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Qualification

PhD Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India Post Diploma in Marine Pollution and Management, Annamalai University India 2005.

Experience:

32 years of experience in the field of Ocean Science and Technology1997 to continuing National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai India1982 to 1997 National Institute of Oceanography Goa IndiaSea going experience of more than 1500 days on board research vessels in Indian & foreign vessels’

Present position

Group Head – Ocean Observation SystemsScientist In Charge Sea front facility NIOTCo PI Indo US programme on Bay of Bengal Monsoonal studies

National Consultant SACEP-NORAD-International Maritime Organization nominated by Govt of IndiaSteering committee member Asia-Pacific region GOOS UNESCO IOC nominated by Govt of IndiaVice Chair Asia Data Buoy Cooperation Panel of UNESCO IOC & WMPChair International Tsunameter Partnership DBCP

Academic:

Academic Adjunct faculty IIT BhubaneshwarMember of NIOT IIT Cell

International assignment

2006 to 2008 National consultant India UNEP Marine Litter activity to SACEP Sri Lanka2008 to 2010 : Regional Coordinator, South Asian Seas Programme, South Asia Cooperative

Environment Programme, Colombo Sri Lanka2014 Member country representative Belmont Forum Arctic 2012- 2014 Chair Working Group Vandalism DBCP2012 Member of DBCP Indian Ocean Buoy programme

Awards

1. NRDC National Award Societal Innovation award 2015 2. NACE USA Indian section Meritorious Award 20133. Institution of Engineers India NDRF National Design Award Ocean Science and Technology 20094. Award of recognition of Institution of Engineers Karnataka Chapter 20085. MOSCOT National award – Electrochemical Society of India, Indian Institute of Science 20076. State Scientist Award- Engineering & Technology, 20067. Best Ph D Thesis Award : Received NACE Award for the year 2001– 02 sponsored by ONGC, Goa8. Gold Medalist in School leaving Certificate 1978

Academic & Research

R . Venkatesan Ph DChennai +919444399829, +914466783535:venkat@niot.res.in,dr.r.venkatesan@gmail.com D.O.B: 25th March 1962

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Publications Papers in Journals 52Conferences./ Symposia/ Seminars 97Invited lectures (national/International) 70Co-author Book 2 Springers Germany, ISmithers United KingdomChapters in Books 5Patents filed 3Guide to PhD Scholars 5Guide to Post Graduate Project work 27Doctoral committee examiners 10Organised Conferences/workshops 16Reviewed Journal manuscripts/PhD thesis/Project proposals 25

Additional Qualifications

2008 Post Diploma Certificate on International Business Management IIFT New Delhi 2006 ISO Auditor –ISO auditor after passing out a training course offered by TUV Germany 2005 Business English Certificate (BEC) - Vantage-British Council- Cambridge University UK. 2005 Management for R & D, Certificate Administrative Staff College Hyderabad 2002 Certificate course on GIS Information system

Significant contributions as a Regional Coordinator, South Asian Seas Programme1. Major contribution is finalizing a commonly agreeable text for signing MoU among South Asian countries -

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka on Oil Spill contingency Plan- led mission to India Pakistan Maldives Bangladesh and MoU is signed by 4 countries now – which was pending for 9 years

2. Submitted draft proposal to IMO on capacity building preparedness on oil spill contingency plan3. Conceived Completed Blue Flag Beach certification for South Asia- UNEP, UN WTO Governments of

Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka 20104. Conceived and Executed UNEP Project on Marine data collection, sampling and management for South Asia

supported by UNDOALOS, UNEP GRID Arendal Sept 20085. Led mission to UNICPOLOS meeting at UN New York, UNEP GC Nairobi, ICRI meeting Phuket & Monaco,

World Ocean Congress, East Asian Seas Congress,6. Coordinated Regional workshop on MARPOL for IMO for South Asia and South East Asia Kuala Lumpur 20097. Coordinated Regional workshop on HNS for IMO for South Asia and South East Asia Maldives 20108. Contributed to the International Maritime Organization IMO London through BLG 13 correspondence group to

develop international guidelines on Biofouling Invasive species9. Working on UNEP SSFA Project on marine Biodiversity assessment for South Asia10. Completed project reports on UNEP EU project on Marine Protected Areas in South Asia11. Involved in preparation of Regional strategy for conservation and management of coral reef ecosystem in South

Asia and Communication strategy for coral reef management in South Asia12. Involved in conducting a International Maritime Organisation - Regional workshop on Prepared guideline

document on the status of conventions and protocols in South Asia on marine Environment13. Submitted to NOAA a project titled Socioeconomic Training and Monitoring to enhance Coral Reef Management

in Sri Lanka: Field trials and baseline surveys – Pilot project for South Asia

International Reports

1. International Tsunameter Partnership report 2014 DBCP 30 Jcomm web site2. DBCP-WMO-UNESCO IOC- BOBP-BOBLME R Venkatesan Yadava MA Atamand Training Manual

on Best Practices for Instruments and Methods of Ocean Observation 19-21 Nov 2012 Chennai, India http://www.boblme.org/documentRepository/NIOTBest%20Practices.pdf

3. International Tsunameter Partnership report 2013 DBCP 30 Jcomm web site4. Training manual on best of practice JCOMM web site Manual on best of practice method of data buoys

http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_ oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=7573

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5. R Venkatesan, Prasantha Abeyagunverdane Guideline document on the status of conventions and Protocols in the field of Marine Environment by South Asian Seas Countries March 2010 Status of Marine environmental conventions in South Asia SACEP Colombo 2010

6. National report on marine Litter SACEP Sri lanka7. Training manual on marine Resource Sampling, Data collection & interpretation for South Asian seas

R.Venkatesan, W.K.Rathnadeera H. I.Tillekaratne http://www.sacep.org/pdf/marine_training_manual.pdf ISBN: 978 955 8074 19

8. South Asia Coral Reef Task Force (SACRTF) Third Meeting 2008 Compiled by: H. I. Tillekaratne, R.Venkateshan,N.Barnardhttp://www.icran.org/pdf/Report%203rd%20SACRTF%20 Meeting%20Dec%2008.pdf

Membership

Executive Committee member IEEE OES Chennai ChapterMember - Marine Technology Society USA= Ocean ObservationsFellow Institution of EngineersVice President NACE USA India section South IndiaLife Member Indian Science Congress KolkattaMember- Ocean Society of India

Projects executed as Project coordinator

2001-2007 Coastal Ocean Pollution Monitoring and Prediction System in Andaman & Nicobar2002-2007 National Project on Development of Potential Drugs from ocean 2007 UNDP project to support fishers in Chilka Lake Orissia on mud crab fating as an alternative employment2005-2007: Performance of naval materials in marine environment – Naval Research Board 2005-2007: Biodeterioration of polymer by marine micro-organisms–Naval Research Board with IIT Madras2005-2008: Indo-Bulgarian Project on Surface modification apoproach on marine biofouling2005-2007: Biofouling studies in plate heat exchangers- Grant in Aid project of Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research Kalpakkam2005-2007 Fish aggregation Device around lakshadweep Islands – Joint project of NIOT and Lakshadweep Administration2005-2006 Societal programme on livelihood support to fishers in Pulicat on lobster and mud crab fattening Grant-in-Aid project 2008: Understanding the Adhesion Mechanisms, Quantification of Adhesion Strength and Characterization of Adhesives of Barnacles2008: Performance of polymers (LDPE,HDPE, PP, PU and PC) in marine environment2007- 2009 Studies on Ecotoxicology of Engineered NanoparticlesMember of national committee on rehabilitation of tsunami and earthquake affected people in AndamanInternational Coastal Cleanup Day - Involved in organizing awareness among the public in 100 coastal places with indain Coast Guard in 2007,2008 & 2009

Administration2005-08 HRD Coordinator organized training for staff2005-07 Project coordinator Biofouling studies in plate heat exchangers- Grant in Aid project of Indira

Gandhi Center for Atomic Research Kalpakkam2005 - 07 Project coordinator Societal programme on livelihood support to fishers in Pulicat on lobster and

mud crab fattening Grant-in-Aid project of TN Government2005 Member of national committee on rehabilitation of tsunami and earthquake affected people in

Andaman and Nicobar islands2005 -07 Established state-of-the-art laboratory for marine biology studies at NIOT Chennai Established

laboratory and Guest House infrastructures Port Blair Andaman2005 Deployment of first ever open sea LTTD desalination plant at 400m depth

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2005 Regional Seminar / Workshop on Ratification and Implementation of the OPRC-HNS Protocol, the AFS Convention and Identification and Establishment of PSSA’s. Chennai, India – October 2005 presented an invited talk

2004 Design of lobster and mud crab pen and cages in FRP2004 societal activity to support fishers - Expanded to other places like Erwadi, Pambhan,

Parangipettai, Thirumulaivoil, Kulasekartapattinam, Kodiakarai and Pulicat2004 Project Leader – Deployment and retrieval of seawater Intake system and mooring of Testing of

OTEC desalination project off Tuticorin2004 Preparation of GIS map for A&N islands under Island marine resource programme2004 Mudcrab farming initiated at many islands in Andaman and Nicobar islands2004 Initiated societal activity on open sea cage culture of lobster in Tharuvaikulam TN 2004 Creation of Marine bioinformatics centre at NIOT - first of its kind2003 Training fattening of lobster and crab to coastal fishers for more than 1500 people2003 Involved in providing state of the art facility with laboratory at NIOT main campus, Sea front

laboratory Neelankarai, ANCOST Port Blair2002 Project coordinator National Project on Development of Potential Drugs from ocean 2001 - 07 Project coordinator Coastal Ocean Pollution Monitoring and Prediction System in Andaman &

Nicobar Islands2000-01 Project Leader – Construction of OTEC power plant and barge Group Leader (Logistics) for

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion1999 Deputy Manager Vessel Management Cell1997 National Data Buoy Programme deployment of 12 data buoy network along Indian Coast 2007-8 Associated with NGO Member of Board of Governors – TREE Foundation - a NGO working on

marine ecology and marine biodiversity conservation Associated with “Little Hearts” Chennai – A NGO working for mentally challenged people

Organizing conferencesBritish Council: Special invitee to meeting held British council, Cambridge University delegates on Spreading of English Language course – participated in panel discussion, Invited member -improvements on performance of British Council library

Conducted / Organized

1. Indo US science meet on Monsoonal studies in Bay of Bengal Dec 20142. International seminar on best of practice 20123. Regional workshop on pretction of buoy 20114. National seminar on climate change 6 to 7 September 20125. National training on sensors and ocean data collections 22 to 26 Nov 20126. UN supported Training Workshop on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection and Interpretation

for South Asia Seas 7. UN supported IMO workshop on OPRC HNS Male Maldives 3 – 6 May 20028. UN supported project Blue flag Beach certification project in South Asia Dhaka, Goa, Colombo & Male9. EU project Coral reef in south Asia10. Regional Workshop on “Establishing a Cooperative Mechanism for Protection of Met-ocean Data and

Tsunami Buoys in the Northern Indian Ocean Region” organized by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and the Bay of Bengal Programme – Inter Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO) at NIOT Campus, Chennai from 6 – 7 May 2011.

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11. Capacity Building on “Moored Buoy Data Management and Quality Control” offered by two experts Mr Walter Henry McCall and Mr Micheal Nolan Huguet from National Data Buoy Centre(NDBC) – NOAA, USA was successfully completed during 18th – 29th April 2011.

12. New Frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research” MBR 2004 held at NIOT from 22 – 23 January 2004 International conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology RAMAT 2006 Allied Publishers ISBN81-8424-128-3

13. INCOIS & NIOT jointly organised the annual IOP, SIBER-SSC and IRF panel meeting for the year 2011 at Chennai during 25th – 29th July 2011

14. Regional Workshop on “Establishing a Cooperative Mechanism for Protection of Met-ocean Data and Tsunami Buoys in the Northern Indian Ocean Region” organized by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and the Bay of Bengal Programme – Inter Governmental Organization (BOBP-IGO) at NIOT Campus, Chennai from 6 – 7 May 2011.

15. Capacity Building on “Moored Buoy Data Management and Quality Control” offered by two experts Mr Walter Henry McCall and Mr Micheal Nolan Huguet from National Data Buoy Centre(NDBC) – NOAA, USA was successfully completed during 18th – 29th April 2011.

16. Inaugurated the conference and delivered the Inaugural address on "Advanced Materials for Marine Applications"on 3rd September 2012 at Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Sathyabama University, Chennai.

17. Attended 28th Session of the Joint WMO-IOC followed by 32nd meeting on the Argos Joint Tariff Agreement during 2 - 10 October 2012 at Australia

18. Organising Secretary ESSO MoES through NIOT in association with DBCP, WMO/IOC, JCOMM, WMO UNESCO - IOC with Regional Bodies such as BOBP IGO, BOBLME organised a Regional Workshop on "Best Practices for Instruments and Methods of Ocean Observation" at NIOT during November 19 - 21, 2012.

19. Organising Secretary National Training on Ocean Data Collection was conducted at NIOT by Sea Bird Electronics and Wetlabs during 22 - 27 November 2012

20. DBCP/NIOT/BOBP-IGO Regional Workshop on  The Best Practices for Instruments and Methods of Ocean Observation 19 - 21, November 2012 Chennai, India

21. Member organising committee PORSEC at Kochi during 8 - 9 November 201222. Valedictory address was given during the "Fifth Regional Training Course on Code of Conduct for

Responsible Fisheries" conducted by the BOBP-IGO held at Hotel Raj Park on 1st February 2013.23. Co Convener National Conference on Advances in Naval Materials (ADNAM-2013)February 22-23,

2013, NIOT, Chennai Organised by Materials Panel, Naval Research Board, DRDO24. Organizing Secretary - International conference on Marine Antifouling Technology RAMAT 2006 from

6 to 8 November 2006 International biodegradation and Biodeterioration society UK.25. Organizing Secretary: National conference on New Frontiers oi Marine Bioresearch MBR 2003 held

22- 23 February 200326. Organising committee member: Coastal & Ocean Technology COT 2003 at NIOT27. Joint Organizing Secretary International conference on Bioengineering iCAB 07, 5- 7 December 2007 28. Rapporteur Regional Workshop on Development of a Regional Activity on Marine Litter for the South

Asian Seas Region 20 to 21 August 2007, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Patent :

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1. COMPOSITION COATING FOR BIOFOULING PROTECTION PCT/BG2007/000009. Pub. No.:WO/2008/074102; Publication Date: 26.06.2008, International Application No PCT/BG2007/000009

2. Patent published in Indian Patent journal titled “An apparatus and the functioning of integrated marine surveillance systems”. PATENT NO: 873/CHE/2012

3. Patent published in Indian Patent journal titled “REAL TIME TSUNAMI MONITORING SYSTEM”, Application No. 2301\CHE\2014 dated 2014

Membership Fellow Institution of Engineers Member NACE USA Vice President South Asia Executive committee Member NIGIS South Zone Life Member Indian Science Congress Kolkatta Member - IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Member- Ocean Society of India

AcademicPublicationsPapers in Journals 64Conferences./ Symposia/ Seminars 102Invited lectures (national/International) 54Co-author Book 2Chapters in Books 5Patents filed 3Co Guide PhD Scholars 5Guide to Post Graduate Project work 27PhD examiners 10Organised Conferences/workshops 12Review of manuscripts/PhD thesis/Project proposals 15

Additional Qualifications2002 Certificate course on GIS information system2004 Certificate course on Bioinformatics, Anna University2005 Management for R & D, Certificate Administrative Staff college Hyderabad2006 ISO Auditor – awarded as ISO auditor after passing out a training course offered by TUV Germany

Invited talks delivered abroad

2013 UNESCO Paris DBCP 29 meeting 23 Sept to 1 Oct2012 DBCP and JTA meeting held at Fremantle Australia2011 8th International Scientific Symposium of UNESCO IOC/WESTPAC in collaboration with Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), South Korea 2011 Multilateral Roundtable on Innovation and Research Collaboration in Marine and Ocean Technology” organized by International Science and Technology Partnerships (ISTP), Cannda23-25 March 2009 Meeting on finalisation of Regional Oils spill contingency Plan with Govt of Bangladesh Dhaka23-27 April International conference on Turtle conservation Goa india2-4 March Dhaka; 6-7 March Male Maldives; 8-10 March Goa India; 12 March Colombo 25 - 27 May 2009 Preparatory meeting with Pakistan Officials for Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan (ROSCP)26 February, 2010 National Inception Workshop Colombo, Sri Lanka Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project

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May 2009 National symposium on Invasive alien Species, Negombo, Sri Lanka, Minstry of Environemnt Srilanka MoE, GoSL Capacity Building for the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity in South Asia3 - 6 October 2005 Regional Workshop, Chennai, India, International maritime Organisation - Application of the AFS Convention on Measures to Collect, Handle, Treat and Dispose of Waste Generated04 - 08 April 2009 Workshop on Building Capacity for Sustainable Governance in South Asian Fisheries Colombo11 – 15 May 2009 World Ocean Conference 2009 Manado Indonesia15 February 2009 High-Level Gender and Environment Forum Nairobi16 - 17 December 2008 3rd Meeting of SACRTF Chennai 16 - 20 February 2009 25th Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum of UNEP Nairobi17 - 19 June 2009 Tenth Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea 2009 Oil Spill Contingency Plan for South Asia and MoU Islamabad18 - 22 May 2009 Regional Workshop on Practical Implementation of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Aquaculture in the APFIC 18- 22 September 2009 Training Workshop on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection and Interpretation for South Asia Seas 20 - 23 April 2009 ICRI General Meeting Phuket 3 – 6 May 2002 IMO workshop on OPRC HNS Male Maldives3 July 2009 Discussion on Training Programme New Delhi India5 - 8 October 2009 11th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Convention and Action Houston USA: 20-23 April 2009 INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE (ICRI) General Meeting Phuket, Thailand, 13- 18 September 2003 Manchester UK: Presented paper in International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Society (IBBS) Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 2 June 2005 Marine biofouling surface modification approach, Bulgarian Academy of sciences Sofia,September 13-15 2004 Special invitee International conference organised by International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society on Alternative and Conventional Anti-Fouling Strategies Mülheim, Germany New Approaches Against Marine Biofouling”27 May 2005 Ocean science and Technology: Bulgarian Neuroscience forum,Sofia 5-9 May, 2002 Presented paper in Offshore Technology Conference OTC 2002, 28 May 2005 Bulgaria Advances in Indian Ocean science research, National forum: Bulgarian science International conference Sofia 18 – 23 August 2007 South Asia cooperative programme Regional Workshop on marine litter management August 2006 University Chemical Technology and Metallurgy UCTM, Bulgaria Sofia UNEP UNWTO supported as IYBD programme Blue Flag beach certification workshop 1 - 8 May 2007 Universiti Malaysia Terengannu

