Training programme at CMFRI – The Hindu

India’s first manned deep ocean mission ‘Samudrayaan’ into a 6,000-metre depth using the manned submersible vehicle Matsya, is expected to be launched by the end of 2026, according to Balaji Ramakrishnan, Director of the National Institute of Ocean Technology. He was speaking at the inauguration of a five-day national training programme organised by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and Vijnana Bharati at CMFRI on Tuesday (May 13, 2025). CMFRI Director Grinson George presided over the function.