Centre For Ocean Research

Centre for Ocean Research (COR) is one of the premier research and innovation centres of Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology to focus on Marine Science Research and Technology. The Centre was established in 2007 as a joint initiative of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai and Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology to encourage targeted sectors of Ocean Research. To its credit, COR was supported by DST-FIST. COR plays a key role in marine research and development through training /workshops and technology transfer. The Centre has successfully completed many nationally and internationally funded research projects sponsored by various Agencies and research organizations like the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Bharatiya Nabikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (DAE-BHAVINI), Ministry of Steel, Board of Research Nuclear Sciences (DAE-BRNS), University Grants Commission (UGC), International Foundation of Science (IFS, Sweden), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). The Centre gathers and disseminates the knowledge to the public in the major areas of Mariculture, Marine Technology and Engineering, Marine Ecology, Marine Nanotechnology, Marine Biotechnology, and Marine Education & Extension.