National Institute of Ocean Technology

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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.
(xvii)	Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above.

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.

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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 programs/schemes being implemented by the Institute is carried out by the Governing Council headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. 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 consists of the following members:

1.	Secretary to Govt. of India Ministry of Earth Sciences (Ex-Officio)	Chairman
2.	Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser/ Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Ex-Officio)	Member
3.	Additional Secretary / Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (Ex-Officio)	Member
4.	Chairman, SAC-NIOT	Member
5.	Director, INCOIS, Hyderabad (Ex-Officio)	Member
6.	HOD, Ocean Engineering Department, IIT-M,Chennai	Member
7.	Director, NCCR, Chennai (Ex-Officio)	Member
8.	Programme Head (NIOT), Ministry of Earth Sciences (Ex-Officio)	Permanent Invitee
9.	Shri. S.Anantha Narayanan, Former Director, NPOL	Member
10.	Dr.B.N.Suresh, Former Director, ISRO	Member
11.	Dr.M.A.Atmanand Director, ESSO-NIOT, Chennai	Member Secretary

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Directory of the officers and employees of the NIOT:

Designation	Name	Telephone (Office)	E-mail address
Scientist G	Dr.M.A. Atmanand	6678 3575	atma@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr. Purnima Jalihal	6678 3350	purnima@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr.R. Venkatesan	6678 3535	venkat@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr.M.V.Ramanamurthy	6678 3586	mvr@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr.G. A. Ramadass	6678 3388	ramadass@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr.Dhilsha Rajapan	6678 3394	krd@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Mr.D. Rajasekhar	6678 3500	rajasekhar@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr.G. Latha	6678 3399	latha@niot.res.in
Scientist G	Dr. Tata Sudhakar	6678 3525	tata@niot.res.in
Joint Manager	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.

