Distinguished Visitors to VIAT
- Dr Param S Bhargava, Director – Business Development, Perstorp Specialty Chemicals, Sweden
- Rayudu V Mekala, GLOVI Telecommunications & Consultants, Hyderabad
- Mr Joe k Kizhakudan, Scientist S S Mariculture Division Madras Research Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research institute, Chennai 28
- Dr P Nammalwar Rajan, Former Principal Scientist, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute , ICAR
- Dr V Sundararaj, Former Dean, Fisheries College & Research Institute (TANUVAS) Tuticorin
- Dr M V Viswanathan,Parampara, Chennai 18
- Mr K M Choudary CEO of SP Global Ventures to discuss about possibilities of extending biofuel production to Srilanka.
- Dr K Sridhar Rao, Scientist, Centre For Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad visited VIAT on 26th October to discuss about a collaborative research work
- Dr Anu Ramaswami, Director, Urban Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering Project (USIEP), Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering Downtown, University of Colorado, Denver
- Dr Vidyavati, Former Vice-Chancellor Kakatiya University
- Toshihide Shindo, Director and Aishu Hasegawa, Manager T S MERI TECH Co LtD, Yamanashi, Japan
- Dr Reg Walters, Managing Director, SQC Pvt Ltd, Australia along with Mr Sailendra Bhaskar, President, Aban Informatics Pvt Ltd, Chennai
- Swami Sivamayanandaji Maharaj, one of the Trustees of Ramakrishna Math, Belur
- Dr N T Chellappa from Brazil visited VIAT on 2.2.2007
- John Tharakan, Professor, Howard University, Washington DC visited VIAT and SNAP phycoremediation plant in February 2007
- Prof L V Venkataraman, Director :Elvess Biotech Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Mysore