had been surveyed and indicated by the Geological Survey of India (
@GeologyIndia
). A specially built seabed mining machine, Varaha-3
NIOT- MOES Buoys in BoB, captured Cyclone Amphan signals. Sea Level Pressure dropped to 976 hPa & Wind Speed increased to 22 m/s in BD13 buoy & Significant Wave Height increased in BD11 buoy. These buoys are located at a distance of 70 & 135 nm respectively from the cyclone track
Patent granted for First-of-its-kind intelligent electromagnetic homing system for reliably & precisely controlling & guidingย AUVs under all environmental conditions"
Inventors
Dr N Vedachalam, Dr G A Ramadass,ย Mr R Ramesh,ย Mrs V Balanagajyothi, Mr V DossPrakash, Mr. A Umapathy
First set of Drone based CTD & Multi parameter sensor data sampling collected/carried out by Ocean Electronics Group of
@MoesNiot
in support of
@CentreCoastal
at Coringha Mangroves forest - Kakinada ( Andra Pradesh) on 26-11-2023 using a customised hexacopter drone.
@moesgoi
Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, conducted review meeting on Collaborative Research Projects under 6 verticals of Deep Ocean Mission at National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai on 5th July 2024...
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Under MoES Atmospheric Technology by IMD & NIOT, in house built, Solar powered, Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG) system with built-in Indigenous Data Acquisition System developed by OOS-NIOT, installed at NIOT campus, Chennai has been unveiled by Dr. G.A. Ramadass, Director,NIOT today.
Dr.G.Latha,Scientist-G & Head-Ocean Acoustics,NIOT has been selected under Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)-Visiting Advanced Joint Research(VAJRA) scheme for carrying out collaborative research with Dr. Gopu R. Potty, University of Rhode Island,USA as VAJRA faculty
As part of
#SwachhSagarSurakshitSagar
campaign of Govt. of India,
@MoesNiot
organised coastal clean-up & awareness raising campaign in Marina Beach on 6.8.22, jointly with GCC,Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Dept. of Environment & Climate Change,Govt. of Tamil Nadu,
@csir_serc
&
@clriindia
.
Mission Innovation(MI) is a global initiative of 24 countries & the European Union,working to accelerate clean energy innovation.Dr Purnima Jalihal,GH-EFW,NIOT has been selected as MI Champion for India for the year 2020 & was recognized by MI in a virtual award ceremony on 12/06
Honโble Minister of
@moesgoi
Shri Kiren Rijiju inaugurated beach cleanup campaign at Elliots beach Chennai in presence of Dr.Ravichandran Secy. MoES, Dr. Ramadass Director
@MoesNiot
, Dr.Ramanamurthy Director NCCR & Dr.Balachandran Head RMC-IMD on occasion of World Oceans Day.
Today(18-09-2021)
@MoesNiot
has transferred technology of "Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon and oil spill in marine environment by hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial consortia" to industry.
@moesgoi
@CentreCoastal
@ESSO_INCOIS
Workshop on development of the Regional Environmental Management Plan for the Indian Ocean by the International Seabed Authority, was inaugurated by Dr. M Ravinchandran, Secretary,
@moesgoi
, Govt. of India at the
@MoesNiot
, Chennai.
@ESSO_INCOIS
@CentreCoastal
MoU between NIOT & IMD was signed for commissioning of one X Band Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) at NIOT on 28th September 2020.
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@CentreCoastal
NIOT, under MoES, has established Low-Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) plants in
#Lakshadweep
with support from the UT Administration. These plants utilise the natural temperature difference between the surface and deeper ocean layers to produce 1.5 lakh liters of potable
A Knowledge Workshop on Prospects in Deep Sea Mining was conducted by
@MoesNiot
& FICCI under the aegis of
@moesgoi
, at the NIOT Campus, Chennai. It was attended by scientists/experts working in the area & representatives from industry, government & academia.
NIOT and INCOIS Scientistsย & Engineers have joined together to successfully execute the retrieval WHOI Buoy system with all sensors intactย ย in Northern Bay of Bengal on board RV Sagar Nidhi.