Name	Designation	Pay Level	Basic Pay
Dr Atmanand Aravindaksha Malayath	Scientist - G, Director	14	199600
Dr Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	14	199600
Dr Gidugu Ananda Ramadass	Scientist - G	14	193800
Dr Venkatesan Ramasamy	Scientist - G	14	193800
Dr Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	14	188200
Mr Rajasekhar D	Scientist - G	14	182700
Dr Latha Ganesan	Scientist - G	14	177400
Dr Tata Sudhakar	Scientist - G	14	166100
Dr Basanta Kumar Jena	Scientist - F	13A	166100
Dr Vijaya Ravichandran Ganeshan	Scientist - F	13A	166100
Dr Ramesh S	Scientist - F	13A	156600
Dr Raju Abraham	Scientist - F	13A	161300
Dr Phanikumar S V S	Scientist - F	13A	156600
Mr Gopkumar Kuttikrishnan	Scientist - F	13A	143300
Mr Sankar Mani	Scientist - F	13A	152000
Mr Deepak Chullickal Raphael	Scientist - F	13A	156600
Mr Vedachalam Narayanaswamy	Scientist - F	13A	147600
Dr Dharani Gopal	Scientist - F	13A	143300
Mr Muthukrishna Babu Sethuram	Scientist - F	13A	134500
Dr Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar	Scientist - E	13	134500
Mr Srinivasan Rangan	Scientist - E	13	134500
Mr Muthuvel Panayan	Scientist - E	13	134500
Mr Ramesh N R	Scientist - F	13A	134500
Mr Muthukumaravel Soundararajan	Scientist - E	13	138500
Dr G Venkatesan	Scientist - F	13A	143300
Mr Saravanan Rajendran	Scientist - E	13	134500
Smt Chithra Krishnaswamy	Scientist - E	13	134500
Mr Subramanian Annamalai	Scientist - E	13	134500
Dr D Sathiya Narayanan	Scientist - E	13	130600
Mr Shibu Jacob	Scientist - E	13	126800
Mr Arul Muthiah Manickavasagam	Scientist - E	13	126800
Mr Suseentharan Veluchamy	Scientist - E	13	130600
Ms Malarkodi Amirthalingam	Scientist - E	13	123100
Dr Sundararajan Srinivasan	Scientist - E	13	123100
Mr Rajesh S	Scientist - E	13	123100
Mr Ravi Alias Gurusamy Nachiappan	Scientist - E	13	123100
Mr Manoj Vasudevan	Scientist - D	12	99800
Mr Aruna Kumar Avula	Scientist - E	13	123100
Dr Prince Prakash Jebakumar J	Scientist - D	12	96900
Mr Ramesh Raju	Scientist - E	13	123100
Ms Amudha Krishnan	Scientist - E	13	123100
Mr Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan	Scientist - E	13	123100
Dr Jossia Joseph K	Scientist - E	13	96900
Mr Rajkumar Janakiraman	Scientist - D	12	86100
Dr Dhinesh Ganapathy	Scientist - E	13	86100
Mr Mullai Vendhan Kuppusamy	Scientist - E	13	88700
Ms Nidhi Varshney	Scientist - D	12	86100
Mr Samson Packiaraj Raphael Victor	Scientist - D	12	86100
Dr Sanjana M C	Scientist - D	12	86100
Mr Ramasundaram Subramanian	Scientist - D	12	86100
Mr Janarthanan Chinnapaiyan	Scientist - D	12	86100
Dr Tamshuk Chowdhury	Scientist - D	12	86100
Mr Kiran A S	Scientist - D	12	86100
Mr Balaji Dilli	Scientist - D	12	88700
Mr Biren Pattanaik	Scientist - D	12	86100
Mr Bolem Srinivas	Scientist - D	12	83600
Mr Prasad Vinayak Dudhgaonkar	Scientist - D	12	83600
Dr Sridhar Muddada	Scientist - D	12	83600
Ms Bala Naga Jyothi Vandavasi	Scientist - D	12	91400
Mr Devender Gujjula	Scientist - D	12	83600
Mr Anbu Aravind Gnanaraj	Scientist - D	12	83600
Mr Libin Remanan	Scientist - D	12	83600
Mr Pranesh S B	Scientist - D	12	83600
Mr Selva Kumar Madasamy	Scientist - D	12	81200
Mr Sreedev Devarajan Sudharma	Scientist - D	12	81200
Mr Murugesh Pothikasalam	Scientist - D	12	83600
Dr Kalyani Manthripragada	Scientist - D	12	80900
Mr Srinivasa Rao Saripalli	Scientist - D	12	78800
Mr Ashwani Vishwanath	Scientist - D	12	78800
Mr Kesava Kumar B	Scientist - D	12	78800
Mr Sundar Ranganathan	Scientist - D	12	78800
Ms Shyamala Varthini Dinakaran	Scientist - D	12	78800
Mr Satya Kiran Raju Alluri	Scientist - D	12	78800
Mr Prabhakaran Kalidass	Scientist - C	11	74000
Mr Umapathy Arunachalam	Scientist - C	11	74000
Miss Sarojani Maurya	Scientist - C	11	74000
Mr Tavva Abhishek	Scientist - C	11	74000
Mr Thirumurugan Karuppiah	Scientist - D	12	74000
Dr Anbu Rajan Lawrence	Scientist - C	11	74000
Miss Sayanti Bardhan	Scientist - C	11	71800
Mr Doss Prakash Vittal	Scientist - C	11	71800
Mr Trishanu Shit	Scientist - C	11	74000
Mr Abhijeet Sajjan	Scientist - C	11	69700
Mr Biswajit Haldar	Scientist - C	11	67700
Mr Anand Kishor	Scientist - C	11	67700
Miss Anulekha Majumdar	Scientist - C	11	67700
Mr Gowthaman Valluvan	Scientific Officer - II	8	72100
Mr Karthikeyan Avudaiyappan	Scientific Officer - II	8	68000
Mr Meenatchi Sundaram Arunachalam	Scientific Officer - II	8	68000
