Dr G A Ramadass — Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai — gave the Keynote Address regarding the Deep Ocean Mission in Professional Session Two – “Coastal Resilience: Analysing India’s Current Policy Framework”, on Day Two of the Vice Admiral KK Nayyar Fellowship Conference 2023.

About the Speaker:

Dr G A Ramadass is the Director of the National Institute of Technology (NIOT), Chennai — an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. His research areas include Deep Sea Technology, Deep Sea Mining, Underwater Acoustics, and Marine Instruments. Presently, he is coordinating a project for the development of the Indian Manned Scientific Submersible ‘MATSYA 6000’, which intends to carry three scientists/engineers to a depth of 6000 metres in the ocean. Since the inception of the NIOT, he has been leading different technology development projects. In 2010, he won the National Geoscience Award under the “Exploration of Oil and Natural Gas” category and the NRDC Award for the year 2017. He led the NIOT team during the 34th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica in February- March 2015. The Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe) — developed indigenously at the NIOT — was used for exploration in the lake and shelf area of Antarctica during this expedition. A doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and M.Sc from IIT, Kharagpur, Dr Ramadass has handled technology development programmes leading to products and patents. He has been the Chief Scientist of several cruises and scientific explorations on-board various research vessels. He has a number of publications in international journals and international conferences, as well as four international patents.