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@CentreCoastal
@ESSO_INCOIS
@WHOI
A MoU has been signed between
@MoesNiot
& CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) , towards recognition of NIOT as a Designated Institute (DI) in Underwater Acoustics in India. The signing of MoU has been held on January 15, 2024 at CSIR-NPL Delhi.
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@cen
As part of the conference, an Ocean Summit chaired by Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary-MoES, Government of India was conducted. Representatives from Bangladesh, Angola and high level delegates from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh were part of the summit.
The Bhoomi puja for OTEC powered desalination plant in Kavaratti was performed by the Honorable Administrator of U.T. Lakshadweep Shri. Praful. K. Patel in the presence of Dr. G.A.Ramadass,Director,NIOT,
Dr. Purnima Jalihal, Dr. G.Venkatesan on 31-03-2022
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@CentreCoastal
Mobile application "Co-tidal model for Gulf of Khambhat" as a part of North Indian Ocean Tide developed by Coastal and Environmental Engineering,
@MoesNiot
has been released by Dr.Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Hon'ble Secretary,
@moesgoi
, meeting held at CMLRE, Cochin on 31-Oct-2019.
Shri.Arul Muthiah Scientist-F from
@MoesNiot
attended the launch of GSLV-F14 INSAT 3DS-fully funded by
@moesgoi
,at Sriharikota,Andrapradesh. This mission aims to enhance Meteorological observations,monitor land & Ocean surfaces for improved weather forecasting & disaster warning
The patent titled "Wireless based expendable temperature profiling system" has been granted & the authors are Mr.S.Muthukumaravel, Mr.V.Gowthaman, Dr Tata Sudhakar, Dr M A Atmanand.
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@ESSO_INCOIS
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@CentreCoastal
New Coastal Research Vessel, Sagar Anveshika has been officially delivered to
@MoesNiot
at M/s TWL shipyard, Kolkata on 14th February 2020. This ship is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and latest sophisticated Scientific Equipment & handling facilities.
@moesgoi
@MoesNiot
team successfully deployed a surface buoy with a novel mooring configuration with subsea sensors upto 1000m water depth for the first time for long term in situ measurements of current and temperature profiles off Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian sea.
@moesgoi
NIOT, NRDC and L&T Defence haveย signed a Tripartite Technology Transfer agreement on 19 Aug 2021, enabling NIOTย to transfer it's 8ย patentedย technologies to L&T Defence for manufacturing in India, and making the research results available for the benefit of the society.
@moesgoi
Happy to inform that
@MoesNiot
is awarded an Indian Patent on HYDROPHONE ARRAY DESIGN - HIGH SENSITIVE BROADBAND SONAR RECEIVER ARRAY WITH MOTION SENSOR FOR UNDERWATER IMAGING APPLICATIONS.
On the nomination of
@moesgoi
& PR of India-DG IMD the UN body
@wmo
Geneva, appointed Dr R Venkatesan, GH OOS of
@MoesNiot
as a Vice-Chair of SG OOIS at a newly restructured
@wmo
VC of the Study Group on Ocean Observations & Infrastructure Systems. Good recognition
@GOOSocean
The National Institute of Ocean Technology is delighted to announce that Shri K Thirumurugan, Scientist โ E, Ocean Observation Systems, has been honored with the prestigious Er. M P Baya National Award 2024 by The Institution of Engineers (India), Udaipur Local Centre. This award
Dr. Purnima Jalihal, Scientist G, NIOT shared her view in an interview in the Women in Science Exclusive Interview on All India Radio as part of the Meet the Women influencers in the field of Science and Technology.
@moesgoi
@ESSO_INCOIS
@CentreCoastal
@ncaor_goa
Leaving computers on and unattended after office hours can make them vulnerable to malicious attacks along with consumption of energy and CO2 emissions.
Sentinal developed by NIOT addresses this by automatically shutting down systems after *office* hours, unless extended by the
Ocean Electronics group of
@MoesNiot
has carried out the observations of Drone based Air Quality Index parameter measurements including Sonde & Black carbon sensor science payloads mounted on a customised hexacopter drone of
@MoesNiot
in support of
@iitmpune
@moesgoi
@ESSO_INCOIS
Scientific user (NIOT,
@ncaor_goa
&
@CSIRNIOGoa
) meet was held for utilization of 6000 meter depth rated AUV being developed for deep sea mineral exploration in Indian Ocean regions. AUV 6000 will be joining the fleet of NIOT-
@moesgoi
deep water vehicles soon.