Mr Vengatesan Gopalakrishnasamy	Scientific Officer - II	8	68000
Smt. D. Latha	Scientific Officer - II	8	66000
Mr Sajeev Krishnakumaran Nair	Scientific Officer - II	8	66000
Mr Sridharan Ramalingam	Scientific Officer - II	8	66000
Ms Rajeshwari Peddah Madavarao	Scientific Officer - II	8	66000
Mr Shijo Zacharia	Scientific Officer - II	8	66000
Mr Sundar Jesuraj Sabastion	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Ms Sasikala Thangamani	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Raguraman Govindan	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Ramasundaram Kutthalingam	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Ms Thamarai Prakash	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr B O Vishwanatha	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Chandran Vasu	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Muthukumaran Durairaj	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Chandrasekaran Ellappan	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Y V Narasimmaha Rao	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Mr Murugesan Munusamy	Scientific Officer - II	8	55200
Ms Jayanthi Kannaiyah	Scientific Officer - II	8	55200
Mr Suresh Ruthirakutti	Scientific Officer - II	8	55200
Mr Ramesh Krishna Moorthy	Scientific Officer - II	8	55200
Mr M Saravanan	Scientific Officer - II	8	64100
Dr Leema Thilakam Joseph Retnaraj	Scientific Officer - I	7	62200
Mr Kantipuli Sudarsan	Scientific Officer - I	7	62200
Dr Santhanakumar Jayapal	Scientific Officer - I	7	60400
Mr Thirunavukkarasu Ayyadurai	Scientific Officer - I	7	60400
Mr Magesh Peter Dhassiah Peter	Scientific Officer - I	7	58600
Mr Elangovan Selvanathan	Scientific Officer - I	7	53600
Mr Muthukumar Chinnasamy	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Pandurangan Viswanathan	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Nagarajan Gopalakrishnan	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Sundaramoorthi Veluchamy	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Radhakrishnan Muthiah	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Venkatesan Kandan	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Vadivelan Arumugam	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Chandrasekar Govindan	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr N Sundaravadivelu	Scientific Officer - I	7	52000
Mr Karuppasamy Mookan	Scientific Officer - I	7	53600
Mr Naveen Anantha Padmanabha	Scientific Assistant	6	42300
Mr Jarpula Laxman	Scientific Assistant	6	42300
Mr Prakash Tesigan	Scientific Assistant	6	41100
Mr Jothi Chithiravel	Technician - B	4	31400
Mr Junaid Ahmed C M Hanif	Technician - B	4	34300
Mr Sekaran Gurusamy	Technician - B	4	32300
Mr Charles Satish Kumar Selvaraj	Technician - B	4	34300
Mr Ashok Kumar Kamala Kannan	Technician - B	4	32300
Mr V S Suresh	Technician - B	4	32300
Mr B Parmeswar	Technician - B	4	27900
Mr Rajan James Alexander	Technician - B	4	27900
Mr Suresh Kumar Nandakumar	Technician - A	2	23100
Mr Gopalakrishnan Srinevasan	Technician - A	2	23100
Mr V Sankara Ramasubramanian	Sr. Administrative Officer	11	67700
Mr Krishnamohan Seshadri	Joint Manager	9	77900
Ms Rathikumari Ramankutty	Assistant Manager	7	62200
Ms Anuradha Ram Krishnan	Assistant Manager	7	56900
Mr Gopalakrishnaa S M	Co-ordinator-IV	7	56900
Ms Hemavathi Gopalan	Senior Executive	6	50500
Ms Vatchala Kuppuraman	Senior Executive	6	46200
Ms T Latha	Senior Executive	6	43600
Ms Sonitha S Saraf	Jr Hindi Translator	6	37600
Ms Vasanthi Krishnaswami	Executive	5	55800
Ms Ahalya G V	Executive	5	31900
Ms Easwari C	Junior Executive	4	42200
Ms S Vasanthi	Junior Executive	4	46100
Mr Guruprasad Rao Sarangapani Rao	Junior Executive	4	44800
Ms Lavanya Navennetha Krishnan	Junior Assistant	2	30200
Ms Vijayalakshmi Karunakaran	Junior Assistant	2	29300
Ms Vaidehi Lakshmikanthan	Junior Assistant	2	29300
Ms Jenitha Juliet Vasantha Prabhu	Junior Assistant	2	22400
Mr Sulabh Srivastav	Hindi Typist	2	21100
Mr Anandan Kandasamy	Multi Tasking Staff	1	32000
Mr Vinodh Kumar Mani	Multi Tasking Staff	1	32000
Mr Saloman Raj Paulparmonandam	Multi Tasking Staff	1	30200
Mr Pradeep Gopi Pradeep	Multi Tasking Staff	1	26400
Mr Arokia Prabhu Lawrence	Multi Tasking Staff	1	25600
Mr Jayaprakash Punniyamoorthy	Multi Tasking Staff	1	26400

