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. 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, 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, IIT, Madras Nomineee Member 9. Dr.M.A.Atmanand, Director, NIOT Member - Secretary (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 F Dr. V. Rajendran 6678 3400 raju@niot.res.in Scientist F 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 Admin Officer Shri.S.Srinivasa Murthy(I/C) 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. TR> Sl.No. Name Designation Pay (Rs.) Grade Pay (Rs.) 1 Atmanand M A Director 47460 10000 2 Rajendran V Scientist - F 47160 8900 3 Purnima Jalihal Scientist - F 45810 8900 4 Ramadass G A Scientist - F 46080 8900 5 Sivakholundu K M Scientist - F 44770 8900 6 Kirubagaran R Scientist - F 40200 8900 7 Dhilsha Rajapan Scientist - E 43210 8700 8 Latha G Scientist - E 40220 8700 9 Rajasekhar D Scientist - E 41690 8700 10 Tata Sudhakar Scientist - E 38790 8700 11 Raju Abraham Scientist - E 38790 8700 12 Basanta Kumar Jena Scientist - E 38790 8700 13 Rajesh P R Scientist - E 38790 8700 14 Vijaya Ravichandran Scientist - E 38790 8700 15 Deepak C R Scientist - D 26100 7600 16 Sankar M Scientist - D 24650 7600 17 Muthukumaravel S Scientist - D 24650 7600 18 Ramesh S Scientist - D 24650 7600 19 Phani Kumar S.V.S Scientist - D 24650 7600 20 Venkatesan G Scientist - D 23380 7600 21 Dharani G Scientist - D 21900 7600 22 Vinith Kumar N V Scientist - D 21900 7600 22 Shibu Jacob Scientist - C 18750 6600 24 Prince Prakash Jebakumar JJ Scientist - C 20280 6600 25 Ramesh N R Scientist - C 21780 6600 26 Saravanan R Scientist - C 21780 6600 27 Muthukrishna Babu S Scientist - C 21780 6600 28 Suseentharan V Scientist - C 21780 6600 29 Manoj Vasudevan Scientist - C 21120 6600 30 Chitra K Scientist - C 21120 6600 31 Muthuvel P Scientist - C 21120 6600 32 Manecius Selvakumar J Scientist - C 21120 6600 33 Srinivasan R Scientist - C 20580 6600 34 Subramaniyan A N Scientist - C 20310 6600 35 Sathia Narayanan D Scientist - C 20310 6600 36 Arul Muthiah M Scientist - C 18750 6600 37 Sundararajan S Scientist - C 18750 6600 38 Kalyani M Scientist - B 16860 5400 39 Malarkodi A Scientist - B 19750 5400 40 Jossia Joseph K Scientist - B 19180 5400 41 Aruna Kumar Avula Scientist - B 18240 5400 42 Ravi(a)Gurusamy N Scientist - B 17550 5400 43 Ramesh R Scientist - B 17550 5400 44 Balaji D Scientist - B 17550 5400 45 Amudha K. Scientist - B 17550 5400 46 Rajesh S Scientist - B 17550 5400 47 Mullaivendhan K Scientist - B 16880 5400 48 Murugesh P Scientist - B 16880 5400 49 Biren Pattanaik Scientist - B 16880 5400 50 Harikrishnan G Scientist - B 16880 5400 51 Samson Pakiaraj Raphael V Scientist - B 16880 5400 52 Gnanaraj A.A Scientist - B 15600 5400 53 Sunil Kumar T.R Scientist - B 15600 5400 54 Pranesh S.B Scientist - B 15600 5400 55 Sudha D. Scientist - B 15600 5400 56 Gowthaman V Technical Officer 16070 4200 57 Karthikeyan A Tech Assistant 13540 4200 58 Umapathy A Tech Assistant 13540 4200 59 Meenatchi Sundaram A Tech Assistant 13540 4200 60 Vengatesan G Tech Assistant 13540 4200 61 Shijo Zacharia Tech Assistant 13540 4200 62 Sundar R Tech Assistant 13540 4200 63 Sridharan R Tech Assistant 13540 4200 64 Sajeev K S Tech Assistant 13540 4200 65 Rajeshwari P M Tech Assistant 13540 4200 66 Srinivasa Rao S Tech Assistant 13540 4200 67 Latha D Tech Assistant 13540 4200 68 Mary Leema Thilakam Tech Assistant 13170 4200 69 Karuppasamy M Tech Assistant 10920 4200 70 Saravanan M Tech Assistant 13170 4200 71 Sundar Jesuraj S Tech Assistant 13170 4200 72 Kantipuli Sudarsan Tech Assistant 13170 4200 73 Sasikala T Tech Assistant 13170 4200 74 Santhana Kumar J Tech Assistant 12810 4200 75 Thirunavukkarasu A Tech Assistant 12810 4200 76 Thamarai T Tech Assistant 12810 4200 77 Raguraman G Tech Assistant 12810 4200 78 Ramasundaram K Tech Assistant 12810 4200 79 Chandran V Tech Assistant 12810 4200 80 Vishwanath B O Tech Assistant 12810 4200 81 Muthukumaran D Tech Assistant 15810 4200 82 Chandrasekaran E Tech Assistant 12810 4200 83 Narasimha Rao Y V Tech Assistant 12810 4200 84 Jayakumar V.K. Tech Assistant 12440 4200 85 Magesh Peter Tech Assistant 12440 4200 86 Elangovan S. Tech Assistant 10560 4200 87 Sivakumar L. Tech Assistant 10560 4200 88 Murugesan M Tech Assistant 10560 4200 89 Jayanthi K. Tech Assistant 10560 4200 90 Suresh R Tech Assistant 10560 4200 91 Ramesh K Tech Assistant 10560 4200 92 Doss Prakash V Tech Assistant 10560 4200 93 Muthukumar C Tech Assistant 10130 4200 94 