@CentreCoastal
Honorable Minister of Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh(
@DrJitendraSingh
) reviewed the progress of Samudrayaan-Matsya6000 project (under Deep Ocean Mission) with senior scientists and officials of NIOT on the Foundation Day of MoES - 27th July 2024.
#Samudrayaan
In the recognition of the great achievement in deep-ocean technology and in promoting international cooperation, Dr. M.A. Atmanand,Director NIOT was presented with an Award by the International Society of Ocean & Polar Engineers (ISOPE),California,USA
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@CentreCoastal
A mega beach cleaning programme to promote public awareness on prevention of marine pollution was organised in Mayabundar Karmatang beach & Diglipur Ramnagar Beach at North Andaman on 21-05-2023 jointly by NIOT,
@moesgoi
, Dept. Forest A&N,MoEF & CC and A&N Admin.,as part of G20
An Indian Patent has been granted for โA SYSTEM FOR PUMPING COLD WATER DEPLOYING PERMANENTLY MOORED FLOATING CONDUIT FROM DEEP SEAโ developed by
@MoesNiot
Name of the Inventors:
1.DR. PURNIMA JALIHAL
2.D. SUDHA
3.ASHWANI VISHWANATH
@rajeevan61
@moesgoi
@CentreCoastal
@ncaor_goa
Dr.M.A.Atmanand, Director,
@MoesNiot
delivered a speech on India's Initiatives to tackle plastic pollution at Indo-UK workshop on Marine Litter which is held at Hotel Turyaa, Chennai which is conducted by
@CentreCoastal
& UK Science and Innovation Network.
@CentreCoastal
@moesgoi
Contd..
@MoesNiot
ย AUV - OMe 6000 had acquired high resolution sea floor images of polymetallic manganese nodule field at 5271 m depth from 5 m altitude in Central Indian Ocean on 17/18thย December 2022 from research ship Sagar Nidhi.
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@CentreCoastal
Signing of MoU for Providing Technical Guidance & Design for Climate Resilient Coastal Protection Measures for the state of Odisha by Dr G A Ramadass Director,NIOT & Shri Bijay Kumar Mishra Engineer-in chief Department of Water Resources,Odisha
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@CentreCoastal
Dr. M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT has been selected for the prestigious MoES National Award of Excellence in Ocean Technology, in view of his pioneering work in the area of deep-sea technologies.
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@CentreCoastal
@ncaor_goa
@INCOISPFZ
Dr.Malini V.Shankar, IAS (Retd.), Vice Chancellor, IMU along with Senior Professors visited NIOT laboratories and had discussion with Director, NIOT and Senior Scientists regarding research initiatives.
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@ESSO_INCOIS
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@MoesNiot
indigenously-developed Manned Submersible Matsya6000 Emergency Rescue System qualified at 500m water depth in the Bay of Bengal.
The system shall help to locate & recover the submersible when stranded in the seafloor.
@KirenRijiju
@Ravi_MoES
@garamadass
@moesgoi
An Indian patent is awarded to
@MoesNIOT
for the invention titled "A system and method for calibrating acoustic tide gauge", No. 371442 dated 08th Jul 2021. Inventors: R. Sundar, R. Srinivasan, Dr. G.A. Ramadass, Dr. M.A. Atmanand.
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@moesgoi
@garamadass
@atmanandma
Ms. Anne Line Wold, Director General, Ministry of Research & Higher Education, Norway along with Norwegian delegates visited
@MoesNiot
on 06-02-2020 and MoU signed between NTNU,
@MoesNiot
and NCPOR.
@moesgoi
@CentreCoastal
NOAMI Bangladesh is inviting for a lecture by Dr.R.Venkatesan, NIOT on Ocean Observation System-Present & Future:Context Bay of Bengal
Date:17-06-2021
Time: 3:25 P.M IST (15:55 to 17:30 Bangladesh Time).
Zoom link:
YouTube link: