ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

Right to Information Act

Last Updated on: 10 April 2024

1.7 - Boards, Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority [Section 4(1)(b)(viii)]

A statement of boards, council, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the propose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of these boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public.

1.7.1 - Name of Boards, Council, Committee etc.

1.7.2 - Composition

1.7.3 - Dates from which constituted

The following are the Boards / Councils / Committees of INCOIS

• ESSO-INCOIS Society (w.e.f. July 06, 2022 to till further orders)
• ESSO-INCOIS Governing Body (w.e.f. April 25, 2022 to till further orders)
• ESSO-INCOIS Finance Committee (FC) (w.e.f April 12, 2022 to till further orders)
• ESSO-INCOIS Research Advisory Committee (RAC) (w.e.f. March 29, 2022 to till further orders)
• ESSO-INCOIS Management Council (w.e.f. 21.12.2020 to 3 years or till further orders)

and

Internal Committees:

• Standing Committee on Purchase
• Standing Committee on Personnel & General Administration
• Redressal of complaints from women at workplace (an Internal Complaints Committee-ICC)
• Official Language Implementation Committee

https://incois.gov.in/portal/structure to view in detail about Boards / Council / Committees and other bodies of INCOIS

1.7.4 - Term / Tenure

The Boards/Committees are perpetual in nature and are constituted as per the Bye-laws and the Statutes of the institute. The terms and tenures are listed in the respective orders of the boards/ councils / committees.

1.7.5 - Powers and Functions

As defined in the Bye-Laws of the institute mentioned below, Delegation of Financial Powers, etc. and as mentioned at 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 above.

1.7.6 - Whether their meetings are open to the public?

The Meetings of the Boards, Councils, Committees, and other Bodies are not open to the public but only for the invited members. User Interaction/ Awareness workshops are open to public and other interested stakeholders on invitation.

1.7.7 - Whether the minutes of the meetings are open to the public?

The minutes are not open to the public, but available to its employees on Intranet with login credentials. https://incois.gov.in/intranet/index.jsp

1.7.8 - Place where the minutes if open to the public are available?

Minutes are available at https://incois.gov.in/intranet/index.jsp but are only accessible to its employees through login credentials.