The BOBP-IGO has cooperated with the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Government of India to organize a two-day Regional Workshop “On Establishing a Cooperative Mechanism for Protection of Met-Ocean Data and Tsunami Buoys in the Northern Indian Ocean Region” from 7-8 May 2011 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The NIOT is the nodal agency for installing, maintaining and utilizing data buoys, which are an inseparable tool for climate research and early warning system.