Right to Information Act	RTI Annual Return
The Right to Information Act 2005 came into force for its enactment from 12th October 2005 to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority in India. Under this act, we are committed to provide the following information on our website to every citizen of India.   (i) Particulars of Organisation, Functions and Duties (ii) Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees (iii) Procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability (iv) Norms set by NIOT for the discharge of its function. (v) Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by NIOT or under its control or used by its employees for discharge its function. (vi) Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof. (vii) A statement of boards, council, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the propose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of these boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public. (viii) Directory of the officers and employees of NIOT. (ix) Monthly Remuneration Received By Each of its Officers and Employees, Including the System of compensation. (x) Budget Allocated to NIOT and to each Agency under its control. (xi) The manner of executed of Subsidy Program. (xii)  Particulars of Recipients of Concessions, permits or authorization granted by NIOT. (xiii) Details in respect of the information available to or held by NIOT, reduced in an electronic form. (xiv) Particular of the facilities available to citizens for obtaining information including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use (xv) The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers. (xvi) RTI Annual Return.     While formulating the research and development programmes, stress is laid on development of applied technology and that the benefits of these will reach the society.   For detailed information please refer NIOT's Website http://www.niot.res.in   (i) Particulars of Organisation, Functions and Duties     To develop world class technologies and their applications for sustainable utilization of ocean resources.     To provide competitive, value added technical services and solutions to organizations working in the oceans.     To develop a knowledge base and institutional capabilities in India for management of ocean resources and environment.   (ii) Powers and Duties of Officers and Employees (iii) Procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability (iv) Norms set by NIOT for the discharge of its function.   While performing the duties assigned to the different officers/staff, they exercise by and large the powers prescribed by the guidelines issued by the Government form time to time as well as those prescribed under different manuals, rules like General Financial Rules, Delegation of Financial Power Rules, Manual of Office Procedures, etc. (v) Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by NIOT or used by its employees for discharges its functions   The officers/staff of NIOT discharge their functions based on the guidelines issued by the Government from time to time as well as those prescribed under different manuals, rules like General Financial Rules, Delegation of Financial Power Rules, Manual of Office Procedures, etc. (vi) Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation there of   There is no provision to seek direct consultation/ participation of public or its representation formulation of policies of NIOT or its implementation. The policies after due process and with approval of the Governing Council of NIOT/the Government. (vii) A Statement of boards, council, committees and other bodies consisting of more persons constituted as its part or for the propose of its advice, and as the meetings of these boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public. The work of various programmes/schemes being implemented by the Institute is carried out by the Governing Council headed by the Secretary, Department of Ocean Development. The meetings of the Governing Council/any of the Committees constituted are not open to public. The minutes of such meetings are also not accessible for public. The Governing Council consist of the following members:   1. Dr.Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences Chairman 2. Shri R.Bhattacharya, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Earth Sciences Member 3. Shri D.P.Singh, I.A.S, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences Member 4. Dr. S.K.Das, Advisor, Ministry of Earth Sciences Member 5. Dr. K.N.Shankara, Prof. Satish Dawan Professor,ISRO Bangalore Member 6. Dr. P.S.Nair, Prof. Satish Dawan Professor, Bangalore Member 7. Shri A.K.Verma, Advisor (S & T), Planning Commission Member 8. Prof. V.G.Idichandy, DD-IIT, Madras Member 9. Dr.M.A.Atmanand, Director, NIOT Member - Secretary 10. Dr.V.Bhujanga Rao, Director, NSTL Member 11. Dr.Nagesh R.Iyer, Director, SERC Member (viii) Directory of the officers and employees of the NIOT:   Designation Name Telephone (Office) E-mail address Director Dr.M.A. Atmanand 6678 3301 atma@niot.res.in Scientist G Dr. Purnima Jalihal 6678 3350 purnima@niot.res.in Scientist F Dr.G. A. Ramadass 6678 3388 ramadass@niot.res.in Scientist F Dr.K. M. Sivakholundu 6678 3469 kmsiva@niot.res.in Scientist F Dr.R. Kirubagaran 6678 3418 kiruba@niot.res.in Scientist G Dr.R. Venkatesan 6678 3535 venkat@niot.res.in Manager Shri. G.V.Reddy 6678 3307 adminofficer@niot.res.in Accounts Officer I Shri T.P. Rangamaran 6678 3340 maran@niot.res.in Purchase Officer Shri S. Krishnamohan 6678 3322 mohan@niot.res.in (ix) Monthly Remuneration Received By Each of its Officers and Employees,  including the System of compensation:   Basic Pay of the Officers/Staff of the NIOT is given below. In addition, the Officers/Staff are drawing admissible allowances per the order of the Government of India issued from time to time. Sl.No. Name Designation Pay (Rs.) Grade Pay (Rs.) 1 Atmanand M A Director 59190 10000 2 Kathiroli S Cheif Scientist 68270 10000 3 Purnima Jalihal Scientist - G 56360 8900 4 Venkatesan R Scientist - G 55280 8900 5 Ramadass G A Scientist - F 56630 8900 6 Sivakholundu K M Scientist - F 55280 8900 7 Kirubagaran R Scientist - F 50580 8900 8 Rajasekhar D Scientist - F 51910 8700 9 M.V.Ramanamurthy Scientist - F 8900 10 Dhilsha Rajapan Scientist - E 53470 8700 11 Latha G Scientist - E 50390 8700 12 Tata Sudhakar Scientist - E 48920 8700 13 Raju Abraham Scientist - E 48920 8700 14 Basanta Kumar Jena Scientist - E 48920 8700 15 Vijaya Ravichandran Scientist - E 48920 8700 16 Deepak C R Scientist - E 46100 8700 17 Phani Kumar S.V.S Scientist - E 46100 8700 18 Ramesh S Scientist - E 46100 8700 19 Sankar M Scientist - E 33220 7600 20 Muthukumaravel S Scientist - D 33220 7600 21 Venkatesan G Scientist - D 31910 7600 22 Dharani G Scientist - D 30390 7600 23 Vinith Kumar N V Scientist - D 30390 7600 24 Ramesh N R Scientist - D 31120 7600 25 Saravanan R Scientist - D 31120 7600 26 Muthukrishna Babu S Scientist - D 31120 7600 27 Manoj Vasudevan Scientist - D 30420 7600 28 Muthuvel P Scientist - D 30420 7600 29 Suseentharan V Scientist - D 29240 6600 30 Chitra K Scientist - D 28560 6600 31 Shibu Jacob Scientist - C 26110 6600 32 Prince Prakash Jebakumar J Scientist - C 27690 6600 33 Srinivasan R Scientist - D 28000 6600 34 Subramaniyan A N Scientist - C 27720 6600 35 Sathia Narayanan D Scientist - C 27720 6600 36 Arul Muthiah M Scientist - C 26110 6600 37 Sundararajan S Scientist - C 26110 6600 38 Malarkodi A Scientist - C 27890 6600 39 Jossia Joseph K Scientist - C 27280 6600 40 Ravi(a)Gurusamy N Scientist - C 25550 6600 41 Ramesh R Scientist - C 25550 6600 42 Amudha K. Scientist - C 25550 6600 43 Rajesh S Scientist - C 25550 6600 44 Nidhi Varshney Scientist - C 25350 6600 45 Aruna Kumar Avula Scientist - C 26280 6600 46 Balaji D Scientist - C 25550 6600 47 Mullaivendhan K Scientist - C 24840 6600 48 Biren Pattanaik Scientist - C 24840 6600 49 Harikrishnan G Scientist - C 24840 6600 50 Samson Pakiaraj Raphael V Scientist - C 24840 6600 51 Dinesh G. Scientist - C 25350 6600 52 Rajkumar J. Scientist - C 25350 6600 53 Murugesh P. Scientist - B 22950 5400 54 Kalyani M Scientist - B 22260 5400 55 Gnanaraj A.A Scientist - B 21630 5400 56 Pranesh S.B Scientist - B 21630 5400 57 Sudha D. Scientist - B 21000 5400 58 Karunakar Kintada Scientist - B 21000 5400 59 SelvaKumar M. Scientist - B 21630 5400 60 Srinivasa Rao S. Scientist - B 21000 5400 61 Gowthaman V Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 20670 4600 62 Karthikeyan A Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 63 Umapathy A Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 64 Meenatchi Sundaram A Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 