Significant contributions as a Regional Coordinator, South Asian Seas Programme Major contribution is finalizing a commonly agreeable test for signing MoU among South Asian

countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka on Oil Spill contingency Plan- led mission to India Pakistan Maldives Bangladesh and MoU is signed by 4 countries now – which was pending for 9 years

Conceived Completed Blue Flag Beach certification for South Asia- UNEP, UN WTO Governments of Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka 2010

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Conceived and Executed UNEP Project on Marine data collection, sampling and management for South Asia supported by UNDOALOS, UNEP GRID Arendal Sept 2008

Prepared and submitted project proposal to NCF – Nordic Climate Facility titled Institutional strengthening via twinning between NIVA and Regional partners on adaptation to climate change challenges in Bangladesh with Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway and Government of Bangladesh

Working on UNEP SSFA project on Blue Flag Beach conservation project involving Environment and Tourism and Ministry and Industry in South Asia

Led mission to UNICPOLOS meeting at UN New York, UNEP GC Nairobi, ICRI meeting Phuket & Monaco, World Ocean Congress, East Asian Seas Congress,

Coordinated a Regional workshop on MARPOL for IMO for South Asia and South East Asia Kuala Lumpur 2009

Contributed to the International Maritime Organization IMO London through BLG 13 correspondence group to develop international guidelines on Biofouling Invasive species

Working on UNEP SSFA Project on marine Biodiversity assessment for South Asia Organized third meeting of South Asia Coral Reef Task Force meeting Completed project reports on UNEP EU project on Marine Protected Areas in South Asia Involved in preparation of Regional strategy for conservation and management of coral reef ecosystem

in South Asia and Communication strategy for coral reef management in South Asia Involved in conducing a International Maritime Organisation - Regional workshop on Prepared

guideline document on the status of conventions and protocols in South Asia on marine Environment Submitted to NOAA a project titled Socioeconomic Training and Monitoring to enhance Coral Reef

Management in Sri Lanka: Field trials and baseline surveys – Pilot project for South AsiaPopularizing science

Invited lectures

1. Indian Ocean observation programme 12 December 2014 IIT Bhubaneswar2. 17 November 2013 Sai Ram Engineering College Chief Guest Faculty Development Programme3. October 2013 Agni Institute of Technology Chief Guest Validictory function of Regional Science competition4. 10th CII – Corrosion Management Committee (CMC), 2nd Faraday Research Day Celebration & 4th Faraday Council of Corrosion Meeting Hotel Park Sheraton, Chennai, Date: 20 Sep 20135. Brainstorming Meet on Research on Tropical Cyclones over Indian Seas- Current Scenario and Potential Area RoCoIS-2013 Organised by India Meteorological Department Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai6. Rajalakshmi Engineering College Chennai7. Chief Guest  National level technical symposium, ALTIUS’13 on September 13 & 14, 2013.Dhanalakshmi Engineering College Chennai8. Lecture at IIT Madras Biofouling and recent developments on anti fouling for partcipants from industry9. Chief Guest Sathyabama University 3 September 201210. Sai Ram Engineering college 201311. Materials for marine applications Students from IIT Madras 201312. Ocean Observation systems IMD Chennai 201213. Advanced Materials and composites for marine applications at B Abdur Rahman University, Chennai on 18th July 2012. 14. Workshop on “Physical Process in the Bay of Bengal and Monsoon ISO” at Bangalore 5 th to 7th March 2012.15. Naval Research board "Advanced Materials and composites for marine applications" (Motivational research seminar) B S Abdur Rahman University 19th July 201216. World Classical Tamil Conference - Synopsis for the 'Arivial Tamil Amarvu' Scientific Session May 2010

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17. Rotary Club Sri Lanka Climate change and adaptation 2008 18. 5th Training Program on Paints and Coatings by NACE India South Zone at Chennai from 13th to 15th July19. Seminar and deliver a lecture on Ocean Observation Systems at Indian Maritime Foundation Pune 19thApril 201220. Energy Power Plant - Institute of Marine Engineers Goa Chapter Vasco Da Gama Goa February 200121. Ocean & Seas – Dead or Alive, Karnataka State Local Centre, World Environment Day, Institution of Engineers, 5 June 2004.22. National Technological Congress, Kerala (NATCON) was initiated by the Center for research and development (CERD), Government of Kerala 10 February 201223. Marine Biotechnology Approach on Materials Research at the seminar “Perspectives in Minerals, Metals and Materials Research” organized by Department of Metallurgy, IIT, 22-23 July 2004.24. Chief guest Inauguration Zoology association Loyola College Chapter, Loyola College, Chennai, 6 August 2004.25. Lecture on marine biotechnology approach seminar COMITS 2005 NIO Goa 13 January 2005.26. Chief Guest Valedictory function on National Seminar on Advances in Biology, St Joseph College Trichy delivered lecture on Marine biotechnology on 19 January 2005.27. Presented paper in the workshop on Maritime Safety workshop on promulgation of NAVAREA warnings and presented on moored Chef Guest valedictory function training programme Youth scientists talent programme Thyagarajar college Madurai 28 May 201228. buoy performance at National Hydrographic Office, Dehradun on 27th July 2011.29. Chief Guest to distribute certificates in Small scale industries Service Institute Chennai May 200530. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore invited lecture on Materials research in marine biotechnology approach April 200431. Invited lecture in Zoology Department, Madras university for the training programme organized on “Ocean Science and Technology for Islands – Indian perspective” on 12 February 2005.32. Materials Research: an innovative approach by marine Biotechnology approach, Institution of Engineers, Karnataka Chapter Bangalore, 4 September 2005.33. Chief Guest to distribute certificates for successful completion of NDT certificate at Indian Society for Nondestructive testing Chennai Chapter 29 October 200534. Biofouling and Corrosion in seawater Intake system for Power Plants – training Programme for Senior Officers of Power Plants - NTPC Ltd Simhadri, 23 November 2005.35. Training programme organized by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam, Recent trends in Marine antifouling methods, IIT Madras 26 November 2005 36. Marine resources as treasure trove for drug development and marine antifouling, Anna University Chennai 29 Dec 200537. Marine bio nanotechnology – All India seminar on Vistas of nano applications organized by institution of engineers (I) and Team tech Foundation Bangalore 7 January 200638. Sankara Senior Secondary School on science forum chief Guest and delivered lecture on marine biodiversity January 200639. Seminar organized by Arunai engineering college Thiruvanamalai March 200640. Marine Corrosion and biofouling Jadavpur University West Bengal 17 March 200641. Seminar on Chemical Engineering- Institute of Engineers Bangalore42. National seminar on AgroBiodiversity National Biodiversity of India February 200643. Indo-US INDOFLUX WORKSHOP July 12-16, 2006 Chennai sponsored by DST and Anna University,South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,USA.44. Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, Chennai, 6-8, November 200645. Bharathidasan University December 200646. 94th Indian Science Congress Annamalai University, 4 January 200747. Chief Guest Bharath University January 200748. SOUL foundation February 2007

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49. Invited lecture International conference on Indian Power solutions, NTPC Ltd 13 – 14 February 2007, New Delhi.50. Thyagaraja college, Madurai.200551. Marine Biotechnology Science centre Chennai July 200752. S K Seshadri Memorial lecture, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 20 July 200753. Institution of Engineers, Marine wing lecture on Ocean Science and Technology – Recent trends, 21 July 2007, Bangalore54. Lecture on S&T for Agriculture in Dept of science Technology 8 August 200755. Millenium Technology initiative – lecture on marine micro-algae - CSIR New Delhi56. Conducted Quiz - Ocean and Science and Technology for students – DST sponsored TV programme December 200757. Marine Biotechnology – Recent trends, Science City Chennai58. Science Day lecture, DB Jain College, Chennai January 200859. Chief Guest, Science day, Sivasami Kalalaya School January 2008 l 60. Lecture to students Nature camp Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre Chennai April,2008.61. Lecture on Orientation Programme for the Research Supervisors and Scholars. 6-7 June 2008 62. “Impact of marine Atmosphere on Coastal structures” Pondicherry on 31st July 2008.63. Organized students awareness visit on corrosion for NIIS 200764. Technical writing Research opportunities training orgaisned by KITES centre Chennai 16 August 2008Radio 2012 Community radio Sriperumpudur 2011 All India Radio Youth programme on Ocean observation and tsunami warning 23 August 2006 All India Radio speech on benefits of lobster and crab farming 9 September 2006 All India Radio Yuva Vahini programme on Importance of costal environment 15 September 2005 Awareness talk on International coastal cleanup day all stations in Tamilnadu & Karaokkal (Ponidcheery) 16 September 2006 Discussion- Experience-International coastal cleanup day 24 February 2007 Speech on coastal environment All India RadioTVSUN News 18 September 2006: Discussion on International Coastal Cleanup day.10 Nov 2006 - Doordarshan “Interview with Vice Chancellor, University of Madras Enviromental Science programmeProject review committee Naval Research Board Department of Science and Technology Ministry of Environment and ForestsMember recruitment/assessment committee Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi August 2006 Central Wind Energy Technology Chennai September 2006 Bharathidasan University Trichy December 2006 Sathyabama University Chennai December 2006 Chairman selection committee Central Wind energy Technology Chennai September 2006 Central Wind Energy Technology Chennai January 2007 Central Wind Energy Technology Chennai February 2007 Central Wind Energy Technology Chennai September 2007

Academic activityMember : Committee to coordinate NIOT & IIT Madras jointly conducted M Tech course on Ocean Technology and ManagementMember : M Tech Coastal Engineering course Anna UniversityCoordinating the MSc Integrated programme jointly conducted by NIOT and Annamalai University

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Coordinator - Sathyabama University - Ocean Research Centre activities

Doctoral committee Anna University Sathyabama University Dr MGR University Bharathidasan University Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Member of Board of Research : AMET University (maritime University), Chennai

Recognized Doctoral guide for Indian Institute of Technology Madras Anna university Annamalai University, University of Madras Bharathidasan university Trichirapalli Sathyabama UniversityPh D ExaminersSathyabama University 2007 to till dateVIT University April 2008Scott Christian College M S university Nagercoil April 2008Dr MGR University November 2007Madras University (IGCAR Kalpakkam) December 2007 Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Chennai 2007Institute of Ocean Management Anna University 2005, 2006,2007, 2008Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Chennai 2006Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Chennai 2005M Sc course Question paper setting and evaluation of answer sheet Annmalai University 2007 M Sc course Question paper Alagappa University 2005

Ph D Thesis reviewed

A study on the Marine Fouling Community of Kudankullam Coastal Waters – Dec’06 By Mr. S. Satheesh – Department of Zoology, Scott Christian College (Autonomous) Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli 2007Surface Modification of Titanium to Control Microbial Fouling in Material Science- Dec’06 in Microbiology by Ms. G. Mary Judy, Corrosion Science and Technology Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, 2007Composite Coatings by Electrodeposition Process for High Temperature Application – June 2007. By S. Ramachnadran – Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai. 2007

Reviewer of manuscript for the JournalJournal of Environmental Management.Biochemical Engineering Journal Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering.

Research guidanceCo Guide PhD scholarsAwarded PhD Degree 2 Being pursued 3 Mohamaded Fayaz University of Madras 2011 Karthikeyalu Dr MGR University 2012

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L. Vedaprakash Annamalai University D.Inbakandan Annamalai University, R. Manjumeena, University of Madras

Popular Lectures delivered to students/ Industry CORAL IIT Kharagpur 2015 Sai Ram Institute of Technology Chennai 2015 SUN TV Programme RMK Engineering College NACE workshop IIT Madras Orgnised School Children’s programme-“Electrochemistry & Corrosion Camp” 28 Nov.,  2014  Third National Student Autonomous Underwater vehicle competition 2013 5th Training Program on Paints and Coatings NACE India South Zone Chennai training Chennai 2012 Second National Student Autonomous Underwater vehicle competition 2012 94th Indian Science Congress Annamalai University, 4 January 2007 Advanced Materials and composites for marine applications at B Abdur Rahman University, Chennai on 18th July 2012. First national Student Autonomous Underwater vehicle competition 2010 Orgnised School Children’s programme-“Electrochemistry & Corrosion Camp”  2013  Impact of marine Atmosphere on Coastal structures” Pondicherry on 31st July 2008. Anticorrosion coating technology 2 May 2005 Officers of Power Plants - NTPC Ltd Simhadri, 23 November 2005 Arunai Engineering college Thiruvanmalai 23 march 2006 B S Abdur Rahman University Bharathidasan University December 2006 Biofouling and corrosion in seawater Intake system for Power Plants 2 October 2005 Chef Guest valedictory function training programme Youth scientists talent programme Thyagarajar college Madurai 28 May 2012 Chief Guest Bharath University January 2007 Chief Guest Sathyabama University 2012 Anna University Chennai 23 December 2005 Annamalai University 2006 Chief Guest to distribute certificates for successful completion of NDT certificate at Indian Society for Nondestructive testing Chennai Chapter 29 October 2005 Chief Guest to distribute certificates in Small scale industries Service Institute Chennai May 2005 Chief Guest Valedictory function St Joseph College Trichy 19 January 2005. Chief Guest, Science day, Sivasami Kalalaya School January 2008 l Conducted Quiz - Ocean and Science and Technology for students – DST sponsored TV programme December 2007 DB Jain College, Chennai January 2008 Department of Metallurgy IIT Madras 20 February 2013 Environment Types & Coatings Specification NACE Training IIT Madras - 23 October 2007 IEE Bangalore 2008 IISC Bangalore 17 July 2009 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore invited lecture on Materials research April 2004 Indian Maritime Foundation Pune 19thApril 2012 Institute of Marine Engineers Goa Chapter Vasco Da Gama Goa February 2001 Institution of Engineers, Marine wing lecture Recent trends, 21 July 2007, Bangalore Jodhpur University 30 March 2006 Lecture at IIT Madras Biofouling and recent developments on anti fouling for partcipants from industry Lecture on Orientation Programme for the Research Supervisors and Scholars. 6-7 June 2008

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Lecture to students Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre Chennai April,2008. Loyola College Chapter, Loyola College, Chennai, 6 August 2004. Marine Corrosion and biofouling Jadavpur University West Bengal 17 March 2006 Materials for marine applications Students from IIT Madras 2013 Materials Research at the seminar “Perspectives in Minerals, Metals and Materials Research” organized by Department of Metallurgy, IIT, 22-23 July 2004. NACE Training at IIT Madras prelude to CORCON 2005 NACE training for industry Impact of Marine Atmosphere on Coastal Structures 31 July 2008 Pondicherry National Technological Congress, Kerala Government of Kerala 10 February 2012 Post graduate students of IIT madras 26 March 2013 Industrial lecture Graduate students IIT Madras April 2012 Sai Ram Engineering college 2012 Sankara Senior Secondary School on science forum chief Guest and delivered lecture January 2006 Scholars and researchers Anna University Coimbatore 2007 Seminar organized by Arunai engineering college Thiruvanamalai March 2006 Silicone based coatings for marine applications10 october 2006 Sri Muthukumaran institute of technology Chennai 2012 Staff of Tanirbavi power plant 2006 Staff of Akzo nobel Bangalore Students IIT Madras 10 December 2010 Students IIT Madras 19 April 2011 Thyagaraja college, Madurai.2005 Training programme organized by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Kalpakkam, Recent trends in Marine antifouling methods, IIT Madras 26 November 2005 One day seminar IGCAR 12 July 2007

Delivered lectures as invited speakers 1. AIAII workshop at NIO Goa 24 September 20142. Organised CII CMC competition on Michael faradays Birthday at PSG Technology Coimbatore3. ICONEST IISC Bangalore August 20144. IIT Madras September 20145. International Tropical Meteorology Symposium (INTROMET-2014) is being held at SRM University,

Chennai during 21-25 Feb 20146. Surface engineering approach for marine corrosion and biofoouling International conference on surface

engineering 7-9 August 2013 Surface Engineering For Research and Industrial Applications - INTERFINISH-SERIA 2013, Asia Pacific at REC, Chennai, India Organised by Rajalakshmi Engineering College (REC) in association with International Union for Surface Finishing (IUSF) and Singapore Surface Engineering Association (SSEA)

7. International conference on Indian Power solutions by NTPC New Delhi 13 February 20078. International Symposium on “Advances in Stainless Steels ISAS 20079. Invited talk seminar organised at Chennai by Akzo Nobel 200810. Nanotechnology approach for marine and corrosion National nanotechnology meet on energy & environment NAMEE 2012 3 to 5 September 201211. National conference on advances in naval materials ADNAM 2013 Naval Research Board 22 -23 February 201312. New approaches to Marine Biofouling control National Design Research Forum IEE Bangalore 200813. Antifouling Regional workshop by IMO 200814. T.B.Bose Memorial lecture 25th National Convention Institution of Engineers (India),Tamilnadu State Centre under the aegis of Marine Division Board, IEI, Kolkata 5 August 2011 15. Moscot award invited lecture at IISC Bangalore by SAEST 2008

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16. Seminar by Electrochemical Society of India 24 January 201217. Recent advances in marine antifouling technologies 6 February 2006 ARCI Hyderabad18. COMITS seminar NIO Goa 9 D December 200419. Material for naval research IIT Madras 19 April 201120. Seminar by Electrochemical Society of India 24 January 201221. Advanced Materials and Composites for Marine Applications (AMCMA) B S Abdur Rahman University Naval research board materials for marine and ocean technology applications -  opportunity & challenges 18 July 201222. FICCI- International Conference on Marine – Hazards & Opportunities July 3 – 5, 2006, Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai, India23. OTC Ocean Technology Conference Houston USA 200224. University Chemical Technology and Metallurgy UCTM, Bulgaria Sofia 25. Euroscience forum,Sofia Bulgaria 200626. Bulgarian Academy of sciences Sofia, 200527. International conference on Alternative and Conventional Anti-Fouling and marine corrosion Strategies Mülheim, Germany 2004 invited speaker28. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Society (IBBS) Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 2003

International reports

Product development Barnacle Adhesion Tester An apparatus and the functioning of integrated marine surveillance systems Indian Data Acquisition System for buoys- met ocean, wave and tsunami Deep Ocean Fish Aggregation Device Open sea cages for culture of lobsters Open sea cages for Culture of Mudcrabs

