DHAKA: A three-day workshop on Bay of Bengal Oceanography is underway in Dhaka University (DU) from May 11.

DU vice-chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique presided over the inaugural ceremony of the workshop, jointly organized by the DU’s oceanography department and India’s national oceanography institute.

India deputy high commissioner Sandeep Chakravorty also attended the ceremony, said a press release issued by the Indian high commission in Dhaka.

The release said a number of leading experts from both the countries are participating in the Workshop.

The participants include Dr SWA Naqvi, Director, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), India; Professor S Prasanna Kumar, Chief Scientist, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) & Head, Physical Oceanography Division, NIO; Dr PS Rao, Chief Scientist, Head, Planning Monitoring Evaluation, and, Head, Research Vessels Management, NIO; Professor Mohammad Kawser Ahmed, Chairman, Department of Oceanography, University of Dhaka and Professor ASM Maksud Kamal, Dean, Earth & Environmental Sciences Faculty, University of Dhaka.

Dr Rajiv Nigam, Chief Scientist, Head, Geological Oceanography Division, NIO; Dr Nagappa Ramaiah, Chief Scientist, Head, Biological Oceanography Division, NIO; and Dr V Ramaswamy, Chief Scientist, and Professor, AcSIR, NIO also are attending the workshop.

During the 3-day joint workshop, subject experts and scientists will submit papers and study reports on various aspects of oceanography in the Bay of Bengal.

They will talk about the physical process and dynamics in the Bay of Bengal, biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling in the Bay, upper ocean production, food web dynamics and ecosystem characteristics in the Bay.

Atmospheric flux and impact, sediment, sedimentary process and geology of the Bay, paleoceanography, coastal processes and pollution, impact of spatial and temporal variation of barrier layer thickness and related physical forcing on chlorophyll concentration in the Bay and plankton distribution in relation to biophysical conditions along the Bangladesh coast and winter probability of fluorescence pattern in the head bay are also on discussion, the release added.

BDST: 1757 HRS, MAY 12, 2015
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