Pandurangan V Tech Assistant 10130 4200 95 G. Nagarajan Tech Assistant 10130 4200 96 Chandrasekar G Tech Assistant 9300 4200 97 Vadivelan A Tech Assistant 9300 4200 98 Venkatesan K Tech Assistant 9300 4200 99 Sundaramoorthi V Tech Assistant 9300 4200 100 Radhakrishnan M Tech Assistant 9300 4200 101 Sundaravadivelu N Tech Assistant 9300 4200 102 Charles Sathish Kumar S Skilled Tech Staff 7400 1900 103 Ashok Kumar K Skilled Tech Staff 7010 1900 104 Sheik Meeran Mohideen S A Skilled Tech Staff 7280 1900 105 Suresh V S Skilled Assistant 6810 1900 106 Ramakrushna Sahoo Skilled Assistant 7080 1900 107 Sekaran G Skilled Assistant 6880 1900 108 Junaid Ahmed Skilled Assistant 7280 1900 109 Vinodh Kumar M Helper 7180 1900 110 S. Sudhakar Skilled Tech Staff 6810 1900 111 Jothi C Skilled Tech Staff 6560 1900 112 Krishna Mohan S Purchase Officer 18240 5400 113 Rangamaran T P Office Superintendent 14440 4200 114 Rathikumari R Junior Supdt 13020 4200 115 Gopalakrishnan M Sr. Stenographer 11580 4200 116 Anuradha K R Junior Supdt 11580 4200 117 Vasanthi K DTP Assistant 13120 2400 118 Murthi K Store Keeper 13130 2800 119 Hemavathi G Assistant 10440 2800 120 Vatchala Kuppuraman Assistant 9420 2800 121 Latha T Assistant 8560 2800 122 Vasanthi S Junior Assistant 10820 1900 123 Guruprasad Rao S Junior Assistant 10550 1900 124 Easwari C Junior Assistant 9760 1900 125 Megala D Junior Assistant 7280 1900 126 Lavanya N N Junior Assistant 6850 1900 127 Vaidehi L Junior Assistant 6760 1900 128 Vijayalakshmi K Junior Assistant 6760 1900 129 Anandan K Attender 7070 1800 130 Saloman Raj P Helper-Driver 6660 1800 131 Pradeep P G Helper-Driver 5960 1800 132 Jayaprakash P Helper-Driver 5960 1800 133 Arokia Prabhu L Helper 5830 1800   (x) Budget Allocated to NIOT control Scheme-wise Budget Estimates for 2005-06 (plan)   S.No Particulars Budget 2005-06 (Rs In Lakhs) 1 National Institute of Ocean Technology 3700.00 2 Vessel Management Cell 441.71 3 National Data Buoy Programme Establishment of National Early Warning System for 1289.01 4 Tsunami and storm surges in the Indian Ocean 2145.83 5 Development of Potential Drugs from the OceanDesign, development of collector and crushing system and crawler mounted testing in shallow seabed in Indian 78.24 6 waters / PMN Programme 1065.00 7 COMAPS Programme at Port Blair 19.19 8 Studies on Gas Hydrate Exploration and Technology development for its exploitation Nidhi 670.45 9 Acquisition of a Technology Demonstration Vessel - Sagar Nidhi 5900.00 10 Sea front facility 1474.00 11 Low cost Met Buoys 450.00 12 IT-E-governance activities 89.96 (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  Public Information Officer (PIO) and Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO):-   Public Information Officer Assistant Public Information Officer Dr.M.A. Atmanand Director Dr.G.A.Ramadass, Scientist-F 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:   The Director, (Public Information Officer) NATIONAL INSTITUE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY, NIOT Campus, Velachery - Tambaram Main Road, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai - 600 100, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Phone: 66783300 Fax: 22460275 (xvi) RTI Annual Return.   Right To Information Annual Return 2007 - 2008 Ministry / Department / Organization : National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai   : Ministry of Earth Sciences Year : 2007-2008 (Upto March 2008)   Progress in 2007-08   Opening Balance as on 01.04.2007 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 1 5 0 0 5 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 1 1 NA   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 50 0 0   RTI Annual Return Information System (2007 – 2008) 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 dessignation Scientist - E * Contact Address National Institute of Ocean Technology Velachery Tambaram Main Road, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 600 100. * State Tamilnadu E-Mail Address pio@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 (2007 – 2008) National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai Ministry of Earth Sciences (Please note that fields prefixed with * are mandatory) * Name of CPIO M.A. Atmanand * Sex Male * Designation Director * Address National Institute of Ocean Technology, Velachery – Tambaram Main Road, Pallikaranai, Chennai. Pincode 600 100. Phone No. 6678 3303 Email director@niot.res.in Subject   * Appellate Authority Name NA