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Tamil Nadu’s Manonmaniam Sundaranar University will soon introduce a 15-day scuba diving course.

Tamil Nadu’s Manonmaniam Sundaranar University will soon introduce a 15-day scuba diving course. To start this year-end or early 2010, the course, run by Tuticorin-based Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI), will make it possible for port staff, fisheries department members, and the coastal police to be trained in scuba diving. The course  will include biodiversity assessment and underwater photography.  The university is also the first to introduce scuba diving in its MSc curriculum. SDMRI director JK Patterson Edward says, “With growing threats of climate change, it is essential for marine biology students to able to closely observe the environment they are studying.”

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