The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC), INCOIS is the nodal agency to provide tsunami advisories to India. INCOIS is also providing tsunami advisories to Indian Ocean region (25 countries) as a Tsunami Service Providers as the responsibility assigned by IOC-UNESCO. With this recognition, India is the first country to implement Tsunami Ready in the Indian Ocean Region and Odisha is the first state. Sarma, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Govt. ), INCOIS Officials, etc..