65 Vengatesan G Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 66 Shijo Zacharia Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 67 Sundar R Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 68 Sridharan R Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 69 Sajeev K S Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 70 Rajeshwari P M Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 71 Latha D Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 18280 4200 72 Mary Leema Thilakam Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 17900 4200 73 Karuppasamy M Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 15210 4200 74 Saravanan M Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17900 4200 75 Sundar Jesuraj S Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17900 4200 76 Kantipuli Sudarsan Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 17900 4200 77 Sasikala T Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17900 4200 78 Santhana Kumar J Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 17520 4200 79 Thirunavukkarasu A Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 17520 4200 80 Thamarai T Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 81 Raguraman G Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 17520 4200 82 Ramasundaram K Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 83 Chandran V Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 84 Vishwanath B O Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 85 Muthukumaran D Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 86 Chandrasekaran E Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 87 Narasimha Rao Y V Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 17520 4200 88 Magesh Peter Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 17140 4200 89 Elangovan S. Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 15210 4200 90 Sivakumar L. Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 15210 4200 91 Murugesan M Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 15210 4200 92 Jayanthi K. Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 15210 4200 93 Suresh R Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 15210 4200 94 Ramesh K Scientific Assistant Grade 'B' 15210 4200 95 Doss Prakash V Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 15210 4200 96 Muthukumar C Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 97 Pandurangan V Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 98 G. Nagarajan Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 99 Chandrasekar G Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 100 Vadivelan A Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 101 Venkatesan K Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 102 Sundaramoorthi V Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 103 Radhakrishnan M Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 104 Sundaravadivelu N Scientific Assistant Grade 'A' 14760 4200 105 Krishna Mohan S Purchase Officer 24350 5400 106 Venkateshwar Reddy G. Manager 32040 6600 107 Suresh V S Skilled Assistant 8710 1900 108 Sekaran G Skilled Assistant 9050 1900 109 Junaid Ahmed Skilled Assistant 9460 1900 110 Charles Sathish Kumar S Technician Grade 'A' 9620 1900 111 Ashok Kumar K Technician Grade 'A' 8910 1900 112 Jothi C Technician Grade 'A' 8720 1900 113 Parameswar B. Technician Grade 'A' 7730 1900 114 Rajan J.A. Technician Grade 'A' 7730 1900 115 Rangamaran T P Assistant Manager 19040 4600 116 Rathikumari R Senior Executive 17220 4200 117 Gopalakrishnan M Co-ordinator Grade-III 15780 4200 118 Anuradha K R Senior Executive 15780 4200 119 Vasanthi K Executive 15990 2400 120 Murthi K Sr.Executive 16410 2800 121 Hemavathi G Executive 13240 2800 122 Vatchala Kuppuraman Executive 12220 2800 123 Latha T Executive 11360 2800 124 Vasanthi S Junior Executive 13110 1900 125 Guruprasad Rao S Junior Executive 12830 1900 126 Easwari C Junior Executive 12010 1900 127 Megala D Junior Executive 9460 1900 128 Lavanya N N Junior Assistant 8750 1900 129 Vaidehi L Junior Assistant 8660 1900 130 Vijayalakshmi K Junior Assistant 8660 1900 131 Anandan K Multi-Tasking Staff 9140 1800 132 Saloman Raj P Multi-Tasking Staff 8720 1800 133 Pradeep P G Multi-Tasking Staff 7760 1800 134 Jayaprakash P Multi-Tasking Staff 7760 1800 135 Vinodh Kumar M Multi-Tasking Staff 9360 