The term of the present Research Council ends in July 1997. The new Research Council to be constituted in August, 1997, will have a term of 3 years.

Council members

Dr. S.Z.Qasim (Chairman)
Former Director, NIO.
Former Director, CMFRI.
Former Secretary, Dept. of Ocean Development.
Former Member, Planning Commission,
Government of India.

Dr. K.K.Arora
Group General Manager
Institute of Engineering & Ocean Technology
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

Shri K.R. Sachar
Director (T & OC)
Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd.

Dr. P.K. Rudra
Chairman
Consultancy Development Centre

Prof. V.S. Raju
Director
Indian Institute of Technology

Dr. S.A.H. Abidi
Director
Central Institute of Fisheries Education

Dr. George John
Director
Department of Biotechnology

Dr. Dilip Biswas
Chairman
Central Pollution Control Board

Dr. H.K. Gupta
Director
National Geophysical Research Institute

Prof. K.S. Valdiya
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Shri S. Gopalan
Development Advisor
Ministry of Surface Transport

Shri M.B. Goswami
Scientist
Planning Coordination Division
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

Dr. E. Desa
Director
National Institute of Oceanography

Dr. M.D. Zingde (Secretary)
Scientist-in-charge
NIO Regional Centre, Mumbai

Dr. M. Dileep Kumar (Local Secretary)
Scientist
National Institute of Oceanography