International reports

R Venkatesan, Prasantha Abeyagunverdane Guideline document on the status of conventions and Protocols in the field of Marine Environment by South Asian Seas Countries March 2010 Status of Marine environmental conventions in South Asia SACEP Colombo 2010Regional Strategy for Coral Reef Management in South Asia, December 2008Regional Communication Strategy for Coral Reef Management in South Asia, December 2008Briefing Session to the Diplomatic Community, 2009-03-23, Colombo, Sri Lanka http://www.rcss.org/news-and-events.php?page=10Training manual on marine Resource Sampling, Data collection & interpretation for South Asian seas R. Venkatesan, W. K. Rathnadeera H. I. Tillekaratne http://www.sacep.org/pdf/marine_training_manual.pdf ISBN: 978 955 8074 19JCOMM web site Manual on best of practice method of data buoys http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_ oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=7573South Asia Coral Reef Task Force (SACRTF) Third Meeting 2008 Compiled by: H. I. Tillekaratne, R. Venkateshan, and N. Barnard http://www.icran.org/pdf/Report%203rd%20SACRTF%20 Meeting%20Dec%2008.pdfInteractive Governance in fisheries management in south asia well being approach England, The Netherlands, India and Sri LankaUNEP report 11th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans Bangkok, Thailand, 5th- 8th October 2009 http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/globalmeetings/11/inf.02-participants-list.pdfIMO FAO UNESCO-IOC WMO UNIDO IAEA UN UNEP REPORT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF GESAMP Sponsored by the UNEP - Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) and

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Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), Bangkok, Thailand, 15 to 19 February 2010 http://www.gesamp.org/data/gesamp/files/media/Publications/ Reports_and_studies_81/gallery_1376/object_1530_large.pdf UNESCO IOC IODE web site http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=7573

Meetings attended and delivered talks abroad

2014 DBCP 30 Session Weihei China Oct Nov 2014 2014 Led mission to Arctic Ny Alesund 2013 Attended ASIRI OMM Indo US programme at Scripps Inst USA Mar 2014 2013 UNESCO IOC DBCP and JTA session Oct 2013 2012 DBCP and JTA meeting held October 2012 Fremantle Australia 2012 INDO US Joint meeting WHOI USA 2012 2011 8th International Scientific Symposium of UNESCO IOC/WESTPAC in collaboration with Korean

Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), South Korea 2011 Multilateral Roundtable on Innovation and Research Collaboration in Marine and Ocean Technology

organized by International Science and Technology Partnerships (ISTP), Cannda 2011 DBCP and JTA meeting held at WMO Geneva Switzerland 2010 DBCP and JTA meeting held at Oban UK 26 February, 2010 National Inception Workshop Colombo, Sri Lanka Bay of Bengal Large Marine

Ecosystem Project 23-25 March 2009 Meeting on finalisation of Regional Oils spill contingency Plan with Govt of Bangladesh

Dhaka 25 - 27 May 2009 Preparatory meeting with Pakistan Officials for Regional Oil Spill Contingency Plan (ROSCP)

23-27 April 2010 International conference on Turtle conservation Goa India 2-4 March Dhaka; 6-7 March Male Maldives; 8-10 March Goa India; 12 March Colombo Blue Flag ship

workshop with UNEP and UNWTO May 2009 National symposium on Invasive alien Species, , Sri Lanka, 11 – 15 May 2009 World Ocean Conference 2009 Manado Indonesia 15 February 2009 High-Level Gender and Environment Forum Nairobi 16 - 20 February 2009 25th Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum of

UNEP Nairobi 17 - 19 June 2009 Tenth Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on

Oceans and the Law of the Sea 18- 22 September 2009 Training Workshop on Marine Resources Sampling, Data Collection and

Interpretation for South Asia Seas 20 - 23 April 2009 ICRI General Meeting Phuket 3 – 6 May 2009 IMO workshop on OPRC HNS Male Maldives 3 July 2009 Discussion on Training Programme New Delhi India 5 - 8 October 2009 11th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Convention and Action Houston USA: 20-23 April 2009 International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) General Meeting Phuket, Thailand, 17 December 2008 3rd Meeting of SACRTF Chennai 2008 Application of the AFS Convention on Measures to Treat and Dispose of Waste Generated 18 – 23 August 2007 South Asia cooperative programme Regional Workshop on marine litter 8 May 2007 Universiti Malaysia Terengannu 3 - 6 October 2005 Regional Workshop, Chennai, India, International maritime Organisation - 16 - 2 June

2005 Marine biofouling Bulgarian Academy of sciences Sofia, 28 May 2005 Bulgaria Advances in Indian Ocean science research, National forum: Bulgarian science

International conference Sofia 1 August 2006 University Chemical Technology and Metallurgy UCTM, Bulgaria Sofia

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27 May 2005 Ocean Science and Technology: Bulgarian Neuroscience forum, Sofia 13-15 September 2004 Special Invitee International conference International Biodeterioration and

Biodegradation Society- Alternative and Conventional Anti-Fouling Strategies Mülheim, Germany 13- 18 September 2003 Manchester UK: Presented paper in International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Society (IBBS) Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 5-9 May, 2002 Presented paper in Offshore Technology Conference OTC 2002

Projects executed as Project coordinator Establishment first ever Indian observatory in Arctic 2014 Re installation & Sustenenance of Moored buoy Ocean Observation Network 2011 Design Installtion and commissioning of Indian Tsunami Buoy network and enabling to shaer data with Global

community 2004 Member of national committee on rehabilitation of tsunami and earthquake affected people in Andaman 2007-09 International Coastal Cleanup Day - Involved in organizing awareness among the public in 100 coastal

places with Indian Coast Guard 2001-2007 Coastal Ocean Pollution Monitoring and Prediction System in Andaman & Nicobar 2002-2007 National Project on Development of Potential Drugs from ocean 2007 UNDP Project to support fishers in Chilka Lake Orissa on mud crab fating 2005-2007: Performance of naval materials in marine environment – Naval Research Board 2005-2007: Biodeterioration of polymer by marine micro-organisms–Naval Research Board 2005-2008: Indo-Bulgarian Project on Surface modification apoproach on marine biofouling 2005-2007: Biofouling studies in plate heat exchangers-Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research 2005-2007 Fish

aggregation Device around lakshadweep Islands 2005-2006 Societal programme on livelihood support to fishers in Pulicat lake 2008: Understanding the Adhesion Mechanisms of Barnacles 2008: Performance of polymers (LDPE,HDPE, PP, PU and PC) in marine environment

Specific contributions to Ocean Observations

17 years of association with Indian Ocean Observation Programme; Contributed Re-establishment of Met Ocean and Tsunami buoy network; Support to NOAA PMEL RAMA Programme; Contributed to Data Buoy Cooperation Panel as Vice Chair of Asia, Chair of Tsunameter Partnership of DBCP; Chair of Working Group on Vandalism and evolved Regional working mechanism on Vandalism of buoys; actively involved in preparing best of practice manual for moored met ocean buoys, Involved discussion with global group such as Indian Ocean Buoy programme, JAMSTEC, NDBC, NOAA PMEL; organised DBCP Regional workshop with Industry; Development of new observational tools; collaboration with leading US institutions on Bay of Bengal studies

Bio Blurb

Dr. R. Venkatesan has a long experience in the field of ocean and science technology for the past 32 years a d is currently working as Scientist G & Head-Ocean Observation Systems Group, National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai. He is responsible for planning and coordination and implementation of ocean observation systems activities of NIOT. He is responsible for reestablishing Moored Buoy network in Indian waters and his working for sustinanace of this programme to provide real time met ocean and tsunami early warning data. He was successful in implementing indigenous development of data acquisition system for such ocean moored buoys. He also built expertise to design deep sea instrumented mooring systems. He is also responsible for successful development of Robofish an autonomous ocean observation vehicle. A state of the art moored buoy transmitting 106 parameters in real time was developed and installed in Arabian Sea.

His current success includes leading a team to establish ocean observatory near North Pole in Arctic. His work on materials for marine application s includes coastal, deep sea and Polar region. He enjoys working on

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projects having direct relevance to the society such as real time data from moored buoys for cyclone and tsunami for coastal hazard warning, coastal cleanup campaign as a part of International coastal cleanup day and successfully executed societal programme to support livelihood of coastal fishermen. In the scientific front he has been working on behaviour of materials for marine applications for shallow and deep sea applications and has an international patent filed on eco-friendly anti-fouling paint under Indo-Bulgarian project. He is working with leading Universities in USA on a collaborative project to study monsoons in the Bay of Bengal He received his M. Tech from Karnataka Regional Engineering College and was awarded Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and to continue his academic pursuit to complete courses in Marine Environmental Pollution and Management and International Business Management from IIFT New Delhi.

Dr R Venkatesan has been working on the behaviour of materials for marine applications for shallow and deep sea applications up to 5000m depth. He was also responsible for an Indo-Bulgarian S&T project between NIOT and University of Chemical Technology, Sofia Bulgaria and filed a Patent. He had undertaken projects under Naval Research Board in association with IIT Madras. He also executed international collaborative project through Department of Science and Technology. He also completed project for UNDP Government of Thailand, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research BARC. He also executed projects Talchar Thermal power plant, Tanir bavi Thermal Power plant, Surya Chakra power plant Andaman for Industry. He was responsible for societal activities, to support livelihood of coastal fishers as an alternate employment by initiating projects such as on lobster and crab culture in sea cages and Fish Aggregation Devices in Tamilnadu, Orissa and Andaman.

He was PI for Coastal Ocean Pollution Monitoring Project and Drugs from Sea of Department of ocean Development now MoES. He has field experience on board Indian and Foreign Research Ships and boats for more than 1500 days.

He was nominated by Government of India, as a National Consultant for marine litter management activity under the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) Sri Lanka. He worked as a Regional Coordinator. South Asian Seas Programme, South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme Sri Lanka. He led mission to UN New York, UNEP Nairobi, International Coral Reef Initiative General Meeting at Monaco (2010) & Phuket (2009), GESAMP Bangkok, Regional Seas Meeting Bangkok. He is a receipt of Tamilnadu State Scientist award in 2006; NDRF Award Institution of Engineers (2009), MOSCOT National Award from Electrochemical Society of India, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 2007; best PhD award from NACE in 2002 constituted by Oil and Natural Gas Commission for his doctoral thesis. Recently National Research and Development Council Government of India announced Societal Innovation Award for the year 2013

He has to his credit 65 publications in referred national and international journals, Co-author of book by Springer Germany, ISmithers United Kingdom; Co-Editors of three conference proceedings. Reviewed PhD theses and reviewed manuscripts of reputed Journals. He guided 5 PhD scholars and 35 Post Graduate students for dissertation and has three patents to his credit and was in Doctoral committee for 15 students in different Universities. He was associated in initiating M Tech course in IIT Madras and is member of NIOT IIT Cell and Member of committee for Defense Institute of Advanced Studies He is instrumental in conceptualizing and executing national competition on Autonomous Underwater vehicle for College Students SAVe by NIOT, CII CMC Corrosion Awareness Video competition He has filed 3 patents and Co-authored two books on Marine and Industrial Biofouling by Springer Publications Germany and Polymers in marine environment iSmithers UK He has widely traveled to 32 countries. He organized many international and national conferences and workshops.

He christened a national capacity building exercise on student autonomous vehicle competition (SAVe) and is being organised by NIOT. Three national events were organised and winning team like IIT Kharagpur IIT madras Panimalar Institute Chennai were deputed to participate in International AUV Competition in USA. Today country is proud to have 9 AUVs designed by students

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Dr R Venkatesan is elected to serve in many International committees including Vice Chair Asia for DBCP supported by UNESCO IOC and WMO; Chair for International Tsunameter Partnership and Chair on working group on Buoys. He is elected to be a steering committee member for Asia Pacific region of Global Ocean Observation System of UNESCO IOC; National Consultant for SACEP NORAD IMO Project appointed by Government of India

Recently nominated by Government of India to serve as national consultant for a project of International Maritime Organization UK on regional Oil spill contingency Plan with SACEP Colombo. He is also national focal point of international committee on Belmont forum representing India

He has special interest on Biomimics and his team has developed a Robofish mimicking fish to swim in waters His responsibility include Scientist In charge for Sea front facility and has enabled NIOT to acquire 211 acres of land abetting sea in Andhra Pradesh. He is working on diversified field of ocean science and technology and wishes to continue his endeavor to look at newer avenues and prefers to work in team

He is also Adjunct Faculty in INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHUBANESWAR

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PUBLICATIONS

JOURNALS

1. Venkatesan R, Vedachalam N, Sundar R, Arul Muthiah, Prasad P, and Atmanand MA., Assessment of the reliability of the Indian seas tsunami buoy system. Journal of Society for Underwater Technology, 2015, Volume 32, No.4, pp.255 – 270.

2. Chaitanya A.V.S., F. Durand, Simi Mathew, V. V. Gopalakrishna, F. Papa, M. Lengaigne, J. Vialard, Ch. Krantikumar and R.Venkatesan, Observed year-to-year sea surface variability in the Bay of Bengal during the period 2009 – 2014 period. Ocean Dynamics, February 2015, volume 65, N0. 2, pp.173 – 186.

3. Venkatesan R, Vedachalam N, Arul Muthiah M, Kesavakumar B, Sundar R, Atmanand MA, Evolution of reliable and cost-effective power systems for buoys used in monitoring Indian seas. Marine Technology Society Journal. January/February 2015, Volume 49, N0. 1, pp. 71 – 87.

4. Venkatesan R, Arul Muthiah M, and Murugesh P, Unusual corrosion of Instrument Deployed in the Deep Sea for the Indian Tsunami early warning system. Marine Technology Society Journal, November/December 2014, Volume 48, N0. 6, pp. 6 – 13.

5. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Estimation of significant wave heights using numerical and neural techniques and comparison with buoy and satellite observations, International Journal of Ocean and Climate systems, December 2014, Volume 5, No.4, pp.223 – 238.

6. R. Venkatesan, Technology development for real time visual observation of coastal waters from a moored buoy off Goa using 3G Telemetry, Marine Technology Society, October 2014, Volume 37, No. 5, pp 22 – 23.

7. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Validation of in-situ wave spectrum with JONSWAP in the Indian Ocean” International Journal of Remote Sensing, July 2014, Volume 35, No. 14, Issue 24, pp.5384 – 5393.

8. Vimala J, Venkatesan R, Latha G and R.R.Rao, “Observed Buildup and Collapse of Warm pool in the Eastern Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal from Moored Buoy SST records during 1998-2008” has been accepted by International Journal of Ocean and Climate systems, Vol.5 , No.1, March 2014

9. R. Manjumeena, T. Elakkiya, D.Duraibabu, A Feroze Ahmed, PT Kalaichelvan and R. Venkatesan, Green' biocompatible organic−inorganic hybrid electrospun nanofibers for potential biomedical applications” Journal of Biomaterials Applications, September 2014

10. R. Venkatesan, Simi Mathew, J. Vimala, G. Latha, M. Arul Muthiah, S. Ramasundaram, R. Sundar, R. Lavanya and M.A. Atmanand, Signatures of very severe cyclonic storm Phailin in met-ocean parameters observed by moored buoy network in the Bay of Bengal” Current science, Vol. 107, No. 4, August 2014.

11. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Validation of in-situ wave spectrum with JONSWAP in the Indian Ocean” International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, Issue 14, July 2014.

12. Vimala J, R. Venkatesan, G. Latha and R.R. Rao, Observed Buildup and Collapse of Warm pool in the Eastern Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal from Moored Buoy SST records during 1998-2008” has been accepted by International Journal of Ocean and Climate systems, Vol.5 , No.1, 2014

13. Thangavelu Muthukumar,  Adithan Aravinthan, R. Dineshram,  Ramasamy Venkatesan and Mukesh Doble, Biodegradation of Starch Blended High Density Polyethylene using Marine Bacteria Associated with Biofilm Formation and its Isolation Characterization. The journal of J Microb Biochem Technology. Vol.6(3), 2014

14. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Real Time Wave Forecasting using Artificial Neural Network with varying input Parameter”. Indian Journal of Geo-marine sciences, Vol.43, PP:82-87, 2014

15. Jagadeesh Kadiyam, D. Gowthaman, Prasad Punna, R. Venkatesan, M.A. Atmanand, Autonomous Ocean Observation Systems (AOS)- A Review, Technorama, Volume 63, December 2013

16. R. Venkatesan, M.Arul Muthiah, K.Ramesh, S. Ramasundaram, R.Sundar and M.A. Atmanand, Satellite Communication Systems For Real Time Data Transmission From Ocean Observational Platforms:Societal Importance And Challenges. The Journal of Ocean Technology, Vol.8, No.3, 2013

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17. R. Venkatesan, V.R. Shamji, G. Latha, Simi Mathew, R.R.Rao, M. Arul Muthiah and M.A. Atmanand, New in-situ ocean subsurface time series measurements from OMNI buoy network in the Bay of Bengal , Current Science 104,9, pp 1166-1177 , 2013

18. A.K. Shukla, K.N.Babu, R.P. Prajapati, N.M. Suthar, Ajai, A.Sinha, A.M. Saifee, S.N. Satashia, M. Arul Muthiah and R. Venkatesan, An Ocean CAL-VAL Site at Kavaratti in Lakshadweep for Vicarious Calibration of OCM-2 and Validation of Geophysical Products—Development and Operationalization Marine Geodesy 203-218 2013

19. L. Vedaprakash, R. Dineshram, Krupa Ratnam, K Lakshmi, K. Jayaraj, S. Mahesh Babu, R. Venkatesan, A. Shanmugam, Experimental studies on the effect of different metallic substrates on marine Biofouling. Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 1-10 2013.

20. K.N. Babu, A.K. Shukla, Ajai and R. Venkatesan, OCM2 vicarious calibration over Kavaratti Cal-Val site” International Journal of Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing Letters 2012

21. D. Inbakandan, G. Silaleela, D. Magesh Peter, R. Kirubagaran, R. Venkatesan, S. Ajmal Khan, Marine sponge extract assisted biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles Materials Letters 66–68 2012.

22. Sangeetha Raman, Lakshmi Karunamoorthy, Mukesh Doble, Ravikumar, R. Venkatesan, Barnacle adhesion on natural and synthetic substrates: Adhesive structure and composition International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives 41 (2012) 140–143

23. Vimala J, Latha G and Venkatesan R, Application of Soft Computing Tools for Wave Prediction at Specific Locations in the Arabian Sea using Moored Buoy observations International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems P 255-264 2012

24. Thangavelu Muthukumar,  Adithan Aravinthan,  Karunamoorthy Lakshmi,  Ramasamy Venkatesan,  Loganathan Vedaprakash, Mukesh Doble, Fouling and stability of polymer and composites in marine environment”, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 65, 276-284, 2011.

25. Lakshmi K, Muthukumar T, Doble M, Vedaprakash L, Kruparathnam, Dineshram R, Jayaraj K, Venkatesan R, “Influence of surface characteristics on biofouling formed on polymers exposed to coastal sea waters of India” Colloids Surf B Biointerface, Vol.1;91:205-11. Epub, November 7, 2011.

