As many as 13 candidates have been screened for the post of Mission Director, Deep Ocean Mission in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The candidates are Dr Anil Kumar N, Dr Duggirala Rajasekhar, Kumar Subramanium Chitamber Iyer, Dr Shishir Shrotriya, Dr Umamaheswaran R, Dr Venkatesan, Dr, Gidugu Ananda Ramadass, Dr Raju Abraham, Dr T Shunmugaraj, Shankar Laxman, Dr M V Ramana Murthy, C Kamalakkannan and P C Maragathavelan.