Laboratory Name : National Institute of Ocean Technology
Address : Velacherry-Tambaram Main Road, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 600 100, Tamil Nadu, India.
Tel No : 044-66783300
Email : postmaster@niot.res.in
Website : https://www.niot.res.in
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The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and the Director is the head of the Institute.
The major aim of starting NIOT under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is to develop reliable indigenous technology to solve the various engineering problems associated with harvesting of non-living and living resources in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is about two-thirds of the land area of India.