(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)	Particulars of Recipients of Concessions, permits or authorization granted by NIOT.

The activities of the NIOT do not involve sanction for the grant of Concession/Permits/Authorization of any kind.

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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 Officer,Vigilance Officer and Grievance Officer.

National Institute of Ocean Technology has designated the following officers as Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Vigilance Officer and Grievance Officer :-

Central Public Information Officer	Vigilance Officer	Grievance Officer
Dr.G.A.Ramadass, Scientist-G	Dr.R.Venkatesan, Scientist-G	Dr.G.Latha, Scientist-G

National Institute of Ocean Technology has designated the following officers as First Appellate Authority:-

First Appellate Authority

Dr.M.A.Atmanand,
Director, NIOT

Form for specific information other than above:

The relevant provisions of the Act towards charging fee are as under:

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.

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.

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

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RTI Annual Return.

Right To Information Annual Return 2010 - 2011

Right To Information Annual Return 2011 - 2012

Right To Information Annual Return 2012 - 2013

Right To Information Annual Return 2013 - 2014

Right To Information Annual Return 2014 - 2015

Right To Information Annual Return 2015 - 2016

Right To Information Annual Return 2016 - 2017

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2010-2011

		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

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

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2011-2012

		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 01.07.2011	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

		Third Quarter 2011-12
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2011	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	4	0	0	5
First Appeals	0	-	0	-	0	0

		Fourth Quarter 2011-12
	Opening Balance as on 01.01.2012	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	3	6	-	-	9
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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/-	0	0

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2012-2013

		First Quater 2012-13
	Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012	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	5	0	0	2
First Appeals	0	0	2	0	0	2

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
80/-	0	0

		Second Quarter 2012-13
	Opening Balance as on 01.07.2012	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	7	2	8	0	1	11
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
160/-	0	0

		Third Quarter 2012-13
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2012	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	5	1	3	-	-	5
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
30/-	0	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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

		Fourth Quarter 2012-13
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2012	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	4	3	2	2	0	7
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
20/-	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

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2013-2014

		First Quater 2013-14
	Opening Balance as on 01.04.2013	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	2	5	3	0	2	4
First Appeals	0	0	1	0	1	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
40/-	0	0

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

		Second Quarter 2013-14
	Opening Balance as on 01.07.2013	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	4	0	4	0	1	4
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
30/-	0	0

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	1

		Third Quarter 2013-14
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2013	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	3	6	3	0	0	10
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
30/-	750	0

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

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

No. of CAPIOs designated	No. of CPIOs designated	No. of AAS designated
0	1	1

		Fourth Quarter 2013-14
	Opening Balance as on 01.01.2014	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	2	4	0	0	0	2
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
0/-	0	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2013-2014 (Apr 2013 - Mar 2014)

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2012-2013 (Apr 2012 - Mar 2013)

		Annual Returns 2012-13
	Opening Balance as on 01.04.2012	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	10	18	0	1	25
First Appeals	0	0	2	0	0	2

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
290/-	0	0

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2014-2015

		First Quater 2014-15
	Opening Balance as on 01.04.2014	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	4	1	3	0	0	1
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
30/-	0	0

		Second Quarter 2014-15
	Opening Balance as on 01.07.2014	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	7	2	1	0	0	1
First Appeals	0	0	2	0	0	1

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
30/-	0	0

		Third Quarter 2014-15
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2014	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	9	4	2	0	1	10
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
30/-	40	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

		Fourth Quarter 2014-15
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2015	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	4	1	1	0	0	6
First Appeals	1	0	0	0	1	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
10/-	0	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2015-2016

		First Quater 2015-16
	Opening Balance as on 01.04.2015	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	5	2	1	0	5
First Appeals	0	0	2	0	0	2

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
40/-	0	0

		Second Quarter 2015-16
	Opening Balance as on 01.07.2015	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	1	3	7	1	0	6
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
100/-	0	0

		Third Quarter 2015-16
	Opening Balance as on 01.10.2015	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	4	5	4	0	0	8
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
40/-	0	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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

		Fourth Quarter 2015-16
	Opening Balance as on 01.01.2016	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	5	1	5	0	1	8
First Appeals	0	0	0	0	0	0

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
60/-	126	0

No. of Cases where disciplinary action taken against any Officer

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

Ministry / Department / Organization	: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
	: Ministry of Earth Sciences
Year	: 2016-2017

		First Quater 2016-17
	Opening Balance as on 01.04.2016	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	2	5	4	0	0	8
First Appeals	0	0	2	0	1	1

Amount of Charges Collected (in Rs.)
Registration Fee Amount	Additional Fee & Any other charges	Penalties Amount
40/-	0	0

		Second Quarter 2016-17
	Opening Balance as on 01.07.2016	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	3	6	5	0	0	8
First Appeals	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

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

RTI Annual Return Information System

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 - G
* 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 (2015 – 2016)

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 - G
* 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

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Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above:

Name	Designation	Tour Details
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai Ministry of Earth Sciences
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-July-2019 to 30-September-2019
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Mr. D. RajaSekhar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G. Latha	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Tata Sudhakar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-April-2019 to 30-June-2019
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Mr. D. RajaSekhar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G. Latha	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-January-2019 to 31-March-2019
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Mr. D. RajaSekhar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G. Latha	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-October-2018 to 31-December-2018
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Mr. D. RajaSekhar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G. Latha	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-July-2018 to 30-September-2018
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Mr. D. RajaSekhar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G. Latha	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-October-2017 to 31-June-2018
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Mr. D. RajaSekhar	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G. Latha	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-July-2017 to 31-September-2017
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-April-2017 to 31-June-2017
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Dhilsha Rajapan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-January-2017 to 31-March-2017
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-January-2015 to 31-December-2016
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. M.V. Ramanamurthy	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Foreign/Domestic official tours of officials of the rank JS and above during the period 01-July-2012 to 31-December-2014
Name	Designation	Tour Details
Dr. M.A. Atmanand	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. Purnima Jalihal	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. M.V. Ramanamurthy	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. G.A. Ramadass	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View
Dr. R. Venkatesan	Scientist - G	Click here to Download/View