| Patrons
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Dr.
E. Balagurusamy
Vice-Chancellor, Anna University |
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Shri.
K.C. Mishra I.A.S.
Secretary, Ministry of Environment &Forests |
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Dr.
V.S. Ramamurthy
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
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Dr.
R.A. Masheklar
Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) |
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Dr.
R. Natarajan
Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) |
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Dr.
Harsh K. Gupta
Secretary, Department of Ocean Development (DOD) |
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Shri.
A.K. Goswami I.A.S.
Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources |
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Shri.
M. Shankar I.A.S.
Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development |
| Chairman |
Dr.
S. Ramachandran
Director, Institute for Ocean Management Anna University, Chennai
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| National
Advisory Committee |
Shri.
V. Rajagopalan I.A.S.
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests |
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Dr.
S.P. Seth I.A.S.
Joint Secretary, Department of Ocean Development |
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Dr.
B.R. Subramanian
Adviser, Department of Ocean Development |
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Dr.
M. Ravindran
Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology |
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Dr.
P. Subramanian
Adviser, AICTE |
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Dr.
Mrs. Indrani Chandrasekharan
Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests |
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Dr.
V. Subramanian
Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
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International Advisory Committee
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Dr.
Venugopalan Ittekkot
Director, Center for Tropical Marine Ecology Bremen, Germany |
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Dr.
Brigitte Urban
Dean, University of Applied Sciences Northeast Lower Saxony, Germany
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Dr.
Robert Upstill-Goddard
Newcastle University Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. |
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Dr.
Martin Le Tissier
Newcastle University Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. |
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Dr.
G. Biksham
Chief, Water Division, World Wide Fund for Nature-International
Geneva |
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Dr.
R. Jayakumar
National Professional Officer UNESCO, New Delhi |
| Local Advisory Committee |
Dr.
A.J. Solomon
Manager, Education, Science & Governance, British Council, Chennai
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Shri.
A.M. Raman I.A.S.
Vice Chairman, Science City, Chennai |
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Dr. K.
Jayachandran
Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology
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| Local Organizing Committee |
Dr.
M. Karmegam, Director, CWR |
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Dr.
Mrs. N.K. Ambujam, CWR |
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Dr.
V. Murugesan, HOD, Chemistry |
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Dr.
K. Thanasekaran, Director, CES |
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Dr.
R. Nagendran, CES |
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Dr.
L. Ajay Kumar, HOD, Mining |
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Dr.
L. Elango, Director, Geology |
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Dr.
K. Venugopal, Director, IRS |
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Dr.
G.M. Samuel Knight, Director, ICES |
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Dr.
K. Sankaran, CBT |
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Organizing Secretary & Conference Secretariat
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Dr.
R. Ramesh
Professor, Institute for Ocean Management
Anna University, Chennai 600 025, INDIA
Phone (91) 44-2230-0108 Fax: (91) 44-2220-0158
Email: cofis2003@yahoo.com |