VISION
To take up and implement such scientific programmes in the Polar and Southern Ocean regions that will ensure perceptible presence of India
MISSION
To plan, promote, co-ordinate and execute the entire gamut of polar science and logistic activities of the country in order to ensure a perceptible and influential presence of India in Antarctica, Arctic and to uphold our strategic interests in the global framework of nations in the Southern Continent and the surrounding ocean.
OBJECTIVES & FUNCTIONS
• To undertake, aid, promote, guide and co-ordinate scientific research in the fields of polar science and
Southern Ocean Oceanography.
• To serve as a nodal agency responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of the Indian
Antarctic and Arctic Programmes.
• To establish and maintain research base in Antarctica and provide all operational and logistic support.
• To encourage multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research both at National and International levels,
especially in the frontier areas of science, which are emerging and have potential applications.
• To devise, formulate and initiate programs, which will create knowledge base for future commercial and
thematic interests of India in Antarctica, Arctic and the Southern Ocean.
• To effectively interact and liaison with SCAR, COMNAP, SCALOP and other international bodies in order to
keep the Indian Antarctic Program abreast with international developments and to ensure a perceptible
presence of India in the global framework of nations in Antarctica.
• To extend a singular research laboratory setup with such facilities which are of specialized nature or
otherwise not easily accessible.
• To develop predictive models for dynamic processes controlled and driven by Antarctica and the surrounding
oceans.
• To coordinate, address and monitor all environmental issues in Antarctica arising out of the Environmental
Protocol.
• To develop a complete database inventory and repository (National Antarctic Data Centre) for Antarctic and
Arctic Science and logistics including a polar museum and a library.
• To provide a fertile platform to generate specialized human resource capabilities for polar science and
logistics through training, fellowships, awards, workshops, publications, and exchange of scientists etc., both
at national and international levels.
• To coordinate cruise planning and management of the oceanographic research vessels engaged by the
Ministry of Earth Sciences and the NCAOR.
• To take up other scientific and technological projects of the Ministry of Earth Sciences when entrusted.
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