NIOT is an autonomous organisation under MoES, Govt. of India. It has been playing a pivotal role in developing reliable indigenous technologies with applications focussed on the sustainable utilisation of oceanic resources, especially in the context of the Deep Ocean Mission. Its technologies in the domain of deep sea, energy and freshwater, ocean observations, coastal environmental engineering and marine biotechnology have been outstanding.

IITM is an autonomous organisation under MoES. IITM strives towards development of outstanding research talent capable of understanding and exploring enlightened and effective Atmospheric sciences, along with furthering the advancement of Research in Ocean-Atmosphere by undertaking relevant scientific programmes and collaborate with other similar research institutions, in the development and application of climate study.

NCPOR, erstwhile National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research, is an Autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, situated in Goa. The mandate of the centre is to plan, promote, coordinate and implement scientific research in the polar regions and the surrounding realms. The Centre is also designated as the nodal organisation for the co- ordination and implementation of the Indian Antarctic Programme, including the maintenance of India’s permanent station in Antarctica. Besides organising expeditions, NCPOR also maintains the Indian research bases in Antarctica (Maitri and Bharati), Arctic (Himadri) and Himalayas (Himansh). Through the national polar programmes, the Institute promotes the multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary approach to enhance the quality of Indian polar research, including that in the Southern Ocean. NCPOR spearheads research on paleoclimatology (using ice and sediment cores), teleconnection between polar regions and tropics, polar biology, remote sensing, sea-ice interactions, polar environment, Southern Ocean studies, etc. Apart from polar sciences, NCPOR is also the nodal agency for geo-scientific studies which include the Extended Continental Shelf Programme, mapping Indian Exclusive Economic Zone, Deep Sea Exploration (Hydrothermal and Polymetallic Nodules) to harness the ocean’s non- living resources, understanding Indian Ocean Geoid Low and the International Ocean Discovery Programme.

The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), formerly known as the Department of Ocean Development (DOD), was established in 1981 with the mandate to create a deeper understanding of the oceanic regime of the northern and central Indian ocean and also develop technology and technological aids for harnessing resources and understanding of various physical, chemical and biological processing in the icy realms of Arctic and Antarctica in 2006. The MoES aims at looking at the planet in the holistic way in as much as understanding of the interplay of earth dynamics and system phenomena.

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