Federal Minister for Science and Technology and defence production Rana Tanveer Hussain chaired the seventh Board of governors meeting of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) here at Islamabad on Thursday. Federal Secretary Science and technology/vice chairman of the board Yasmin Masood and other board members participated in the meeting, said a press release.
Dr Asif Inam, DG, NIO briefed the board about the overall scientific progress on the various ongoing progarmmes of the Institute which relate to ocean resource development. The Board was also briefed about various research activities undertaken by the National Institute of Oceanography in Coastal Marine Research programme and Offshore Ecosystems, Marine Debris, Coastal Hydraulic, Geology /Geophysics, Marine Pollution Monitoring and Marine Bio-Technology Physical and Chemical Oceanography.
The international programmes with China and some other countries on living and non-living resources were also discussed in the board meeting. The efforts made by the scientists of the National Institute of Oceanography in the field of Ocean Science were appreciated by the chair. The Minister hoped that the institute will continue to flourish and expand its research activities.