26. Pradipta R. Muduli, N.V. Vinithkumar, Mehmuna Begum, R.S. Robin, K. Vishnu Vardhan, R. Venkatesan, and R. Kirubagaran, Spatial Variation of Hydrochemical Characteristics in and Around Port Blair Bay Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India”, Journal of World Appl. Sci. J. 13; 564-571,

27. A. Mohammed Fayaz, M. Girilal, R. Venkatesan, P.T.Kalaichelvan, Biosynthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles using Maduca longifolia extract and their potential in infrared absorption. Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2011)

28. R. Venkatesan E S Dwarakadasa Corrosion of stainless steel in shallow and deep sea environment advances in Stainless steels EDS Baldev Raj et al Universities Press IGCAR (2010) 579-588

29. R. Sangeetha, Ravi kumar, R. Venkatesan, Mukesh Doble, L. Vedaprakash, Kruparatnam, K. Lakshmi, Dineshram, Understanding the structure of the adhesive plaque of Amphibalanus reticulates. Journal of Materials Science and Engineering C 30, 112–119, (2010)

30. D. Inbakandan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan and S. Ajmal Khan, 16S rDNA sequence analysis of culturable marine biofilm forming bacteria from a ship's hull; Biofouling”, The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research, 1029-2454, Vol. 26, Issue 8, 893 – 899, 2010.

31. D. Inbakandan, R. Venkatesan and S. Ajmal Khan, Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles utilizing Marine sponge Acanthella elongata (Dendy, 1905)”, Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 81, 634–639, 2010.

32. Karthikayalu S, Rama V, Kirubagaran R, Venkatesan R, Hemolytic toxin from the soft coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum: isolation and physiological characterization. J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis, 2010, vol.16, no.1, p.107-120

33. Amanulla Mohammed Fayaz, Kulandaivelu Balaji, Morukattu Girilal, Ruchi Yadav, Pudupalayam Thangavelu Kalaichelvan, Ramasamy Venketesan, Biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their synergistic effect with antibiotics: A study against gram-positive and gram- negative bacteria”. Journal of Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, biology and medicine. 6, 1, 103-109, 2010.

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34. R. Sangeetha, R. Kumar, M. Doble, R. Venkatesan, Barnacle cement: an etchant for stainless steel 316L, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 79(2), 524-530, 2010.

35. Mohammed Fayaz, C.S. Tiwary, P.T. Kalaichelvan, R. Venkatesan, Blue orange light emission from biogenic synthesized silver nanoparticles using Trichoderma viride Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2010) Vol 75, Issue 1, 1

36. Karthikayalu S; Rama V; Kirubagaran R; Venkatesan R Characterization, purification and phylogenetic analysis of a cytolysin from the sea anemoneHeteractis magnifica of the Indian Ocean, J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis vol.16 no.2 Botucatu, 2010, 16, 2, 223-240

37. A. Mohammed Fayaz, K. Balaji, M. Girilal, P. T. Kalaichelvan, And R. Venkatesan, Mycobased Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Incorporation into Sodium Alginate Films for Vegetable and Fruit Preservation  J. Agric. Food, 2009, 57, 6246–6252.

38. Mohammed Fayaz A1, Balaji K, Kalaichelvan PT, Venkatesan R, Fungal based synthesis of silver nanoparticles - An effect of temperature on the size of particles.  Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 74: 123–126, 2009.

39. R. Dineshrama, R. Subasri, K.R.C. Somarajub, K. Jayaraj , L. Vedaprakash , Krupa Ratnam , S.V. Joshib, R. Venkatesan “Biofouling studies on nanoparticle-based metal oxide coatings on glass coupons exposed to marine environment” published in the Journal of Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Volume 74, Issue 1, 1 November 2009, Pages 75-83.

40. Trishul Artham  M. Sudhakar  R. Venkatesan  C. Madhavan Nair  K.V.G.K. Murty  Mukesh Doble,  Marine fouling and stability of synthetic polymers in sea water. Inyrtnsyional Biodeteroration and Biodegradation, 63, 884-890. 2009.

41. Inbakandan. D , Radhika Rajasree , Stanley Abraham. L , Ganesh Kumar. V , Manoharan. N , Venkatesan. R and Ajmal Khan. S, Aquaculture Informatics: Integration of Information Technology and Aquaculture in India. International Journal on Applied Bioengineering Volume 3, 2009

42. Trishul Artham, M. Sudhakar, Mukesh Doble, V.R. Umadevi, R.R. Viduthalai, K. Suresh Kumar, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan, Effect of biofouling on stability of polycarbonate in sea water, The open Macromolecules Journal, 2, 43- 53 ,2008.

43. G. Radhika, M. Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan and Kathiroli, Marine natural products in Indian medicine and their future prospects, Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 7(2), 2008

44. R. Venkatesan, New approaches to Marine Biofouling Control, Journal on Applied Bioengineering, Vol.1, No.1, 200745. G. Radhika, R. Venkatesan, S. Kathiroli, N-methylpyrrolidone: Isolation and characterization of the compound from the

marine sponge Clathria frondifera, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. 36 (3); 235 – 238, 200746. P. D. Magesh, J. Santanakumar, P. Venkateshwaran A. K. Abdul Nazar, R. Venkatesan, Kathiroli  Abundance of Noctiluca scintilans

Macartney on the alteration of physio-chemical parameters at Minnie bay, Port blair Andaman & Nicobar Islands India, DOI: 10.1615/InterJAlgae.v9.i3.40, pages 236-246, 2007

47. M. Sudhakar, a. Trishul, Mukesh Doble, K. Suresh Kumar, S. Syed Jahan, D. Inbakandan, R.R. Viduthalai, V.R. Umadevi, P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan (2007) Biofouling and biodegradation of polyolefins in ocean waters, 1743-1752

48. M. Sudhakar, C. Priyadarshini, Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, Marine Bacteria Mediated Degradation of nylon 66 and 6, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation; 2007, 60,144-151

49. Sudhakar, M.; Doble, M.; Murthy, P. S.; Venkatesan, R. “Marine microbe-mediated biodegradation of low- and high-density polyethylenes”, Int Biodet Biodeg 61 (2008): 203–213.

50. K.K. Satpathy, A.K. Mohanty, G. Sahu, M.V.R. Prasad, R. Venkatesan, U. Natesan and M. Rajan, On the occurrence of Trichodesmium erythraeum (Ehr.) bloom in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam, east coast of India, Indian Journal of Science and Technology http://www.indjst.org 1 (2) Dec. 2007

51. P.S Murthy, R Venkatesan, Syed Jahen, K V K Nair, M Ravindran, Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Volume 55, Issue 3 , April 2005, Pages 161-170

52. Ramanamurthy. MV and Sundramoorthy, S and Pari, Y and Ranga Rao V and Mishara, P and Bhat, M and Tune Usha, and Venkatesan, R and Subramanian, BR, Inundation of sea water in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Tamil Nadu coast during 2004 Sumatra tsunami, Current science, 88, 11, 10 June, 1736-1740, 2005

53. P.Siryutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, K.V.K. Nair, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jaha, D. Magesh Peter, M. Ravindran, Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application, International Biodegradation and biodeterioration Elsevier March 2005

54. G.Latha, Shanmugavadivu, R Venkatesan, V. Rajendran, Acousitcs Noise from shallow and deep sea lobsters, Journal of acoustics Society 2004

55. R Venkatesan, E S Dwarakadasa, M Ravindran, A deep sea corrosion study of Titanium and Ti6Al4V alloy, Corrosion Prevention and Control, 51, 3 September 98-103, 2004

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56. P.S Murthy, R Venkatesan, K V K Nair, M Ravindran, Biofilm on plate heat exchangers for OTEC Plant, International Biodegradation and biodeterioration Elsevier March 2004

57. G. Dhranai, A.K.Abdul Nazar, R Venkatesan, M Ravindran, On the recurrence of Nauctiluca Scintillans bloom in Minnie Bay, Port Blair, Impact on water quality and bioactivity of extracts, Current science, 10 October 2004, 87 (7), 990-994

58. R Venkatesan, E S Dwarakadasa M Ravindran, Biofilm formation on structural materials in deep sea environments, Indian journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 10 December 2003, 486-491

59. R. Venkatesan., Bothering Biofouling, Science Reporter November 200360. G. Dharani, A.K.Abdul Nazar, R Venkatesan, M Ravindran, Marine debris in Great Nicobar, Current science, 4, 10

September 2003 85 (5) 574-57561. R Venkatesan, M A Venkataswamy T A Bhaskaran E S Dwarakadasa M Ravindran Corrosion of ferrous alloys in deep

sea environment British, Corrosion Journal ,2002 December 37 (4) 266-27062. V.S.Rajaraman, R.Venkatesan, Modified spade corer for seabed studies, Indian journal of Marine sciences. 19, Dec 1990,

300-30163. R.Venkatesan, Abraham. R. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Marine Engineers review 85 –2001.64. R.Venkatesan Study of corrosion product of zinc in natural sea water, British Corrosion Journal,1998,33,(1), 77-8065. R.Venkatesan, P.Prasad Rao.,“Stress controlled Low cycle fatigue studies of CP Titanium in air and sea water at ambient

temperature and 20C”, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 46,(6).1993,391-396.

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LIST OF BOOKS/ Conference Proceedings

1. Hans curt Flemming PS Murthy R Venkatesan Marine and Industrial fouling Springer Germany 2008

2. Mukesh Doble R Venkatesan Ravikumar Polymers in a marine environment iSmithers United Kingdom 2014

3. SAS Abidi, M. Ravindran R Venkatesan M Vijayakumaran Proceedings of New Frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research” MBR 2004 held at NIOT from 22 – 23 January 2004 – Allied Publishers Chennai ISBN 81 – 7764 – 580

4. R. Venkatesan “CD on Oceanography for Engineers – selected topics” Allied Publishers Chennai May 2004

5. S.Kathorili, R. Venkatesan, P.S.Murthy, P.Misra, L. Vedaprakash, Proceeding on International conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology RAMAT 2006 Allied Publishers ISBN81-8424-128-3

6. R. Venkatean P.S.Murthy L. Vedaprakash, Marine antifouling systems, Allied Publishers ISBN 81-8424-130-

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List of Patents filed

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CommitteeTechncial Advisory committee for International Conference on DisasterMitigation and Management for Sustainable Development & Risk Reductionduring February 2016 NIT Trichirappali.Further to Director s approval

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Papers in Conferences/Seminars]

1. Prasad Punna, Jagadesh Kadiyam, R Venkatesan Development of Autonomous Ocean Observation Systems (AOS) Symposium on Underwater Technology 2015 (UT15)

2. S.A. Sannasiraj R Venkatesan M V Ramanamurthy., Physical Model Testing of Moored Surface Buoy

International conference on Underwater Technology 21 - 23 Febrary 2015

3. Kesavakumar B, ArulMuthiah M, Venkatesan R, Primary Lithium battery for deep sea moored buoys

and underwater systems, International Conference on Electrochemical Science and Technology,

ICONEST – 2014, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India, 7th - 9th August 2014.

4. Mobin Mathew Venkatesan R., Kulkarni S.M., Prasad Punna., Modeling and Analysis of a Composite

Instrument Housing for Off-Shore Data Buoys Fourth International Conference on Natural

Polymers, Bio Polymers ,Bio material their composites,ICNP-2015 scheduled on April 10th,11th and

12th  at Kottayam,Kerala.

5. Prasad P, Jagadeesh K, Gowthaman D, and Venkatesan R, Biomimetically Inspired Autonomous Ocean

Observation System – AquaBot. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Marine

Hydrodynamics. MARHY 2014, 3rd – 4th December 2014

6. Vimala J, Ramesh K, Latha G and Venkatesan R, Intercomparison of NIOT Wave Buoy data with

Datawell waverider buoy – In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015,

page 65.

7. Phanindra Reddy A, Simi Mathew , Latha G and Venkatesan R, Validation of GEKCO and OSCAR

products for the Indian Ocean region using in – situ observations from moorings – In the proceedings of

4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, 109.

8. Lydia Kiruba.R , Arul Muthiah M, Venkatesan R, Sivagami A, A VLSI based Integrated Data

Acquisition System for Polar Observatory – In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON,

Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page 133.

9. Sundar R, ArulMuthiah M, Elango S, Gowtham D and Venkatesan R, Development of dual mode

communication a novel technique for real-time tsunami buoy systems, In the proceedings of 4th

National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page 121.

10. Jagadeesh Kadiyam, Vengatesan G, ArulMuthiah M, Vimala J, and Venkatesan R, Inter-Comparison of

collocated cup type and sonic anemometer on the moored coastal buoy, In the proceedings of 4th

National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page 138.

11. DBCP S&T workshop October 2014 Weihei China

12. Venkatesan R., Kulkarni S.M Geo Davis, Mobin Mathew Effect of exposure to hydrostatic pressure on

mechanical properties of GFRP/syntactic foam composite sandwich for deep sea applications .,

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13. R.Sundar, M.Arulmuthiah, S.Elango, D.Gowtham, R.Venkatesan, M.A.Atmanand   Development of dual mode communication a novel technique for Real Time Tsunami Buoy Systems" fourth biennial National conference OSICON-2015 organised by Ocean Society of India, jointly with NIO, Goa, during 22-24 March 2015

14. Vedaprakash, L., Manju Nagarajan, Mahesh Babu, Krupa Ratnam, A. Shanmugam and R.Venkatesan. Biofouling diversity and larval settlement on titanium surfaces in marine environment off Chennai, India. 4th International conference and exhibition on Ballast Water Management, Singapore 16-17 October, 2008

15. Vedaprakash, L., M. Sivagamasundari, S. Bhanupriya, S. Karthikayalu, P.S. Dheenan, A. Shanmugam and R.Venkatesan. Isolation and characterization of biofilm forming bacteria from titanium surfaces immersed in marine environment 4th International conference and exhibition on Ballast Water Management, Singapore. 16-17 October, 2008

16. Karthikayalu, S., Muthukumar, S., Subramoniam, T., Venkatesan, R. and Kathiroli, S. 2007. Identification of the wnt genes in the soft coral Sarchopyton trocheliophorum and its evolutionary importance. Abstracts memorabilia of the XXV National Symposium on Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology.

17. Karthikayalu, S., Muthukumar, S., Subramoniam, T., Venkatesan, R. and Kathiroli, S. 2007. Study on the Cell Signaling in Marine Cnidarians. Poster Presentation for International workshop on DNA Microarray

18. R. Venkatesan, E S dwarakadasa Corrosion of stainless steels in shallow and deep sea environment, International conference on advances in stainless steels Chennai 9- 11 April 2007

19. R. Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy and S. Kathiroli, Cooling Water Chemistry, Biofouling Control and Operational Problems in Open Recirculating Systems International conference on Power Plants, Proceedings of the International Conference on "Indian Power Stations - Excellence in O&M" from February 13-14, 2007 in New Delhi.

20. Balajee, B., Karthikayalu, S., Sophia Mercy, P., Nazar, A.K., Kirubagaran, R., Venkatesan, R., Yogeeswaran, G and Ravindran, M. A Preliminary Study On The Biodiversity Potential Of Marine Organisms Containing Bioactive Compounds In The South And Middle Andaman Regions National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 held at NIOT Chennai 22-23 January 2004

21. Remany M.C, M.Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan, S. Kathiroli, Role of women in seafarming A societal programme, Biotechnology-Promises and Perils, Jeevadhara ISSN 0970-1125, Vol XXXV 205, January 2005

22. Dharani. G, S. K. Mukhopadhyay, A. K. Abdul Nazar, Krupa Ratnam, P. Venkateshwaran, D. Magesh Peter, J. Santhanakumar, Anusrita Biswas, Vinay Kishor Xalxo, R. Venkatesan & M. Ravindaran Tidal & Diel Variation of Phytoplankton Pigments in Port Blair Bay- South Andaman National seminar in New Frontiers in Marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 22-23 January 2004

23. G.Latha, S.Shanmugavadivu, R Venkatesan, V. Rajendran Acoustics Noise from shallow and deep sea lobsters Journal of acoustics Society December 2004

24. Jothi Basu, A., S. Selvarajan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, D. Magesh Peter, S. L. Sasikala, A. Palavesam, R. Venkatesan and M. Ravindran 2002. Biofilm development and corrosion of steel in a polluted environment with emphasis on water quality NACE- CORCON November 28-30, 2002, GOA.

25. Karthikayalu, S., B. Balajee, P. S. Dheenan, S. Poornima, G. Dharani, A. K. Nazar, R. Venkatesan and S. Kathiroli. 2006. Screening of bioactivity on the natural products from the marine organisms of Andaman Island water: A preliminary report. Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 294 - 302.

26. Karthikayalu, S., G. Dharani, R. Kirubagaran, R. Venkatesan, G. Yogeeswaran, and M. Ravindran. 2004. Isolation, purification and characterization of haemolytic toxin from Heteractis magnifica. In: New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp. 17-24.

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27. Karthikayalu, S., Muthukumar, S, Subramoniam, T., Venkatesan, R. and Kathiroli, S. 2007. Identification of the wnt genes in the soft coral Sarchopyton trocheliophorum and its evolutionary importance. Abstracts memorabilia of the XXV National Symposium on Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology.

28. Latha, G., G. A. Ramadass, R. Venkatesan and V. Rajendran. 2003. Lobster Noise Measurement and Analysis. Proceedings of SYMPOL 1-4.

29. M. Rajasegar, R. Mohanraju, T. Balasubramanian, A. Purushothaman, V.Sampath1, M.Ravindran2 and R.Venkatesan Distribution and Composition of Zooplankton Along Tamilnadu Coast (Bay of Bengal) CAS in Marine Biology, Parangipettai National seminar in New Frontiers in marine Bioscience Research, MBR2004 Chennai 22-23 January 2004

30. Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi, M. Sudhakar and R. Venkatesan, ‘STUDIES ON BIODEGRADATION OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE) BY MARINE MICROORGANISMS’, 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.

31. Muthukumar. S, N.V. Vinithkumar, M. Vidhya, S. Simha Kishore Reddy and R. Venkatesan. 2006. G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) of Balanus amphitrite as potential targets for antifouling studies using molecular docking methods were published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8 November 2006, Chennai.

32. N. Saravanane, Anup Kumar das, Dilip Kumar Jha, A.K.Abdul Nazar and R. Venkatesan, GIS based resettlement plan for tsunami affected Nancowry group of Islands A&N Islands, Seminar organized by national remote sensing Agency Hyderabad.