1900 136 Arokia Prabhu L Multi-Tasking Staff 7630 1800   (x) Budget Allocated to NIOT control Scheme-wise Budget Estimates for 2010-11 (plan)   S.No Particulars Budget 2010-11 (Rs. in Crores) 1 National Institute of Ocean Technology 45.00 2 Operation and Running of two Coastal Research Vessel (CRV) i.e., Sagar Purvi and Sagar Paschimi 6.00 3 Operation and Maintenance of Sagar Nidhi 14.49 4 Gas Hydrates exploration and technology development for its exploitation 13.00 5 Coastal Ocean Monitoring and prediction system (COMAPS- Andamans) 0.36 6 Development of potential drugs from ocean 0.76 7 Demonstration of shoreline protection measures through pilot projects 8.46 8 Development of upgraded version of soil tester 4.50 9 Maintenance of Buoy Network 14.00 10 IT E-Governance Activities 0.62 11 Establishment of National Early Warning System for Tsunami and storm surges in the Indian ocean 7.50 12 Seabed survey using Multibeam Sonar System - EEZ Programme 0.93 13 Buoy Tender cum Ocean Research Vessel ‘Sagar Manjusha’ - Running and Maintenance 9.83 14 Buoy Tender cum Ocean Research Vessel ‘Sagar Manjusha’ - Running and Maintenance 9.83 15 Development of Manned Submersibles 20.00 16 10 MLD Desalination Plant 5.00 17 Sea Front Facility 16.00 18 Survey and exploration activities under PMN / Continuing of Survey & Exploration work under the PMN Programme 2.10 Total 168.55 (xi) The manner of executed of Subsidy Program.   There is no programme being executed by NIOT, which involve grant of subsidy to any person/Organization. (xii) The manner of executed of Subsidy Program.   The activities of the NIOT do not involve sanction for the grant of Concession/Permits/Authorization of any kind. (xiii) Details in respect of the information available to or held by NIOT, reduced in an electronic form.   Details in respect of the information available to or held by NIOT is contained in the following web site:   S.No. Organisation Address Name of website 1. National Institute of Ocean Technology Velachery-Tambaram Road, Pallikaranai Chennai -600100 Phone :91+44-22462039 Fax      :91+44-22460275 http://www.niot.res.in (xiv) Particular of the facilities available to citizens for obtaining information including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use.   The desired information can be obtained by the general public from the following means, which are open from 0900 hrs to 1730 hrs (except holidays);   Office Library Facilitation Centre Through News letter Exhibition Notice Board Printed Reports Available Website of NIOT (xv) The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers.   National Institute of Ocean Technology has designated the following officers as  Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and Transparency Officer :-   Central Public Information Officer Transparency Officer Dr.G.A.Ramadass, Scientist-F Dr.R.Kirubagaran, Scientist-F National Institute of Ocean Technology has designated the following officers as  First Appellate Authority:-   First Appellate Authority Dr.M.A. Atmanand Director Form for specific information other than above: The relevant provisions of the Act towards charging fee are as under:   1. A request for obtaining information under Sub-section (1) of Section 6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of Rs.10.00 by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft in the name of the 'Accounts Officer, National Institute of Ocean Technology ' payable at Chennai.     2. For providing the information under Sub-section (1) of Section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by Demand draft payable to the 'Accounts Officer, National Institute of Ocean Technology' at following rates:   a. Rs.2.00 for each page (in A4/A3 size paper) created or copied b. Actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper. c. Actual cost or price for samples or models; and d. For inspection of records, no fee for first hour; and a fee of Rupees 5.00 for each  fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.     3. For providing the information under Sub-section (5) of Section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by Demand draft payable to the 'Accounts Officer, National Institute of Ocean technology' at following rates:   a. For information provided on CD Rs.50.00 per CD; and b. For information provided in printed from at the price fixed for such publication or Rs.2.00 per page of photocopy for extracts from the publications.     