Two ships, Sagar Tara and Sagar Anveshika have been constructed and are taking up coastal research activities.

Established Hyperbaric Test facility for 900 bar (First in South East Asia) and Underwater Vehicle Test Pond facility in NIOT Campus

As part of collaborative project with Anna University, set up a deep sea vehicle testing facility with simulated soil conditions

The state of the art submersibles and integration facility and Buoy test facility have been established at NIOT.

Acquired land to set up world class sea front facility for testing of underwater vehicles, desalination, underwater acoustics etc.

Hydro-transport test facility established at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for Polymetallic Nodule Mining Research with active participation of NIOT team.

Vessel management Cell: Four ships of NIOT starting with two coastal research vessels, buoy tender vessel and a world class technology demonstration vessel (dynamically positioned) are managed successfully.

Actively involved in setting up of Fluid Control Research Institute, set up under assistance from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project, in the initial phase of career.