33. N.Saravanane, G.Dharani, R.Venkatesan and M.Ravindran Hydrography and Plankton Distribution in Gulf of Mannar, off Tuticorin National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 Chennai 22-23 January 2004

34. N.Saravanane, P. Sriyutha Murthy, M. Vijayakumaran, R.Venkatesan and M.Ravindran Physicochemical and Biological Aspects of Deep Sea Water and its Relevance to the Possible Impact on OTEC Operation National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 held at NIOT Chennai 22-23 January 2004

35. National research and monitoring moderation workshop.GOMBRT 14 -15 December 2006 Invited lecture on Biomimics - marine perspective At all India seminar on chemical engineering prospective scenarios and strategies to 2020 : Bio-energy –info- materials – nano CEPSS2020 8-9 December 2006 : Institution of engineers Bangalore

36. P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran Microfouling on Titanium and Stainless steel-316L Surfaces Under Static and Flow Conditions in an Oceanic Environment. National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR 2004, NIOT Chennai 22-23 January 2004 Publication at NCBI. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ) accession No: EF183510

37. Participatory management of biological resources for conservation and livelihood security of coastal fishers in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve M. Vijayakumaran, G. Dharani, N. V. Vinith Kumar and R. Venkatesan National Institute of Ocean Technology, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 601302

38. R Venkatesan Marine Biotechnology approach on materials research seminar on perspectives in minerals metals and materials research Department of metallurgy IISC Bangalore 22 - 23 July 2004

39. R Venkatesan Oceans and seas, Dead or Alive, World Environment Day Institutions of Engineers Karnataka State chapter Bangalore 5June 2004

40. R Venkatesan Physicochemical and Biological characteristics of coral reef environment at A&N islands workshop on identification of gaps through information and experience sharing in research and management of coral reefs from 5 to 7 May 2004, Port Blair

41. R. Venkatesan Advances in Antifouling Technology Indian scenario, The International Convention on the control of harmful antifouling systems in ships, 2001 (AFS Convention) Regional workshop Organized by international maritime organization UK and Department of ocean Development 3-6 October 2005

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42. R. Venkatesan, E. S. Dwarakadasa and M. Ravindran OTC 14325 “Study on behavior of carbon fibre reinforced composite for deep sea applications” Ocean Technology Conference - OTC 2002, Houston USA.- Paper was presented OTC 2002, Houston USA May 6 – 9 2002

43. R. Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, S.Kathioroli Cooling water and Biofouling Control in Power Plants International conference on Indian Power solutions by NTPC New Delhi 13 February 2007

44. R. Venkatesan, S. Murthy, Palaniappan, Raju Abraham, Selection of materials for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant ‘ NACE Sixth Asia-Pacific conference held at Bangalore December 2001.

45. R.Venkatean, G.Janakiraman, V.S.Rajaraman., A new design concept for nodule mining system presented and published in the proceedings of Conference on Ocean Technology 1992.

46. R.Venkatesan M.A.Venkateswamy E.S Dwarakadasa A.C Raghuram M.Ravindran Study of corrosion in materials in deep sea, SAEST of Electrochemical Society of India on 24 – 25 July 1998.

47. R.Venkatesan New approaches against marine biofouling International conference organised by International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society on Alternative and Conventional Anti-Fouling Strategies Mülheim, Germany September 13-15, 2004

48. R.Venkatesan, ES Dwarakadasa and M.Ravindran, “Effect of deep-sea environment on calcareous deposit formation on cathodically protected steel structures”, Proceedings of Seminar 2000, Naval materials : Present and Futuristic trends 14-15 December 2000, 202-211.

49. R.Venkatesan, F.Vijayan, V.S.Rararaman and G.Janakiraman Methods in mooring deep sea sediment traps, presented and published in the proceedings of Indian National Conference on Ocean Engineering 1992

50. R.Venkatesan, G.Janakiraman, V.S.Rajaraman and Jaishankar “Potential seafloor artefacts in designing and operating nodule mining system”, published in the conference on International Society of Ocean and Polar Engineering (ISOPE) Colorado, USA (1992)

51. R.Venkatesan, Impressed Current Cathodic Protection of Deep water Structures., Proceedings of Seminar on Ocean and Industry-Realities and Expectations held on October 25 and 26, 1994 56-60

52. R.Venkatesan, K.Krishnakumar Buoyancy package for the self contained Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler mooring presented and published in the proceedings of Indian National Conference on Ocean Engineering 1992

53. R.Venkatesan, M.A.Venkatasamy, R A Bhaskaran, R Krishnan, E S Dwarakadasa and M Ravindran , et. al. Corrosion behaviour of structural materials in deep ocean. NMD/ATM, IISC, Nov’198 AWARDED BEST PAPER (POSTER SESSION)

54. R.Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, K.V.K. Nair, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jehan and M. Ravindran Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application, International Conference on Biodegradation and Biodeterioration organized by IBBS and IBRG Manchester UK 13-18 September 2003

55. R.Venkatesan, Sea Cage Culture of Lobster and Mudcrab and Fish Aggregation Devices for Lakshadweep Islands – NIOT’s initiatives FICCI- International Conference on Marine – Hazards & Opportunities July 3 – 5, 2006, Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai, India

56. R.Venkatesan, Senthilkumar Study on the effect of deep sea environment on materials at the Manganese nodule mine site”. Symposium on Geology and Geophysics of Indian Ocean held at NIO Goa in October 1996.

57. Radhika Gopal, Syed Jehan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Kathiroli, R. Venkatesan. 2004. Inhibition of biofilm bacteria by the Marine Sponge Thlysios frondifera: Potential source of antifouling compounds. NACE- CORCON 2004 December 12-15 New Delhi.

58. Ravichandran.M Y.R.Rao K.Premkumar T.Sudhakar K.Santhanam, R.Venkatesan Analysis of surface meteorological and oceanographic data from moored buoys deployed in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Seminar of Indian tropical meteorology 1997

59. Remany, M. C., M. Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan, S. Kathiroli. 2005. Role of Women in Sea Farming-A Societal Programme. Jeevadhara-A Journal of Socio religious research Vol XXXV, No.205: 54-61.

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60. Remany.M.C, Mary Leema T, R. Kirubagaran, R. Venkatesan, M. Ravindran 2004. Handbook on lobster fattening in sea cages. International Conference & exposition on marine living resources of India for food and medicine 2003.

61. Sahu, G., K. K. Satpathy, M. Sri Lakshmi, V. R. Prasad, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Phytoplankton Community in the Coastal Waters of Kalpakkam and their Impact on Fouling. International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai, India.

62. Satpathy, K.K., G. Sahu, Sri Lakshmi, M.V.R. Prasad, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan. Studies on the variation in the settlement of Macrofoulants in Kalpakkam Coastal Waters, East Coast of India. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8 November 2006, Chennai.

63. Senthil Murugan, T., M. Vijayakumaran, Dilip Kumar Jha, T. S. Kumar and R. Venkatesan. 2005. Sea cage culture of spiny lobsters and natural collection of lobster post larvae in India - An alternate employment/additional source of income for coastal fishers. Paper presented during the 8 th

International Conference on Shellfish Restoration held from Oct 2-5, 2005 at Brest , Brittany, France.64. Senthil Murugan. M, T., M.C. Remany, T. Mary Leema, Dileep Kumar Jha, J. Santhanakumar, M.

Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan and M. Ravindran, Growth and breeding of the spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius 1798).,Seventh International Conference and workshop on lobster biology and management, Hobart, Tasmania 8 –13 February 2004

65. Sriyutha Murthy, P., D. Inbakandan, R.R. Viduthalai, Sri Lakshmi, G. Sahu, K.K. Satpathy, M.V.R. Prasad and R. Venkatesan. Fouling of Plate Heat exchangers. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai, India

66. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran 2004. Microfouling on Titanium and stainless steel 316-L surfaces under static and flow conditions in an Oceanic Environment, New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp 271-280.

67. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, D. Soundararajan, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jehan, K. Sudarsan and M. Ravindran. 2003. A test system for studying the impact of fouling on heat transfer in simulates plate heat exchangers for OTEC applications NACE-CORCON 2003.

68. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, K. V. K. Nair and M. Ravindran. 2004. Biofilm Control for Plate Heat Exchangers using surface seawater from Open Ocean for OTEC plant. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 53: 133 – 140.

69. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, K. V. K. Nair, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jehan, and M. Ravindran. 2003. Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application. Management & control of microorganisms in plate heat exchangers for seawater applications. Manchester University, 15th to 18th September 2003, Southampton, UK

70. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, S. Syed Jahan, Radhika Gopal and M. Ravindran. 2004. Bioactivity and Inhibition of marine bacteria by extracts from Echinoderms: Potential source of antifouling compounds. The 6th International Larval Biology Conference Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 21st – 25th June 2004, Hong Kong.

71. Sriyutha Murthy, P., S. Syed Jahan, D. Soundrajan, Raju Abraham, K. Sudarsan and R. Venkatesan. Impact of biofouling on heat exchanger for OTEC application using simulated flow cells. Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical sea, NIO, Goa. 13-15 December, 2004.

72. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, S. Syed Jahan, Radhika Gopal and M. Ravindran. 2004. Bioactivity and Inhibition of marine bacteria by extracts from Echinoderms: Potential source of antifouling compounds. The 6th International Larval Biology Conference Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 21st – 25th June 2004 Hong Kong.

73. Sriyutha Murthy, Selvaraj Jyotibasu Sasikala R Venkatesan M Ravindran Fouling and corrosion on steel in polluted Chennai fishing horbour, CORCON 2002 NACE international Goa 28 – 30 December 2002.

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74. Sriyutha Murthy. P, R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran. 2004. Biofilm development and control in flow chambers and Plate Heat Exchangers – A Comparisonn, New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp 359-368.

75. Sriyutha Murthy. P, R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran 2004. Microfouling on Titanium and stainless steel 316-L surfaces under static and flow conditions in an Oceanic Environment. Proceedings Marine Biosciences research pp 271-280.

76. Sriyutha Murthy. P, S. Syed Jahan, D.Soundrajan, Raju Abraham, K. Sudarsan and R. Venkatesan. Impact of biofouling on heat exchanger for OTEC application using simulated flow cells. Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical sea [BC(0)-02] NIO, Goa. 13-15 December 2004.

77. Sudhakar. M, A. Trishul, Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi and R. Venkatesan. ‘DEGRADATION OF POLYPROPYLENE IN OCEAN WATER’ International conference on antifouling technology Jointly organized by International

biodegradation and biodetrioration (IBBS) and National institute of ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai – 306, India 06 -08 November 2006.

78. Sudhakar. M, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi, R. Venkatesan and Mukesh Doble, ‘POTENTIAL BIODEGRADATION OF LDPE BY MARINE MICROORGANISMS’ International conference on Enviro tech - 2006, SIET college, Chennai, India 2- 4 July 2006.

79. Suresh kumar, K. R. R. Viduthalai, V.R. Uma Devi, S. Magesh Babu, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan Barnacle induced Crevice Damages on 316 stainless steel. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai, India

80. Suresh Kumar, K., P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Syed Jahan, and R. Venkatesan. 2005. Resistance of Cupro-Nickel 90-10 to Ennoblement by Marine Biofilms. NACE- CORCON 2005, November 28-30, Chennai.

81. Suresh Kumar, K., P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Syed Jahan, and R. Venkatesan. Surface texture analysis of Marine molluscs using SPM – A new approach for antifouling surfaces. NACE- CORCON 2005, November 28-30, Chennai, India.

82. Suresh Kumar, K., R. R. Viduthalai, V. R. Uma Devi, S. Magesh Babu, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan. 2006. Barnacle induced Crevice Damages on 316 stainless steel. International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai,.

83. Suresh Kumar, P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Syed Jahan and R. Venkatesan. Resistance of Cupro-Nickel 90-10 to Ennoblement by Marine Biofilms. NACE- CORCON 2005 November 28-30 Chennai.

84. Syed Jahan and M. Ravindran Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application. Management & control of Microorganisms, Manchester University, September 15-18 2003, Southampton, UK.

85. Syed Jahan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, K. Prem Kumar. “Spatial distribution of Fouling Assemblage on Data Buoys implication or larval dispersal pattern”. Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical sea NIO, Goa. 13-15 December 2004.

86. Syed Jahan, S., P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan, Biofouling on Oceanic Data Buoys As an Indicator for Dispersal of Marine Invertebrates. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai

87. Syed Jehan, R. Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, K. Prem Kumar and M. Ravindran 2004. Biofouling of data buoy structures and underwater sensors deployed along Indian coast, New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp 281-290.

88. T. Senthil Murugan, M. Vijaykumaran, M.C. Remany, Mary Leema Thilagam, Dilip Kumar Jha, T.S. Kumar, J. Santhanakumar, G.Sreeraj and R. Venkatesan Early Phyllosoma Larval Stages of the Sand Lobster, Thenus Orientalis (Lund, 1793) National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, Chennai 22-23 January 2004

89. Technical report R. Venkatesan Selection of wire rope for oceanographic applications NIO/TR/1984

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90. Technical report R. Venkatesan VS Rajaraman V Fernanado D.Gracias Deployment and retrieval of sediment trap mooring NIO/TR/1987.

91. Trishul, M. Sudhakar, Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi and R. Venkatesan. BIODEGRADATION OF POLYCARBONATE IN MARINE TROPICAL WATERS, International conference on antifouling technology Jointly organized by International biodegradation and biodetrioration (IBBS) and National institute of ocean technology (NIOT), Chennai – 306, India 06 -08 November 2006.

92. Trishul, Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesa BIODEGRADATION OF BISPHENOL-A BY MARINE BACTERIA, 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006.

93. Venkatesan, R, P. Sriyutha Murthy. 2006. Physical Vs Chemical Deterrence Influences on Antifouling. International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8 th November 2006, Chennai, India.

94. Venkatesan, R., S. Syed Jahan, Radhika Gopal, S. Kathiroli and P. Sriyutha Murthy. 2004. Screening of Marine Bioactive substances for Antifouling activity: Bioassays and processes for product development. Alternative and Conventional Anti-Fouling Strategies Aquatorium Mülheim, Germany September 13-15, 2004.

95. Venkatesan. R Lobster and mud crab sea cage farming, National Biodiversity Authority 7-8 February 2006

96. Venkatesan. R, P. Sriyutha Murthy, Raju Abraham, S. Narayanan, M. Palaniappan and M. Ravindran 2001. Material Choices for the Construction of an OTEC Plant and the Rationale for Selection. First Asia Pacific Conference and 6th National Convention on Corrosion November 28-30-2001 NACE, Banglore.

97. Venkateswamy. M.A, R.Bhaskaran, R.Venkatesan Study of Corrosion products on metals and alloys in deep sea environment XXII Symposium on electron microscopy, RRL Trivandrum, December 1997

98. Vijayakumaran, Senthil Murugan, T., M.C. Remany, Mary Leema, Dileep Kumar Jha, J. Santhanakumar, R.Venkatesan and M. Ravindran., Growth and breeding of the spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius 1798) Seventh International Conference and workshop on lobster biology and management, Hobart, Tasmania 8–13 February 2004

99. Vinithkumar, N. V., Dharani, G., Nazar, A. K., Kirubagaran, R., Venkatesan, R. and S. Kathiroli. 2004. Marine environment monitoring around Andaman & Nicobar Islands of India. Presented during the Fifth UNU/ORI International Workshop held from 3rd to 8th November at Iwate, Japan.

100. Vijayakumaran. M, R. Venkatesan, Senthil Murugan, T, T.S. Kumar, Dilip Kumar Jha, M.C. Remany, Mary Leema Thilakam, S. Syed Jahan, K. Selvan S. Kathiroli. 2007. Farming and

fattening of spiny lobsters in sea cages. 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September, 2007, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 

101. Vijayakumaran. M. , T. Senthil Murugan, M.C. Remany and Mary Leema Thilakam, Dilip Kumar Jha, T.S. Kumar, R. Venkatesan Growth of puerulii of the deep-sea lobster, Palinustus waguensis

in captivity, Paper presented at the 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September, 2007, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 

102. M. Vijayakumaran, G. Dharani, N. V. Vinith Kumar and R. Venkatesan Participatory management of biological resources for conservation and livelihood security of coastal fishers in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve National research and monitoring moderation workshop. GOMBRT 14 -15 December 2006

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Invited lectures/popularisng science talks1. Corrosion in Marine Atmospheres and its impact on industries in coastal towns Corrosion Awareness

Meet on Corrosion Prevention During Process, Storage & Shipment IIT Madras Chennai 20th June, 2015 Organized by NIGIS - SZ:

2. Safety, Health and Environmental issues, regulations and solutions Corrosion Awareness Meet on Corrosion Prevention During Process, Storage & Shipment IIT Madras Chennai 20th June, 2015 Organized by NIGIS - SZ:

3. The Blue Economy – Opportunities and challenges for India Second Quarterly Round Table National Maritime Foundation Chennai June 2015

4. Delivered talk on Underwater Vehicles at National Design & Research Forum, The Institution of Engineers (INDIA), Bangalore on 6/5/2014

5. Delivered a lecture on “Instruments and sensors” in First ASIRI OMM Summer School Workshop held at IISC Bangalore on 9th July 2014 under OMM project of MoES on 7/9/2014

6. Delivered invited lecture on Corrosion and Marine Fouling in coastal and deep waters at IISc Bangalore during ICONEST Conference on 8/9/2014

7. Delivered lecture on Corrosion in Marine Applications on Two Day Training Course on Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC-2014) at IIT Madras on 9/13/2014

8. Delivered a talk on “ADCPs Used in Moored buoys” during the second ADCPs in Action in India (AiAII) user meet held at NIO Goa on 9/24/2014

9. Delivered lecture in the school of earth, Ocean Climate Sciences on "Observation Techniques in Climate Sciences" at IIT Bhubaneswar from 09 to 13 Feb 15

10. Delivered a guest lecture on "Ocean Observation Tools" at Hindustan University 2/20/201511. Delivered a lecture on the topic "Ocean Electronics" at RMK Engineering College 2/21/201512. 11th CII – Corrosion Management Committee (CMC), 3nd Faraday Research Day Celebration & 5th

Faraday Council of Corrosion Meeting PSG College of Technology Coimbatore, Date: 20 Sep 201313. Attended 30th Session of the Joint WMO-IOC followed by 34 th meeting on the Argos Joint Tariff

Agreement during October 2014 at Weihei China14. Organising committee member of International Workshop on Stress Assisted Environmental Damage in

Structural Materials (EDSA-2015) 27th Feb – 2 nd Mar 2015, IIT Madras, India 15. Keynote Speaker for the International Conference on Robotics, Automation, Control and Embedded

system, RACE 2015 to be held on 18th to 20th. Feb 2015, Hindustan University, Chennai.16. Session Chair of Conference OSICON2015 organised by OSI . 6 February 2015 T NIO Goa17. Corrosion in marine applications NACE International Gateway India Section - South Zone and

Department of Metallurgical and materials Engineering, IIT Madras are jointly organizing a Training Course on “Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC 2014)” at IIT Madras during September 12 & 13, 2014, 

18. Organised 1st National Preparatory Meeting on "Enhancing regional co-operation mechanisms on marine pollution preparedness and response in the SACEP region" February 2015

19. Organised Monsoon Mission Project Indo US science meet ASIRI project Principal Investigator scientists and Indian OMM project scientists are gathering on Dec 16-18, to discuss our collaborative project at Chennai

20. School Children’s programme - “Electrochemistry & Corrosion Camp,  ECC - 2014”  28-29 November 2014 at NIOT Chennai. This programme is jointly organized by The Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, Kalpakkam Chapter (SAEST, KC)  & NACE Gateway India Section, South Zone (NIGIS, SZ) for the benefit of school children, since 2007

21. Delivered talk in All India Radio 01/11/14 & 05/11/14 - 8.45 PM - Chennai`À' - 416.7

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22. Key note speaker at the International Conference on Electrochemical Science & Technology (ICONEST-2014) during 7 – 9 August 2014. Theme: Electrochemistry, Energy, Environment & Corrosion.

