Abstract

This talk will provide an overview of the research carried out in ocean acoustics in India. The topics of special interest for international collaboration identified by some of the institutions involved in ocean acoustics research will be highlighted. The status of underwater acoustics education in India will be reviewed. Two institutions located in Chennai, India (National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras) are heavily involved in ocean acoustics research and their research activities will be discussed in detail. The ocean acoustics research at these two institutions has a strong field experimental component involving international collaboration. Past and ongoing research with international collaboration will be highlighted. Challenges faced by these and other institutions in fostering collaboration with international counterparts will be discussed. The scenario of ocean acoustics education and training in India will be surveyed and outlook for the future will be discussed.

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