Oceanography, a highly prospective realm for India - A talk with Dr M A Atmanand - Mathrubhumi English

One of the pioneers of oceanic research of the country Dr M A Atmanand had been revered with the Dr Sreenivasan Endowment Award of 2021. Dr Atmanand who rendered significant contribution to the research and development of Oceanography humbly expressed his happiness in securing the esteemed award in the name of an exemplar in his favourite domain.

Dr Atmanand was the former Director of National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai. He had chaired the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean under UNESCO. He was also a member of the executive planning group for preparing the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, a forum which became the backbone of Oceanic development.Thus he had represented India in many international forums and the past 34 years of his life has been devoted for incessant studies on ocean.

Atmanad, an Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduate from the NSS Engineering College, Palakkad completed his M Tech and PhD from IIT Madras. When he decided to opt oceanography as his career, there were no distinct courses in India to learn about it. His fascination for the subject intrigued him to make headway in this direction.

The first project in which he took part was the development of technology for the mining of manganese nodules under Deep Sea Mining. As a signatory of the International Seabed Authority, India was mandated to evolve technology for the extraction of those...

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