23. Fifth Meeting of NNRMS Standing Committee on Ocean Resources and Meteorology (SC-OM) May 02, 2014 Space Applications Centre (SAC) Ahmedabad

24. Lecture at IIT Madras Biofouling and recent developments on anti fouling for participants from industry25. 10th CII – Corrosion Management Committee (CMC), 2nd Faraday Research Day Celebration & 4th

Faraday Council of Corrosion Meeting Hotel Park Sheraton, Chennai, Date: 20 Sep 201326. Brainstorming Meet on Research on Tropical Cyclones over Indian Seas- Current Scenario and

Potential Area RoCoIS-2013 Organised by India Meteorological Department Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai

27. Rajalakshmi Engineering College Chennai28. Chief Guest  National level technical symposium, ALTIUS’13 on September 13 & 14,

2013.Dhanalakshmi Engineering College Chennai29. Lecture at IIT Madras Biofouling and recent developments on anti fouling for partcipants from industry30. Chief Guest Sathyabama University 3 September 201231. Chief Guest and delivered talk at Sai Ram Engineering college 201332. Attended 29th Session of the Joint WMO-IOC followed by 33nd meeting on the Argos Joint Tariff

Agreement during October 2013 at IOC Paris

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2015-16

Corrosion in Marine Atmospheres and its impact on industries in coastal towns Corrosion Awareness Meet on Corrosion Prevention During Process, Storage & Shipment IIT Madras Chennai 20th June, 2015 Organized by NIGIS - SZ:

Safety, Health and Environmental issues, regulations and solutions Corrosion Awareness Meet on Corrosion Prevention During Process, Storage & Shipment IIT Madras Chennai 20th June, 2015 Organized by NIGIS - SZ:

Meetings/workshop training oganaeid

Vice President of NIGIS SZ organsed Corrosion Awareness Meet on Corrosion Prevention During Process, Storage & Shipment IIT Madras Chennai 20th June, 2015 Organized by NIGIS - SZ: The Blue Economy – Opportunities and challenges for India Second Quarterly Round Table National Maritime Foundation Chennai Chapter

Papers presented Conferences and seminars2015-16Simi Mathew R Venkatesan Role of net heat flux terms in warming the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea as observed from an insitu platform IO50- NIO Symposium to be held in Goa, India during 30th November - 4th December, 2015..

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2014-15

1. Delivered talk on Underwater Vehicles at National Design & Research Forum, The Institution of Engineers (INDIA), Bangalore on 6/5/2014

2. Delivered a lecture on “Instruments and sensors” in First ASIRI OMM Summer School Workshop held at IISC Bangalore on 9th July 2014 under OMM project of MoES on 7/9/2014

3. Delivered invited lecture on Corrosion and Marine Fouling in coastal and deep waters at IISc Bangalore during ICONEST Conference on 8/9/2014

4. Delivered lecture on Corrosion in Marine Applications on Two Day Training Course on Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC-2014) at IIT Madras on 9/13/2014

5. Delivered a talk on “ADCPs Used in Moored buoys” during the second ADCPs in Action in India (AiAII) user meet held at NIO Goa on 9/24/2014

6. Delivered lecture in the school of earth, Ocean Climate Sciences on "Observation Techniques in Climate Sciences" at IIT Bhubaneswar from 09 to 13 Feb 15

7. Delivered a guest lecture on "Ocean Observation Tools" at Hindustan University 2/20/20158. Delivered a lecture on the topic "Ocean Electronics" at RMK Engineering College 2/21/20159. 11th CII – Corrosion Management Committee (CMC), 3nd Faraday Research Day Celebration & 5th

Faraday Council of Corrosion Meeting PSG College of Technology Coimbatore, Date: 20 Sep 201310. Attended 30th Session of the Joint WMO-IOC followed by 34 th meeting on the Argos Joint Tariff

Agreement during October 2014 at Weihei China11. Organising committee member of International Workshop on Stress Assisted Environmental Damage in

Structural Materials (EDSA-2015) 27th Feb – 2 nd Mar 2015, IIT Madras, India 12. Keynote Speaker for the International Conference on Robotics, Automation, Control and Embedded

system, RACE 2015 to be held on 18th to 20th. Feb 2015, Hindustan University, Chennai.13. Session Chair of Conference OSICON2015 organised by OSI . 6 February 2015 T NIO Goa14. Corrosion in marine applications NACE International Gateway India Section - South Zone and

Department of Metallurgical and materials Engineering, IIT Madras are jointly organizing a Training Course on “Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC 2014)” at IIT Madras during September 12 & 13, 2014, 

15. Organised 1st National Preparatory Meeting on "Enhancing regional co-operation mechanisms on marine pollution preparedness and response in the SACEP region" February 2015

16. Organised Monsoon Mission Project Indo US science meet ASIRI project Principal Investigator scientists and Indian OMM project scientists are gathering on Dec 16-18, to discuss our collaborative project at Chennai

17. School Children’s programme - “Electrochemistry & Corrosion Camp,  ECC - 2014”  28-29 November 2014 at NIOT Chennai. This programme is jointly organized by The Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, Kalpakkam Chapter (SAEST, KC)  & NACE Gateway India Section, South Zone (NIGIS, SZ) for the benefit of school children, since 2007

18. Delivered talk in All India Radio 01/11/14 & 05/11/14 - 8.45 PM - Chennai`À' - 416.7 19. Key note speaker at the International Conference on Electrochemical Science & Technology

(ICONEST-2014) during 7 – 9 August 2014. Theme: Electrochemistry, Energy, Environment & Corrosion.

20. Fifth Meeting of NNRMS Standing Committee on Ocean Resources and Meteorology (SC-OM) May 02, 2014 Space Applications Centre (SAC) Ahmedabad

21. 10th CII – Corrosion Management Committee (CMC), 2nd Faraday Research Day Celebration & 4th Faraday Council of Corrosion Meeting Hotel Park Sheraton, Chennai, Date: 20 Sep 2013

22. Lecture at IIT Madras Biofouling and recent developments on anti fouling for participants from industry

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10th CII – Corrosion Management Committee (CMC), 2nd Faraday Research Day Celebration & 4th Faraday Council of Corrosion Meeting Hotel Park Sheraton, Chennai, Date: 20 Sep 2013

Brainstorming Meet on Research on Tropical Cyclones over Indian Seas- Current Scenario and Potential Area RoCoIS-2013 Organised by India Meteorological Department Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai

Rajalakshmi Engineering College Chennai Chief Guest National level technical symposium, ALTIUS’13 on September 13 & 14, 2013.Dhanalakshmi Engineering

College Chennai Lecture at IIT Madras Biofouling and recent developments on anti fouling for partcipants from industry Chief Guest Sathyabama University 3 September 2012 Sai Ram Engineering college 2013 Attended 29th Session of the Joint WMO-IOC followed by 33nd meeting on the Argos Joint Tariff

Agreement during October 2013 at IOC Paris

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1. S.A. Sannasiraj R Venkatesan M V Ramanamurthy., Physical Model Testing of Moored Surface Buoy

International conference on Underwater Technology 21 - 23 Febrary 2015

2. Kesavakumar B, ArulMuthiah M, Venkatesan R, Primary Lithium battery for deep sea moored buoys

and underwater systems, International Conference on Electrochemical Science and Technology, ICONEST –

2014, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India, 7th - 9th August 2014.

3. Mobin Mathew Venkatesan R., Kulkarni S.M., Prasad Punna., Modeling and Analysis of a Composite

Instrument Housing for Off-Shore Data Buoys Fourth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Bio

Polymers ,Bio material their composites,ICNP-2015 scheduled on April 10th,11th and 12th  at

Kottayam,Kerala.

4. Prasad P, Jagadeesh K, Gowthaman D, and Venkatesan R, Biomimetically Inspired Autonomous Ocean

Observation System – AquaBot. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Marine

Hydrodynamics. MARHY 2014, 3rd – 4th December 2014

5. Vimala J, Ramesh K, Latha G and Venkatesan R, Intercomparison of NIOT Wave Buoy data with

Datawell waverider buoy – In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page

65.

6. Phanindra Reddy A, Simi Mathew , Latha G and Venkatesan R, Validation of GEKCO and OSCAR

products for the Indian Ocean region using in – situ observations from moorings – In the proceedings of 4th

National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, 109.

7. Lydia Kiruba.R , Arul Muthiah M, Venkatesan R, Sivagami A, A VLSI based Integrated Data

Acquisition System for Polar Observatory – In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22 -

24, 2015, page 133.

8. Sundar R, ArulMuthiah M, Elango S, Gowtham D and Venkatesan R, Development of dual mode

communication a novel technique for real-time tsunami buoy systems, In the proceedings of 4th National

conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page 121.

9. Jagadeesh Kadiyam, Vengatesan G, ArulMuthiah M, Vimala J, and Venkatesan R, Inter-Comparison of

collocated cup type and sonic anemometer on the moored coastal buoy, In the proceedings of 4th National

conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page 138.

10. DBCP S&T workshop October 2014 Weihei China

11. Venkatesan R., Kulkarni S.M Geo Davis, Mobin Mathew Effect of exposure to hydrostatic pressure on

mechanical properties of GFRP/syntactic foam composite sandwich for deep sea applications ., International

conference ICPC 2014 NIT K Surathkal

12. R.Sundar, M.Arulmuthiah, S.Elango, D.Gowtham, R.Venkatesan, M.A.Atmanand   Development of

dual mode communication a novel technique for Real Time Tsunami Buoy Systems" fourth biennial National

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conference OSICON-2015 organised by Ocean Society of India, jointly with NIO, Goa, during 22-24 March

2015

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1. 2013-14 R. Venkatesan, M. Arul Muthiah, K. Ramesh, S. Ramasundaram, R. Sundar,and M. A. Atmanand Satellite Communication Systems For Ocean Observational Platforms: Societal Importance And Challenges, The Journal of Ocean Technology, 8, No. 3, 2013 47- 73

2. Vimala J, R Venkatesan G. Latha, R.R. Rao, “Observed Buildup and Collapse of Warm pool in the Eastern Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal from Moored Buoy SST Records” during 1998-2008 – International Journal of Ocean & Climate System. 5, 1, March 2014

3. Shukla A K, Babu K N, Prajapati R P, Sumar N M Ajai A., Sinha A, Saife A M Satashia S N Arul Muthiah M Venkatesan R An ocean CAL-VAL site Kavaratti in Lakshadweep for vicarious calibration of OCM-2 and validation of Geo-physical products – development & operationalization Marine Geodesy . Marine Geodesy, 36, 2, 2013, 203-218

4. L. Vedaprakash, R. Dineshram, Krupa Ratnam, K. Lakshmi, K. Jayaraj, S. Mahesh Babu, R. Venkatesan, A. Shanmugam Experimental studies on the effect of different metallic substrates on marine biofouling Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 103, 1 June 2013, pp 1-10

5. R. Venkatesan, V. R. Shamji, G. Latha, Simi Mathew, R. R. Rao, Arul Muthiah, M. A. Atmanand New in-situ ocean subsurface time series measurements from OMNI buoy network in the Bay of Bengal Current Science 104,9, 10 May 2013, pp 1166-1177

6. Vimala J, Latha G, Venkatesan R, Real Time Wave Forecasting using Artificial Neural Network with varying input Parameter”. Indian Journal of Geo-marine sciences, Vol.43, PP:82-87, January 2014.

7. Jagadeesh Kadiyam, D. Gowthaman, Prasad Punna, R Venkatesan and M A Atmanand, “Autonomous Ocean Observation Systems (AOS) - A Review“, Technorama, Volume 63, December 2013

2.2 Specific achievements outside the scope of official duties

AwardReceived prestigious NACE meritorious award NACE India section at Delhi on 2 October 2013 for the special contribution in the field of corrosion science and technology and highest honour buy NACE India for serving scientist in India

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2012-13‘Exploration & Exploitation of Living & Non-living Resources including Seabed Mining’ being organized by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MCCIA) jointly withthe Indian Maritime Foundation (IMF) and the Society for Underwater Technology, London (SUT) at Pune April 2012.

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Ist of blicationsTECHNICAL REPORTS

1. R Venkatesan, Prasantha Abeyagunverdane Guideline document on the status of conventions and Protocols in the field of Marine Environment by South Asian Seas Countries March 2010 Status of Marine environmental conventions in South Asia SACEP Colombo 2010.

2. Regional Strategy for Coral Reef Management in South Asia, December 20083. Regional Communication Strategy for Coral Reef Management in South Asia, December 20084. Briefing Session to the Diplomatic Community, 2009-03-23, Colombo, Sri Lanka

http://www.rcss.org/news-and-events.php?page=105. Training manual on marine Resource Sampling, Data collection & interpretation for South Asian seas R.

Venkatesan, W. K. Rathnadeera H. I. Tillekaratne http://www.sacep.org/pdf/marine_training_manual.pdf ISBN: 978 955 8074 19

6. JCOMM web site Manual on best of practice method of data buoys http://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=7573

7. South Asia Coral Reef Task Force (SACRTF) Third Meeting 2008 Compiled by: H. I. Tillekaratne, R. Venkateshan, and N. Barnard http://www.icran.org/pdf/Report%203rd%20SACRTF%20 Meeting%20Dec%2008.pdf

8. Interactive Governance in fisheries management in south asia well being approach England, The Netherlands, India and Sri Lanka

9. UNEP report 11th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans Bangkok, Thailand, 5th- 8th October 2009 http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/globalmeetings/11/inf.02-participants-list.pdf

10. IMO FAO UNESCO-IOC WMO UNIDO IAEA UN UNEP REPORT OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF GESAMP Sponsored by the UNEP - Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) and Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), Bangkok, Thailand, 15 to 19 February 2010 http://www.gesamp.org/data/gesamp/files/media/Publications/Reports_and_studies_81/galley_1376/object_1530_large.pdf

11. UNESCO IOC IODE web site http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=7573

12. R. Venkatesan, Technology development for real time visual observation of coastal waters from a moored buoy off Goa using 3G Telemetry, MTS Current USA, October 2014, Volume 37, No. 5, pp 22 – 23.

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SubmittedDECRYPTING A MYSTERY BAY - THE ASIRI OCEAN-ATMOSPHEREINITIATIVES ON BAY OF BENGALBy Hemantha W. Wijesekera, Emily Shroyer, Amit Tandon, M. Ravichandran, Debasis Sengupta,Priyantha Jinadasa, Harindra J.S. Fernando, Neeraj Agarwal, K. Arulananthan, MarkBaumgartner, Jared Buckley, Luca Centurioni, Patrick Conry, Eric D'Asaro, J. Tom Farrar,Arnold L. Gordon, Ewa Jarosz, Tommy Jensen, Shaun Johnston, Craig Lee, Laura S. Leo,Matthias Lankhorst, Iossif Lozovatsky, Andrew Lucas, Amala Mahadevan, Jennifer Mackinnon,James Moum, Jonathan Nash, Melissa Omand, Robert Pinkel, Sanjiv Ramachandran, LucRainville, Daniel L. Rudnick, Sutanu Sarkar, Uwe Send, Rashmi Sharma, Harper Simmons, KateStafford, Louis St. Laurent, Karan Venayagamoorthy, R. Venkatesan, William J. Teague, Amy

Waterhouse, Robert Weller, Caitlin B. Whalen

Ramasamy Venkatesan Subramaniam Ramasundaram Ranganathan Sundar Narayanaswamy Vedachalam Rajagopalan Lavanya Malayath Aravindakshan AtmanandReliability Assessment of State-of-the-Art Real-Time Data Reception and Analysis System for the Indian Seas Marine Technology Society Journal May 2015

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L. Vedaprakash Annamalai University Investigation on biofouling on metal panels in marine environment at Ennore, off Chennai, on the East Coast of India, and studies on antifouling potentials of few marine natural products

Pursuing R. Manjumeena, University of Madras, Registration Date: 30/01/2012, Anti Corrosion and corrosion inhibition studies of nano-self cleaning materials

Annexure IILIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

1. Venkatesan R, Vedachalam N, Sundar R, Arul Muthiah, Prasad P, and Atmanand MA., Assessment of the reliability of the Indian seas tsunami buoy system. Journal of Society for Underwater Technology, 2015, Volume 32, No.4, pp.255 – 270.

2. Chaitanya A.V.S., F. Durand, Simi Mathew, V. V. Gopalakrishna, F. Papa, M. Lengaigne, J. Vialard, Ch. Krantikumar and R.Venkatesan, Observed year-to-year sea surface variability in the Bay of Bengal during the period 2009 – 2014 period. Ocean Dynamics, February 2015, volume 65, N0. 2, pp.173 – 186.

3. Venkatesan R, Vedachalam N, Arul Muthiah M, Kesavakumar B, Sundar R, Atmanand MA, Evolution of reliable and cost-effective power systems for buoys used in monitoring Indian seas. Marine Technology Society Journal. January/February 2015, Volume 49, N0. 1, pp. 71 – 87.

20141. Venkatesan R, Arul Muthiah M, and Murugesh P, Unusual corrosion of Instrument Deployed in the Deep Sea for

the Indian Tsunami early warning system. Marine Technology Society Journal, November/December 2014, Volume 48, N0. 6, pp. 6 – 13.

2. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Estimation of significant wave heights using numerical and neural techniques and comparison with buoy and satellite observations, International Journal of Ocean and Climate systems, December 2014, Volume 5, No.4, pp.223 – 238.

3. R. Venkatesan, Technology development for real time visual observation of coastal waters from a moored buoy off Goa using 3G Telemetry, Marine Technology Society, October 2014, Volume 37, No. 5, pp 22 – 23.

4. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Validation of in-situ wave spectrum with JONSWAP in the Indian Ocean” International Journal of Remote Sensing, July 2014, Volume 35, No. 14, Issue 24, pp.5384 – 5393.

5. Vimala J, Venkatesan R, Latha G and R.R.Rao, “Observed Buildup and Collapse of Warm pool in the Eastern Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal from Moored Buoy SST records during 1998-2008” has been accepted by International Journal of Ocean and Climate systems, Vol.5 , No.1, March 2014

6. R. Manjumeena, T. Elakkiya, D.Duraibabu, A Feroze Ahmed, PT Kalaichelvan and R. Venkatesan, Green' biocompatible organic−inorganic hybrid electrospun nanofibers for potential biomedical applications” Journal of Biomaterials Applications, September 2014

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7. R. Venkatesan, Simi Mathew, J. Vimala, G. Latha, M. Arul Muthiah, S. Ramasundaram, R. Sundar, R. Lavanya and M.A. Atmanand, Signatures of very severe cyclonic storm Phailin in met-ocean parameters observed by moored buoy network in the Bay of Bengal” Current science, Vol. 107, No. 4, August 2014

8. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Validation of in-situ wave spectrum with JONSWAP in the Indian Ocean” International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, Issue 14, July 2014.

