Blue Economy of the Indian Ocean (PDF)

Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay is the former Director of Mauritius Oceanography Institute (Mauritius) and former Chief Scientist of CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (Goa). A trained Earth scientist, Dr. Mukhopadhyay has also contributed in HR management, strategic leadership, and in developing an ethical governance model. He has 35 years of research and 20 years of teaching experience. With doctoral degrees both in natural science (geology, 1988) and in social science (public administration, 2019), he also has authored four books.

V. J. Loveson is a Professor and Chief Scientist at the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. With a doctoral degree in applied geology, he has about three decades of experience in mineral resources mapping, quaternary research, sea-level studies, paleo-climate reconstruction, coastal disaster management, and marine archaeology. He has edited three books.

Sridhar D. Iyer has a doctoral degree in geology and is a Professor and former Chief Scientist with CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. He has 35 years of research experience in ocean science and two decades of teaching experience. He has authored two books.

P. K. Sudarsan, with a doctoral degree in economics and several decades of teaching experience behind him, is the Vice-Dean of the Goa Business School at Goa University, Taleigao (Goa). Formerly he was the head of the Department of Economics at Goa University.