CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Park and the National Institute of Ocean Technology are jointly hosting, for the first time in India, the OCEANS 2022 conference, a bi-annual event of global marine researchers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recently, the UN (United Nations) Ocean Conference 2022 was held to ensure global cooperation towards protection and sustenance of the Ocean ecosystem of the world. The conference was co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal. Minister of Earth Sciences led the Indian delegation at UN Ocean Conference.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the OCEANS 2022 Chennai comes to an end, we thank all the session chairs & participants who joined from all over world irrespective of the time zone differences and making this edition of OCEANS Conference & Exposition a successful event.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Institute of Technology Madras and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, is conducting OCEANS 2022 Conference and Exposition, the bi-annual event for global marine researchers, technologists and engineers, students, and policymakers, from Feb 21-24.

Detailed explanation-5: -The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and the Director is the head of the Institute.