9. Vimala J, R. Venkatesan, G. Latha and R.R. Rao, Observed Buildup and Collapse of Warm pool in the Eastern Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal from Moored Buoy SST records during 1998-2008” has been accepted by International Journal of Ocean and Climate systems, Vol.5 , No.1, 2014

10. Thangavelu Muthukumar, Adithan Aravinthana, R Dineshram, Ramasamy Venkatesan and Mukesh Doble, “Biodegradation of Starch Blended High Density Polyethylene using Marine Bacteria Associated with Biofilm Formation and its Isolation Characterization” The journal of Microbiology Biochemistry Technology. Vol.6(3), 2014

11. Vimala J, G. Latha and R. Venkatesan, Real Time Wave Forecasting using Artificial Neural Network with varying input Parameter”. Indian Journal of Geo-marine sciences, Vol.43, PP:82-87, 2014

20131. R. Venkatesan, M. Arul Muthiah, K. Ramesh, S. Ramasundaram, R. Sundar,and M. A. Atmanand Satellite Communication Systems For Ocean Observational Platforms: Societal Importance And Challenges, The Journal of Ocean Technology, 8, No. 3, 2013 47- 73 2. Shukla A K, Babu K N, Prajapati R P, Sumar N M Ajai A., Sinha A, Saife A M Satashia S N Arul Muthiah M Venkatesan R An ocean CAL-VAL site Kavaratti in Lakshadweep for vicarious calibration of OCM-2 and validation of Geo-physical products – development & operationalization Marine Geodesy . Marine Geodesy, 36, 2, 2013, 203-2183. R. Venkatesan, V. R. Shamji, G. Latha, Simi Mathew, R. R. Rao, Arul Muthiah, M. A. Atmanand New in-situ ocean subsurface time series measurements from OMNI buoy network in the Bay of Bengal Current Science 104,9, 10 May 2013, pp 1166-1177

4. A.K. Shukla, K.N.Babu, R.P. Prajapati, N.M. Suthar, Ajai, A.Sinha, A.M. Saifee, S.N. Satashia, M. Arul Muthiah and R. Venkatesan, An Ocean CAL-VAL Site at Kavaratti in Lakshadweep for Vicarious Calibration of OCM-2 and Validation of Geophysical Products—Development and Operationalization Marine Geodesy 203-218 2013

5. Vimala J, Latha G, Venkatesan R., Application of Soft Computing Tools for Wave Prediction at Specific Locations in the Arabian Sea using Moored Buoy observations, International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems 2, 3 2012, pp 255-2646. Jagadeesh Kadiyam, D. Gowthaman, Prasad Punna, R Venkatesan and M A Atmanand, “Autonomous Ocean Observation Systems (AOS) - A Review“, Technorama, Volume 63, December 20137. L. Vedaprakash, R. Dineshram, Krupa Ratnam, K. Lakshmi, K. Jayaraj, S. Mahesh Babu, R. Venkatesan, A. Shanmugam Experimental studies on the effect of different metallic substrates on marine biofouling Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 103, 1 June 2013, pp 1-10

20128. K. N. Babu, A. K. Shukla, Ajai, and R. Venkatesan OCM2 vicarious calibration over Kavaratti Cal-Val site International Journal of Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing Letters 20129. Sangeetha Raman, Lakshmi Karunamoorthy, Mukesh Doble, Ravi Kumar N V, R. Venkatesan Barnacle adhesion on natural and synthetic substrates: Adhesive structure and composition International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives 41 (2012) 140–143

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10. D. Inbakandan, G. Sivaleela, D. Magesh Peter, R. Kiurbagaran , R. Venkatesan, S. Ajmal Khan, Marine sponge extract assisted biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles, Materials Letters 87 (2012) 66–68 Published online Nature india 5 October 2012 Research highlight Marine sponge churns green nanoparticles doi:10.1038/nindia.2012.15211. Vimala J, Latha G, Venkatesan R Application of Soft Computing Tools for Wave Prediction at Specific Locations in the Arabian Sea using Moored Buoy observations International Journal of Ocean and Climate Systems P 255-264 2012

2011

12. Thangavelu Muthukumar, Adithan Aravinthan, Karunamoorthy Lakshmi, R. Venkatesan, Loganathan Vedaprakash, Mukesh Doble- Fouling and stability of polymers and composites in marine environment International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 65 (2011) 276 -284 – (Impact factor 2.1 As per 2008)\13. Lakshmi K, Muthukumar T, Doble M, Vedaprakash L, Kruparathnam, Dineshram R, Jayaraj K, Venkatesan R, “Influence of surface characteristics on biofouling formed on polymers exposed to coastal sea waters of India” Colloids Surf B Biointerface, Vol.1;91:205-11. Epub, November 7, 2011.14. Pradipta Muduli R, Vinithkumar N.V, Mehmuna Begum, Robin R.S, Vishnu Vardhan K, Venkatesan R and R. Kirubagaran, “Spatial Variation of Hydrochemical Characteristics in and Around Port Blair Bay Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India”, World Appl. Sci. J. 13; 564-571, 2011.15. A.Mohammed Fayaz, M.Girilal, R.Venkatesan, P.T.Kalaichelvan Biosynthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles using Maduca longifolia extract and their potential in infrared absorption Colloids and Surfaces B: (2011) Biointerfaces

2010

16. Karthikayalu S, Rama V, Kirubagaran R, Venkatesan R, 2010 “Hemolytic toxin from the soft coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum: isolation and physiological characterization”, J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis. (SciELO, Brazil) 16: 107-120.

4. R. Sangeetha, Ravi Kumar N V,R. Venkatesan, Mukesh Doble,L. Vedaprakash,Kruparatnam,K. Lakshmi,Dineshram Understanding the structure of the adhesive plaque of Amphibalanus reticulates Materials Science and Engineering C 30 (2010) 112–119

17. Santhanakumar J, Vinithkumar N.V, Dharani G, Magesh Peter D, Abdul Nazar A.K, Kirubagaran R, Venkatesan R, Kathiroli S, 2010 “Zooplankton abundance and diversity in Andaman Nicobar islands”, India, Recent Trends in Biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: pp. 131-140 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).

18. Venkatesan R, Prasantha Abeyagunverdane, “Status of marine environmental conventions in South Asia”, SACEP Colombo, 2010.

19. Venkatesan R, Dwarakadasa E.S, “Corrosion of stainless steel in shallow and deep sea environment advances in Stainless steels”, EDS Baldev raj et al Universities Press IGCA, 579-588, 2010.

20. Karthikayalu S, Rama V, Kirubagaran R, Venkatesan R, “Characterization, purification and phylogenetic analysis of a cytolysin from the sea anemone Heteractis magnifica of the Indian Ocean”, Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis, 16, 2, 223-240. ISSN 1678-9199, 2010.

21. Inbakandan D, Sriyutha Murthy P, Venkatesan R, Ajmal Khan S, “16S rDNA sequence analysis of culturable marine biofilm forming bacteria from a ship's hull; Biofouling”, The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research, 1029-2454, Vol. 26, Issue 8, 893 – 899, 2010.

22. Inbakandan D, Venkatesan R, Ajmal Khan S, “Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles utilizing Marine sponge Acanthella elongata (Dendy, 1905)”, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 81, 634–639, 2010.

23. Mohamed Fayaz A, Balaji K, Girilal M, Ruchi Yadav, Kalaichelvan P.T, Venkatasen R, “Biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their synergistic effect with antibiotics: A study against gram-positive and gram- negative bacteria”, Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, biology and medicine. 6, 1, 103-109, 2010.

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24. Mohammed Fayaz A, Girilal M, Saba A. Mahdy, Somsundar S.S, Venkatesan R, Kalaichelvan P, “Vancomycin bound biogenic gold nanoparticles: different perspective for development of anti VRSA agents”,   Process biochemistry, Article in press, 10.1016 / j.procbio, 2010\

200925. Sangeetha, R. Kumar, M. Doble, R. Venkatesan, Barnacle cement: an etchant for stainless steel 316L, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 79(2), 524-530, 2010. Impact factor (2009) - 2.780 26. Trishul Artham, M. Sudhakar, R. Venkatesan, C. Madhavan Nair, K.V.G.K. Murty, Mukesh Doble Biofouling and stability of synthetic polymers in sea water, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 63, 2009, 884–89027. A. Mohamed Fayaz, K. Balaji, P.T. Kalaichelvan R. Venkatasen (2009). Fungal based synthesis of silver nanoparticles - An effect of temperature on the size of particles. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 74: 123–126 (Impact factor 2.6)28. R. Dineshram, R. Subasri, K.R.C. Somaraju, Jayaraj, L. Vedaprakash, Krupa Ratnam, S.V. Joshi, R. Venkatesan, Biofouling studies on nanoparticle-based metal oxide coatings on glass coupons exposed to marine environment, 74, 1, 1 November 2009, 75-8329. H.-C. Flemming, P.S. Murthy, R. Venkatesan, K. Cooksey, (Eds.), 2009. XII, 334. (Springer Series on Biofilms, Vol. 4) ISBN 978-3-540-69794-7; 65 – 10230. P. Sriyutha Murthy R. Venkatesan Industrial Biofilms and their Control, in the book on Marine and Industrial Fouling Publisher - Springer Germany - H.-C. Flemming, P.S. Murthy, R. Venkatesan, K. Cooksey, (Eds.), 2009. XII, 334. (Springer Series on Biofilms, Vol. 4) ISBN 978-3-540-69794-7; 65 – 10231. R. Venkatesan, Sriyutha Murthy Macrofouling Control in Power. Marine and Industrial Fouling Publisher- Springer Germany - H.-C. Flemming, P.S. Murthy, R. Venkatesan,K. Cooksey, (Eds.), 2009. XII, 334. (Springer Series on Biofilms, Vol. 4; 265 – 29232. Inbakandan, D.Radhika Rajasree, Stanley Abraham, Ganesh Kumar,V, Manoharan.N, Venkatesan.R Ajmal Khan. S, Aquaculture Informatics: Integration of Information Technology and Aquaculture in India, 3, 2009

200733. R. Venkatesan New approaches to control marine fouling, International Journal on Applied Bioengieering December 2007, 34. S. Kathorili, R. Venkatesan, P.S.Murthy, P.Misra, L. Vedaprakash, Proceeding on International conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology RAMAT 2006 Allied Publishers ISBN81-8424-128-335. R. Venkatean P.S.Murthy L. Vedaprakash, Marine antifouling systems, Allied Publishers 2006 ISBN 81-8424-130-6 36. R. Venkatesan, FRP cages for cage culture of lobster and crab - FRP Today Sept 2006 37. P.S Murthy, R Venkatesan, Syed Jahan, K V K Nair, M Ravindran, Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 55, 3 April 2005, 161-170- Listed a TOP 25 paper by Science direct 38. R Venkatesan, E S Dwrakadasa, M Ravindran A deep sea corrosion study of Titanium and Ti6Al4V alloy, Corrosion Prevention and Control, 51, 3 September 98-103, 200439. Murthy, P.S.; Venkatesan, R.; Nair, K.V.K.; Ravindran, M. Biofilm control for plate heat exchangers using surface seawater from the open ocean for the OTEC power plant. Int. Biodeter. Biodegr, 2004, 53(2), 133-140.40. SAS Abidi, M. Ravindran R Venkatesan M Vijayakumaran Proceedings of New Frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research” MBR 2004 held at NIOT from 22 – 23 January 2004 – Allied Publishers Chennai ISBN 81 – 7764 – 580 41. R. Venkatesan “CD on Oceanography for Engineers – selected topics” Allied Publishers Chennai May 2004

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42. R Venkatesan, E S Dwarakadasa M Ravindran biofilm formation on structural materials in deep sea environments, Indian journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences, 10 December 2003, 486-49143. R. Venkatesan.,Bothering Biofouling, Science Reporter November 200344. R Venkatesan, M A Venkataswamy T A Bhaskaran E S Dwarakadasa M Ravindran Corrosion of ferrous alloys in deep sea environment British Corrosion Journal ,2002 December 37 (4) 266-270 45. R.Venkatesan Study of corrosion product of zinc in natural sea water, British Corrosion Journal,1998,33,(1),77-8046. R.Venkatesan, E.S.Dwarakadasa, A.C. Raghuram, Effect of deep-sea environment on the corrosion behaviour of metals and alloys. Transactions of the Metal finishers’ Association of India, Jan-Mar 1998, 63-71.47. R.Venkatesan, Abraham. R. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Marine Engineers review 85, 2001 48. R.Venkatesan, ES Dwarakadasa, M.Ravindran, Corrosion of materials in deep sea IISc Journal 2000.49. V.S.Rajaraman, R.Venkatesan Modified spade corer for seabed studies Indian journal of Marine sciences. 19, December 1990, 300-30150. R.Venkatesan, P.Prasad Rao., Stress controlled Low cycle fatigue studies of CP Titanium in air and sea water at ambient temperature and 20C, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 46,(6).1993,391-396.51. G. Dharani, A.K.Abdul Nazar,R Venkatesan,M Ravindran, Marine debris in Great Nicobar, Current science,4,10 September 2002,85(5) 574-57552. R.Venkatesan Study of corrosion product of zinc in natural sea water, British Corrosion Journal,1998,33,(1), 77-80Popular articles in journals

1. R. Venkatesan Oceans and seas, Dead or Alive, World Environment Day Institutions of Engineers Karnataka State chapter Bangalore Institution of Engineers Journal June 2004

LIST OF BOOKS

7. Hans curt Flemming PS Murthy R Venkatesan Marine and Industrial fouling Springer Germany 2008

8. Mukesh Doble R Venkatesan Ravikumar Polymers in a marine environment iSmithers United Kingdom 2014

9. R. Venkatesan E S Dwarakadasa Corrosion of stainless steel in shallow and deep sea environment advances in Stainless steels EDS Baldev Raj et al Universities Press IGCAR (2010) 579-588

10. SAS Abidi, M. Ravindran R Venkatesan M Vijayakumaran Proceedings of New Frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research” MBR 2004 held at NIOT from 22 – 23 January 2004 – Allied Publishers Chennai ISBN 81 – 7764 – 580

11. R. Venkatesan “CD on Oceanography for Engineers – selected topics” Allied Publishers Chennai May 2004

12. S.Kathorili, R. Venkatesan, P.S.Murthy, P.Misra, L. Vedaprakash, Proceeding on International conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology RAMAT 2006 Allied Publishers ISBN81-8424-128-3

13. R. Venkatean P.S.Murthy L. Vedaprakash, Marine antifouling systems, Allied Publishers ISBN 81-8424-130-

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Papers in conferences/Seminars

13. S.A. Sannasiraj R Venkatesan M V Ramanamurthy., Physical Model Testing of Moored Surface Buoy

International conference on Underwater Technology 21 - 23 Febrary 2015

14. Kesavakumar B, ArulMuthiah M, Venkatesan R, Primary Lithium battery for deep sea moored buoys

and underwater systems, International Conference on Electrochemical Science and Technology, ICONEST –

2014, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India, 7th - 9th August 2014.

15. Mobin Mathew Venkatesan R., Kulkarni S.M., Prasad Punna., Modeling and Analysis of a Composite

Instrument Housing for Off-Shore Data Buoys Fourth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Bio

Polymers ,Bio material their composites,ICNP-2015 scheduled on April 10th,11th and 12th  at

Kottayam,Kerala.

16. Prasad P, Jagadeesh

K, Gowthaman D, and Venkatesan R, Biomimetically Inspired Autonomous Ocean Observation System –

AquaBot. International Conference on Computational and Experimental Marine Hydrodynamics. MARHY

2014, 3rd – 4th December 2014

17. Vimala J, Ramesh K, Latha G and Venkatesan R, Intercomparison of NIOT Wave Buoy data with

Datawell waverider buoy – In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page

65.

18. Phanindra Reddy A, Simi Mathew , Latha G and Venkatesan R, Validation of GEKCO and OSCAR

products for the Indian Ocean region using in – situ observations from moorings – In the proceedings of 4th

National conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, 109.

19. Lydia Kiruba.R , Arul Muthiah M, Venkatesan R, Sivagami A, A VLSI based Integrated Data

Acquisition System for Polar Observatory – In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22 -

24, 2015, page 133.

20. Sundar R, ArulMuthiah M, Elango S, Gowtham D and Venkatesan R, Development of dual mode

communication a novel technique for real-time tsunami buoy systems, In the proceedings of 4th National

conference OSICON, Mar 22 - 24, 2015, page 121.

21. Jagadeesh Kadiyam,

Vengatesan G, ArulMuthiah M, Vimala J, and Venkatesan R, Inter-Comparison of collocated cup type and

sonic anemometer on the moored coastal buoy, In the proceedings of 4th National conference OSICON, Mar 22

- 24, 2015, page 138.