The payment is required to be despatched to:   Dr. G.A Ramadass, (Central Public Information Officer) NATIONAL INSTITUE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY, NIOT Campus, Velachery - Tambaram Main Road, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai - 600 100, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Phone: 66783388 Fax: 22460007 (xvi) RTI Annual Return.   Right To Information Annual Return 2010 - 2011 Ministry / Department / Organization : National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.   : Ministry of Earth Sciences Year : 2010-2011 (Upto March 2011)   Progress in 2010-11   Opening Balance as on 01.04.2010 No. of applications received as transfer from other PAs u/s 6(3) Received during the Year (including cases transferred to other Public Authority) No. of cases transferred to other Public Authorities Decisions where requests / appeals rejected Decisions where requests / appeals accepted Requests 0 6 21 0 0 21 First Appeals 0 0 0   0 0   No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer 0   No. of CAPIOs designated No. of CPIOs designated No. of AAS designated 0 1 1   No. of times various provisions were invoked while rejecting requests Relevant Section of RTI Act 2005 Section 8 (1) Sections a b c d e f g h i j 9 11 24 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.) Registration Fee Amount Additional Fee & Any other charges Penalties Amount 90/- 290/- 0     Right To Information Quarterly Return 2011 - 2012 Ministry / Department / Organization : National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.   : Ministry of Earth Sciences Year : 2011-2012 (Upto Sep 2011)   First Quater 2011-12   Opening Balance as on 01.04.2011 No. of applications received as transfer from other PAs u/s 6(3) Received during the Year (including cases transferred to other Public Authority) No. of cases transferred to other Public Authorities Decisions where requests / appeals rejected Decisions where requests / appeals accepted Requests 0 4 3 0 0 7 First Appeals 0 0 1 0 0 1   Second Quarter 2011-12   Opening Balance as on 01.04.2011 No. of applications received as transfer from other PAs u/s 6(3) Received during the Year (including cases transferred to other Public Authority) No. of cases transferred to other Public Authorities Decisions where requests / appeals rejected Decisions where requests / appeals accepted Requests 0 1 0 0 0 1 First Appeals 0 - 0 - 0 0   No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer 0   No. of CAPIOs designated No. of CPIOs designated No. of AAS designated 0 1 1   No. of times various provisions were invoked while rejecting requests Relevant Section of RTI Act 2005 Section 8 (1) Sections a b c d e f g h i j 9 11 24 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.) Registration Fee Amount Additional Fee & Any other charges Penalties Amount 20/- 80/- 0   RTI Annual Return Information System (2011 - 2012) National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai Ministry of Earth Sciences (Please note that field prefixed with * are mandatory) * Organization Status Attached Office Autonomous Body under Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India * Name of Organization (upto 100 characters) National Institute of Ocean Technology * Nodal / Coordinating Officer Name Dr. G.A. Ramadass * Nodal / Coordinating Officer designation Scientist - F * Contact Address National Institute of Ocean Technology Velachery Tambaram Main Road, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 600 100. * State Tamilnadu E-Mail Address cpio@niot.res.in Phone Number 044 – 6678 3388 Fax No., (if any) 044 – 2246 0645 Website address of Department / Organization (Please do not write ‘http://’) www.niot.res.in   RTI Annual Return Information System (2011 – 2012) National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai Ministry of Earth Sciences (Please note that fields prefixed with * are mandatory) * Name of CPIO Dr.G. A. Ramadass * Sex Male * Designation Scientist - F * Address National Institute of Ocean Technology, Velachery – Tambaram Main Road, Pallikaranai, Chennai. Pincode 600 100. Phone No. 6678 3388 Email cpio@niot.res.in Subject   * Appellate Authority Name Dr. M.A. Atmanand, Director, NIOT, Chennai