| Name of the Theme | Name of the Winners | Name of the Institute |
|---|---|---|
| Fisheries with a special focus on offshore cage culture technology and policy. | Mr. Nishan Raja R | Madras University |
| Tourism: Development of Tourism in coastal states and islands and policy. | Dr. Surisetty V V Arun Kumar | Space Applications Centre (ISRO)Ahmedabad |
| Ocean services: existing and required. | Dr. Dhanya M Lal | INCOIS |
| Dr. Sanjiba Kumar Baliarsingh | INCOIS | |
| Mr. Sriram Anthoor | Cochin University of Science and Technology | |
| Ocean observations, processes and modelling. | Ms. Divya David T | NCPOR, Vasco da Gama |
| Mr. B Kesavakumar | NIOT, Chennai | |
| Ms. Imsangla Imchen | NIO, Dona Paula | |
| Ms. Niharika Panigrahi | CSIR-NIO, Goa | |
| Mr. Adith VB | CSIR-NIO | |
| Mr. Kondeti Vijay Pakash | IIT Madras | |
| Harnessing of marine mineral and other resources: Exploration and EIA perspectives. | Mr. Sajesh P V | GSI, Mangaluru |
| Underwater Domain Awareness. | Mr. Romit Rajendra Kaware | MRC, Pune |
| Policy requirements for sustainable utilization of ocean. | Dr. Sabu M | CMFRI, Kochi |
| Ocean technologies for sustainable development. | Mr. Nitharsan.K | Bharathidasan university,Trichy |
| Ms. Vijaya Lakshmi Thiagarajan | IIT Madras | |
| Coastal protection and restoration of coasts. | Mr. Chintam Venkateswarlu | Dept of Meteorology and Oceanography Andhra University |
| Ms. Aparna Panda | National Institute of Technology Karnataka | |
| Marine biodiversity and ocean ecosystem. | Mr. Ankush Kadu | IIT Madras |
| Ms. Aditi Sharma | CSIR-NIO, RC Visakhapatnam | |
| Ms. Kirthiga SS | KUFOS, Kochi | |
| Ms. Mayukhmita Ghose | CSIR-NIO, Dona Paula | |
| Ms. N.S Heera | Pondicherry University |



