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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Sangeetha Kandavel

IIT-Madras building a world class facility for ocean engineering and maritime technology

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) has been silently building a massive Centre of Excellence (CoE) that is driving indigenous development of maritime technology and expertise.

The researchers behind this project are already involved in major maritime projects in India and their efforts have resulted in significant financial savings for the country by replacing foreign expertise and technology.

“We are working to make this CoE a global hub in Maritime Sector and generate significant cost savings for India by developing not only the technology but also trained manpower to replace the foreign expertise in the Indian maritime sector,” said V. Sriram, Principal Investigator, CoE on Maritime Experiments To Maritime Experience (ME2ME), IIT Madras.

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