22. DBCP S&T workshop October 2014 Weihei China

23. Venkatesan R., Kulkarni S.M Geo Davis, Mobin Mathew Effect of exposure to hydrostatic pressure on

mechanical properties of GFRP/syntactic foam composite sandwich for deep sea applications ., International

conference ICPC 2014 NIT K Surathkal

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1. R.Sundar, M.Arulmuthiah, S.Elango, D.Gowtham, R.Venkatesan, M.A.Atmanand   Development of dual mode communication a novel technique for Real Time Tsunami Buoy Systems" fourth biennial National conference OSICON-2015 organised by Ocean Society of India, jointly with NIO, Goa, during 22-24 March 20152. Vedaprakash, L., Manju Nagarajan, Mahesh Babu, Krupa Ratnam, A. Shanmugam and R.Venkatesan. Biofouling diversity and larval settlement on titanium surfaces in marine environment off Chennai, India. 4th International conference and exhibition on Ballast Water Management, Singapore 16-17 October, 20083. Vedaprakash, L., M. Sivagamasundari, S. Bhanupriya, S. Karthikayalu, P.S. Dheenan, A. Shanmugam and R.Venkatesan. Isolation and characterization of biofilm forming bacteria from titanium surfaces immersed in marine environment 4 th International conference and exhibition on Ballast Water Management, Singapore. 16-17 October, 2008 4. Karthikayalu, S., Muthukumar, S., Subramoniam, T., Venkatesan, R. and Kathiroli, S. 2007. Identification of the wnt genes in the soft coral Sarchopyton trocheliophorum and its evolutionary importance. Abstracts memorabilia of the XXV National Symposium on Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology. 5. Karthikayalu, S., Muthukumar, S., Subramoniam, T., Venkatesan, R. and Kathiroli, S. 2007. Study on the Cell Signaling in Marine Cnidarians. Poster Presentation for International workshop on DNA Microarray6. R. Venkatesan, E S dwarakadasa Corrosion of stainless steels in shallow and deep sea environment, International conference on advances in stainless steels Chennai 9- 11 April 2007 7. R. Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy and S. Kathiroli, Cooling Water Chemistry, Biofouling Control and Operational Problems in Open Recirculating Systems International conference on Power Plants, Proceedings of the International Conference on "Indian Power Stations - Excellence in O&M" from February 13-14, 2007 in New Delhi. 8. Balajee, B., Karthikayalu, S., Sophia Mercy, P., Nazar, A.K., Kirubagaran, R., Venkatesan, R., Yogeeswaran, G and Ravindran, M. A Preliminary Study On The Biodiversity Potential Of Marine Organisms Containing Bioactive Compounds In The South And Middle Andaman Regions National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 held at NIOT Chennai 22-23 January 20049. Remany M.C, M.Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan, S. Kathiroli, Role of women in seafarming A societal programme, Biotechnology-Promises and Perils, Jeevadhara ISSN 0970-1125, Vol XXXV 205, January 2005 10. Dharani. G, S. K. Mukhopadhyay, A. K. Abdul Nazar, Krupa Ratnam, P. Venkateshwaran, D. Magesh Peter, J. Santhanakumar, Anusrita Biswas, Vinay Kishor Xalxo, R. Venkatesan & M. Ravindaran Tidal & Diel Variation of Phytoplankton Pigments in Port Blair Bay- South Andaman National seminar in New Frontiers in Marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 22-23 January 200411. G.Latha, S.Shanmugavadivu, R Venkatesan, V. Rajendran Acoustics Noise from shallow and deep sea lobsters Journal of acoustics Society December 200412. Jothi Basu, A., S. Selvarajan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, D. Magesh Peter, S. L. Sasikala, A. Palavesam, R. Venkatesan and M. Ravindran 2002. Biofilm development and corrosion of steel in a polluted environment with emphasis on water quality NACE- CORCON November 28-30, 2002, GOA.13. Karthikayalu, S., B. Balajee, P. S. Dheenan, S. Poornima, G. Dharani, A. K. Nazar, R. Venkatesan and S. Kathiroli. 2006. Screening of bioactivity on the natural products from the marine organisms of Andaman Island water: A preliminary report. Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 294 - 302.14. Karthikayalu, S., G. Dharani, R. Kirubagaran, R. Venkatesan, G. Yogeeswaran, and M. Ravindran. 2004. Isolation, purification and characterization of haemolytic toxin from Heteractis magnifica. In: New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp. 17-24.15. Karthikayalu, S., Muthukumar, S, Subramoniam, T., Venkatesan, R. and Kathiroli, S. 2007. Identification of the wnt genes in the soft coral Sarchopyton trocheliophorum and its evolutionary importance. Abstracts memorabilia of the XXV National Symposium on Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology. 16. Latha, G., G. A. Ramadass, R. Venkatesan and V. Rajendran. 2003. Lobster Noise Measurement and Analysis. Proceedings of SYMPOL 1-4.17. M. Rajasegar, R. Mohanraju, T. Balasubramanian, A. Purushothaman, V.Sampath1, M.Ravindran2 and R.Venkatesan Distribution and Composition of Zooplankton Along Tamilnadu Coast (Bay of Bengal) CAS in Marine Biology, Parangipettai National seminar in New Frontiers in marine Bioscience Research, MBR2004 Chennai 22-23 January 200418. Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi, M. Sudhakar and R. Venkatesan, ‘STUDIES ON BIODEGRADATION OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE) BY MARINE MICROORGANISMS’, 7th Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference, Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India 02 -05 November 2006. 19. Muthukumar. S, N.V. Vinithkumar, M. Vidhya, S. Simha Kishore Reddy and R. Venkatesan. 2006. G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) of Balanus amphitrite as potential targets for antifouling studies using molecular docking methods were published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8 November 2006, Chennai.20. N. Saravanane, Anup Kumar das, Dilip Kumar Jha, A.K.Abdul Nazar and R. Venkatesan, GIS based resettlement plan for tsunami affected Nancowry group of Islands A&N Islands, Seminar organized by national remote sensing Agency Hyderabad. 21. N.Saravanane, G.Dharani, R.Venkatesan and M.Ravindran Hydrography and Plankton Distribution in Gulf of Mannar, off Tuticorin National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 Chennai 22-23 January 200422. N.Saravanane, P. Sriyutha Murthy, M. Vijayakumaran, R.Venkatesan and M.Ravindran Physicochemical and Biological Aspects of Deep Sea Water and its Relevance to the Possible Impact on OTEC Operation National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR2004 held at NIOT Chennai 22-23 January 200423. National research and monitoring moderation workshop.GOMBRT 14 -15 December 2006 Invited lecture on Biomimics - marine perspective At all India seminar on chemical engineering prospective scenarios and strategies to 2020 : Bio-energy –info- materials – nano CEPSS2020 8-9 December 2006 : Institution of engineers Bangalore

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24. P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran Microfouling on Titanium and Stainless steel-316L Surfaces Under Static and Flow Conditions in an Oceanic Environment. National seminar in New Frontiers in marine BioScience Research, MBR 2004, NIOT Chennai 22-23 January 2004 Publication at NCBI. (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ) accession No: EF18351025. Participatory management of biological resources for conservation and livelihood security of coastal fishers in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve M. Vijayakumaran, G. Dharani, N. V. Vinith Kumar and R. Venkatesan National Institute of Ocean Technology, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 601302 26. R Venkatesan Marine Biotechnology approach on materials research seminar on perspectives in minerals metals and materials research Department of metallurgy IISC Bangalore 22 - 23 July 200427. R Venkatesan Oceans and seas, Dead or Alive, World Environment Day Institutions of Engineers Karnataka State chapter Bangalore 5June 200428. R Venkatesan Physicochemical and Biological characteristics of coral reef environment at A&N islands workshop on identification of gaps through information and experience sharing in research and management of coral reefs from 5 to 7 May 2004, Port Blair29. R. Venkatesan Advances in Antifouling Technology Indian scenario, The International Convention on the control of harmful antifouling systems in ships, 2001 (AFS Convention) Regional workshop Organized by international maritime organization UK and Department of ocean Development 3-6 October 200530. R. Venkatesan, E. S. Dwarakadasa and M. Ravindran OTC 14325 “Study on behavior of carbon fibre reinforced composite for deep sea applications” Ocean Technology Conference - OTC 2002, Houston USA.- Paper was presented OTC 2002, Houston USA May 6 – 9 200231. R. Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, S.Kathioroli Cooling water and Biofouling Control in Power Plants International conference on Indian Power solutions by NTPC New Delhi 13 February 200732. R. Venkatesan, S. Murthy, Palaniappan, Raju Abraham, Selection of materials for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant ‘ NACE Sixth Asia-Pacific conference held at Bangalore December 2001.33. R.Venkatean, G.Janakiraman, V.S.Rajaraman., A new design concept for nodule mining system presented and published in the proceedings of Conference on Ocean Technology 1992.34. R.Venkatesan M.A.Venkateswamy E.S Dwarakadasa A.C Raghuram M.Ravindran Study of corrosion in materials in deep sea, SAEST of Electrochemical Society of India on 24 – 25 July 1998.35. R.Venkatesan New approaches against marine biofouling International conference organised by International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society on Alternative and Conventional Anti-Fouling Strategies Mülheim, Germany September 13-15, 200436. R.Venkatesan, E.S.Dwarakadasa, A.C. Raghuram, Effect of deep-sea environment on the corrosion behaviour of metals and alloys. Presented CORCON 97, IIT, Mumbai, January 1998., Published in the Transactions of the Metal finishers’ Association of India, Jan-Mar 98, 63-71.37. R.Venkatesan, ES Dwarakadasa and M.Ravindran, “Effect of deep-sea environment on calcareous deposit formation on cathodically protected steel structures”, Proceedings of Seminar 2000, Naval materials : Present and Futuristic trends 14-15 December 2000, 202-211.38. R.Venkatesan, F.Vijayan, V.S.Rararaman and G.Janakiraman Methods in mooring deep sea sediment traps, presented and published in the proceedings of Indian National Conference on Ocean Engineering 199239. R.Venkatesan, G.Janakiraman, V.S.Rajaraman and Jaishankar “Potential seafloor artefacts in designing and operating nodule mining system”, published in the conference on International Society of Ocean and Polar Engineering (ISOPE) Colorado, USA (1992)40. R.Venkatesan, Impressed Current Cathodic Protection of Deep water Structures., Proceedings of Seminar on Ocean and Industry-Realities and Expectations held on October 25 and 26, 1994 56-6041. R.Venkatesan, K.Krishnakumar Buoyancy package for the self contained Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler mooring presented and published in the proceedings of Indian National Conference on Ocean Engineering 199242. R.Venkatesan, M.A.Venkatasamy, R A Bhaskaran, R Krishnan, E S Dwarakadasa and M Ravindran , et. al. Corrosion behaviour of structural materials in deep ocean. NMD/ATM, IISC, Nov’198 AWARDED BEST PAPER (POSTER SESSION)43. R.Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, K.V.K. Nair, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jehan and M. Ravindran Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application, International Conference on Biodegradation and Biodeterioration organized by IBBS and IBRG Manchester UK 13-18 September 200344. R.Venkatesan, Sea Cage Culture of Lobster and Mudcrab and Fish Aggregation Devices for Lakshadweep Islands – NIOT’s initiatives FICCI- International Conference on Marine – Hazards & Opportunities July 3 – 5, 2006, Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai, India45. R.Venkatesan, Senthilkumar Study on the effect of deep sea environment on materials at the Manganese nodule mine site”. Symposium on Geology and Geophysics of Indian Ocean held at NIO Goa in October 1996.46. Radhika Gopal, Syed Jehan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Kathiroli, R. Venkatesan. 2004. Inhibition of biofilm bacteria by the Marine Sponge Thlysios frondifera: Potential source of antifouling compounds. NACE- CORCON 2004 December 12-15 New Delhi.47. Ravichandran.M Y.R.Rao K.Premkumar T.Sudhakar K.Santhanam, R.Venkatesan Analysis of surface meteorological and oceanographic data from moored buoys deployed in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Seminar of Indian tropical meteorology 199748. Remany, M. C., M. Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan, S. Kathiroli. 2005. Role of Women in Sea Farming-A Societal Programme. Jeevadhara-A Journal of Socio religious research Vol XXXV, No.205: 54-61.49. Remany.M.C, Mary Leema T, R. Kirubagaran, R. Venkatesan, M. Ravindran 2004. Handbook on lobster fattening in sea cages. International Conference & exposition on marine living resources of India for food and medicine 2003.50. Sahu, G., K. K. Satpathy, M. Sri Lakshmi, V. R. Prasad, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Phytoplankton Community in the Coastal Waters of Kalpakkam and their Impact on Fouling. International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai, India.51. Satpathy, K.K., G. Sahu, Sri Lakshmi, M.V.R. Prasad, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan. Studies on the variation in the settlement of Macrofoulants in Kalpakkam Coastal Waters, East Coast of India. 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52. Senthil Murugan, T., M. Vijayakumaran, Dilip Kumar Jha, T. S. Kumar and R. Venkatesan. 2005. Sea cage culture of spiny lobsters and natural collection of lobster post larvae in India - An alternate employment/additional source of income for coastal fishers. Paper presented during the 8th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration held from Oct 2-5, 2005 at Brest , Brittany, France.53. Senthil Murugan. M, T., M.C. Remany, T. Mary Leema, Dileep Kumar Jha, J. Santhanakumar, M. Vijayakumaran, R. Venkatesan and M. Ravindran, Growth and breeding of the spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius 1798).,Seventh International Conference and workshop on lobster biology and management, Hobart, Tasmania 8 –13 February 200454. Sriyutha Murthy, P., D. Inbakandan, R.R. Viduthalai, Sri Lakshmi, G. Sahu, K.K. Satpathy, M.V.R. Prasad and R. Venkatesan. Fouling of Plate Heat exchangers. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai, India 55. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran 2004. Microfouling on Titanium and stainless steel 316-L surfaces under static and flow conditions in an Oceanic Environment, New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp 271-280.56. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, D. Soundararajan, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jehan, K. Sudarsan and M. Ravindran. 2003. A test system for studying the impact of fouling on heat transfer in simulates plate heat exchangers for OTEC applications NACE-CORCON 2003.57. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, K. V. K. Nair and M. Ravindran. 2004. Biofilm Control for Plate Heat Exchangers using surface seawater from Open Ocean for OTEC plant. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 53: 133 – 140.58. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, K. V. K. Nair, D. Inbakandan, S. Syed Jehan, and M. Ravindran. 2003. Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application. Management & control of microorganisms in plate heat exchangers for seawater applications. Manchester University, 15th to 18th September 2003, Southampton, UK59. Sriyutha Murthy, P., R. Venkatesan, S. Syed Jahan, Radhika Gopal and M. Ravindran. 2004. Bioactivity and Inhibition of marine bacteria by extracts from Echinoderms: Potential source of antifouling compounds. The 6 th International Larval Biology Conference Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 21st – 25th June 2004, Hong Kong.60. Sriyutha Murthy, P., S. Syed Jahan, D. Soundrajan, Raju Abraham, K. Sudarsan and R. Venkatesan. Impact of biofouling on heat exchanger for OTEC application using simulated flow cells. Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical sea, NIO, Goa. 13-15 December, 2004.61. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, S. Syed Jahan, Radhika Gopal and M. Ravindran. 2004. Bioactivity and Inhibition of marine bacteria by extracts from Echinoderms: Potential source of antifouling compounds. The 6th International Larval Biology Conference Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 21st – 25th June 2004 Hong Kong.62. Sriyutha Murthy, Selvaraj Jyotibasu Sasikala R Venkatesan M Ravindran Fouling and corrosion on steel in polluted Chennai fishing horbour, CORCON 2002 NACE international Goa 28 – 30 December 2002.63. Sriyutha Murthy. P, R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran. 2004. Biofilm development and control in flow chambers and Plate Heat Exchangers – A Comparisonn, New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp 359-368.64. Sriyutha Murthy. P, R. Venkatesan, D. Magesh Peter and M. Ravindran 2004. Microfouling on Titanium and stainless steel 316-L surfaces under static and flow conditions in an Oceanic Environment. Proceedings Marine Biosciences research pp 271-280. 65. Sriyutha Murthy. P, S. Syed Jahan, D.Soundrajan, Raju Abraham, K. Sudarsan and R. Venkatesan. Impact of biofouling on heat exchanger for OTEC application using simulated flow cells. Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical sea [BC(0)-02] NIO, Goa. 13-15 December 2004.66. Sudhakar. M, A. Trishul, Mukesh Doble, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi and R. Venkatesan. ‘DEGRADATION OF POLYPROPYLENE IN OCEAN WATER’ International conference on antifouling technology Jointly organized by International biodegradation and biodetrioration (IBBS) and National institute of ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai – 306, India 06 -08 November 2006.67. Sudhakar. M, P. Sriyutha murthy, Syed jahan, Inbakandan, R. Viduthalai, Uma Devi, R. Venkatesan and Mukesh Doble, ‘POTENTIAL BIODEGRADATION OF LDPE BY MARINE MICROORGANISMS’ International conference on Enviro tech - 2006, SIET college, Chennai, India 2- 4 July 2006.68. Suresh kumar, K. R. R. Viduthalai, V.R. Uma Devi, S. Magesh Babu, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan Barnacle induced Crevice Damages on 316 stainless steel. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai, India 69. Suresh Kumar, K., P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Syed Jahan, and R. Venkatesan. 2005. Resistance of Cupro-Nickel 90-10 to Ennoblement by Marine Biofilms. NACE- CORCON 2005, November 28-30, Chennai.70. Suresh Kumar, K., P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Syed Jahan, and R. Venkatesan. Surface texture analysis of Marine molluscs using SPM – A new approach for antifouling surfaces. NACE- CORCON 2005, November 28-30, Chennai, India.71. Suresh Kumar, K., R. R. Viduthalai, V. R. Uma Devi, S. Magesh Babu, P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan. 2006. Barnacle induced Crevice Damages on 316 stainless steel. International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology, 6-8 th November 2006, Chennai,.72. Suresh Kumar, P. Sriyutha Murthy, S. Syed Jahan and R. Venkatesan. Resistance of Cupro-Nickel 90-10 to Ennoblement by Marine Biofilms. NACE- CORCON 2005 November 28-30 Chennai. 73. Syed Jahan and M. Ravindran Evaluation of sodium hypochlorite for fouling control in plate heat exchangers for seawater application. Management & control of Microorganisms, Manchester University, September 15-18 2003, Southampton, UK. 74. Syed Jahan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, K. Prem Kumar. “Spatial distribution of Fouling Assemblage on Data Buoys implication or larval dispersal pattern”. Conference on Microbiology of the Tropical sea NIO, Goa. 13-15 December 2004.75. Syed Jahan, S., P. Sriyutha Murthy and R. Venkatesan, Biofouling on Oceanic Data Buoys As an Indicator for Dispersal of Marine Invertebrates. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Marine Antifouling Technology”, 6-8th November 2006, Chennai76. Syed Jehan, R. Venkatesan, P. Sriyutha Murthy, K. Prem Kumar and M. Ravindran 2004. Biofouling of data buoy structures and underwater sensors deployed along Indian coast, New frontiers in Marine Bioscience Research (Eds. S. A. H. Abidi, M. Ravindran, R. Venkatesan and M. Vijayakumaran), Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, Chennai, India, pp 281-290.

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Selvan S. Kathiroli. 2007. Farming and fattening of spiny lobsters in sea cages. 8th

International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September, 2007, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 90. Vijayakumaran. M. , T. Senthil Murugan, M.C. Remany and Mary Leema Thilakam, Dilip Kumar Jha, T.S. Kumar, R. Venkatesan Growth of

puerulii of the deep-sea lobster, Palinustus waguensis in captivity, Paper presented at the 8th

International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September, 2007, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. 91. M. Vijayakumaran, G. Dharani, N. V. Vinith Kumar and R. Venkatesan Participatory management of biological resources for conservation and livelihood security of coastal fishers in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve National research and monitoring moderation workshop. GOMBRT 14 -15 December 2006

Patents filed:

1. R.Venkatesan, M.Arulmuthiah, R.Sundar, K.Ramesh on “REAL TIME TSUNAMI MONITORING SYSTEM” filed a patent number 2301/CHE/2014.

2. R. Sundar, R. Srinivasan, G. A. Ramadass, M. A. Atmanand on "A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ACOUSTIC TIDE GAUGE" filed a patent number 4360/CHE/2014.

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