M.V. Ramana Murthy is an Indian coastal scientist and ocean engineer. He is the Mission Director for the Deep Ocean mission and Director at the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) of the Indian

Ministry of Earth Sciences The Ministry of Earth Sciences is an executive ministry of the Government of India, established on 29 January, 2006. It was formed through the reorganisation of the Department of Ocean Development and the assumption of administrative control ov ...

(MoES). He is the former Director of the

Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) is a research institute in Kochi, Kerala under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India with a mandate to study the marine living resources. Today, apart from implementing vari ...

Education and career

Murthy completed his

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

Civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Acharya Nagarjuna University Acharya Nagarjuna University (IAST: ''Ācārya Nāgārjuna Vișvavidyālaya'') is a state university in Namburu, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. History The university was established as Nagarjuna University by Act 43 of 1976 of A. ...

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. He completed his Master's and Ph.D. in

Ocean Engineering Marine engineering is the engineering of boats, ships, submarines, and any other marine vessel. Here it is also taken to include the engineering of other ocean systems and structures – referred to in certain academic and professional circ ...

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IIT-M) is a Public university, public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As an Indian Institutes of ...

. He also has a master's degree in Planning from CEPT Ahmedabad's School of Planning. He started his career in 1991 as a Senior Engineer at the Visakhapatnam Port Trust and was an employee of Engineers India, Ltd. In 1999 he joined as a scientist at the National Centre for Coastal Research,

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. He then served as the group leader at the

National Institute of Ocean Technology The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Earth Sciences in India. NIOT is managed by a Governing Council and is headed by a director. The institute is bas ...

, Chennai leading the Ocean Structures & Island Desalination group from 2009 to 2017. Murthy's work primarily regards researching techniques and advising policies regarding costal protection of sea-side towns and coastal infrastructure across India. Examples of his work included the establishment of several desalination plants in

Lakshadweep Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and th ...

, India, and the design of a sea dyke across the

Gulf of Khambhat The Gulf of Khambhat, also known as the Gulf of Cambay, is a bay on the Arabian Sea coast of India, bordering the state of Gujarat just north of Mumbai and Diu Island. The Gulf of Khambhat is about long, about wide in the north and up to wi ...

. He is a member of the Expert Appraisal Committee of the

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Government of India, Indian government Ministry (government department), ministry. The ministry Portfolio (government), portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union ...

. He is also an advisor to the Indian National Disaster Management Authority on how the agency can help people displaced by

flooding A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civi ...

and

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. He is a member of the Indian

National Biodiversity Authority The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (India), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India established in 2003 to implement the provis ...

. He is a member of the Academic Council,

Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) is a university established by the Government of Kerala devoted to studies in fisheries and ocean sciences. The bill seeking to establish the university was passed by the Kerala Legis ...

, and a senate member at

Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University ( TNMGRMU) is a government medical university situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the premier medical universities in India, named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. ...

Awards

* National Award of Excellence 2021 in Ocean Technology,

* National Geo Science Award, 2010 * Outstanding contribution in the field of Disaster Management, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Earth Sciences Award, 2006

Research and publications

Litter and plastic monitoring in the Indian marine environment.Environmental Science and Pollution Research
''Environmental Science and Pollution Research'', 2022
Study of microplastics in the coastal waters in Bay of Bengal
2022, vol:303
Three Decades of Indian Remote Sensing in Coastal Research
2021, ''Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing''
Nutrient dynamics and budgeting in a semi-enclosed coastal hypersaline lagoon
2021, ''Environmental Science and Pollution Research''
Connecting India's coastal monitoring program with UN Sustainable Development Goal 14
2021, vol:215
Prescribing sea water quality criteria through species sensitivity distribution
2021
Numerical studies on the thermal regimes of the horizontal tube falling film evaporation under varying feeder height
2020, vol:17
A review on the applications and recent advances in environmental DNA (eDNA) metagenomics
2019
Modification of tsunami wave by submarine canyon: case study of multiple canyons at south east coast of India
2011, vol:34

References

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