The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and the Director is the head of the Institute. The institute is based in Chennai.
The primary mission of NIOT is to develop a scientific understanding of oceans, coasts and marine life, and to develop technology for the sustenance and environmentally-sound applications of physical and biological resources in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The institute operates a fleet of coastal and oceanic research vessels, as well as data-collecting buoys in the Indian Ocean. NIOT was responsible for the recent archeological find of an ancient civilization off the coast of western India. (See Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay.)
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