It all started in 2007 when a team of Indian scientists, led by the former Director of NCPOR (erstwhile NCAOR), Dr. Rasik Ravindra, embarked on a journey to the Northernmost research base on earth. The following year (2008), India's first high Arctic research station Himadri was opened in the International research town at Ny-?lesund, Svalbard. Since then, India has constantly been sending teams of Indian scientists to the Arctic to not only evaluate the teleconnection between the Indian monsoon and the Arctic climatic variabilities but also to contribute to a better understanding of climate change and its consequences on the Atmospheric-land-sea processes. Although India is the youngest among all other nations to join Arctic research but has contributed immensely to Arctic research in the form of publications. To date, Indian scientists have contributed more than 150 research publications related to the Arctic.
Moreover, in 2014 India joined the club of elite nations that can deploy and operate an underwater laboratory (IndARC mooring) for long-term monitoring of Kongsfjorden. To study atmospheric variabilities of the high Arctic region India in the year 2015 established a Northmost atmospheric lab in the Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. India is also a member of the "Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System" (SIOS). The year 2022 was very significant since India unveiled its 'Arctic Policy,' and in the same year, a team of Indian Scientists, for the first time, landed on the geographical North Pole. To obtain a holistic understanding of the Arctic region India, under the pan-Arctic approach, is expanding its research portfolio in the other part of the Arctic, especially the 'Canadian High Arctic.' In this talk, we will discuss India's achievements in the Arctic in the last decade and future perspectives.
