Ceremony Presentation ''Pyrgotelis Zoitos'' award to Dr Ashok Kumar

Presented by Mr. Vassilios Demetriades, Shipping Deputy Minister to the President and
Mr. Chris Boyd, Chief Executive Officer, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects

An award that acknowledges outstanding contribution towards the advancement of Marine Technology. Its very name denotes its association to this field. Pyrgotelis Zoitos was a naval architect, known to us through a 3rd century BC inscription preserved at the Temple of Paphian Aphrodite at Kouklia in Cyprus. The award is an initiative taken by CMMI on a biannual base, and the selection procedure was in cooperation with the of Royal Institute of Naval Architects.