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Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh
CSIR‐National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula, Goa - 403004 [India]
From the Director’s Desk

It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you to the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula, Goa. The National Institute of Oceanography is one of the constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It was established in January 1966 following the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) with the mission “to continuously improve our understanding of the seas around us and to translate this knowledge to benefit all”.

CSIR-NIO is a premier multi-disciplinary oceanography institute in India with headquarter in Goa and three regional centres at Mumbai, Kochi and Vishakhapatnam. It is engaged in research activities in physics, chemistry, biology and geology/geophysics of the ocean as well as marine instrumentation & ocean engineering. CSIR-NIO deals with all aspects of oceanography, from coast to deep-sea, in the Indian Ocean region. To support its research activities, the institute has two well equipped multi-disciplinary research vessels, RV Sindhu Sadhana and RV Sindhu Sankalp, as well as several shore-based modern state-of-the-art laboratories dealing with spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, NMR, X-ray based analysis, chromatography, Organic elemental analysis. High-speed computing facility is available in the institute to carry out ocean modelling. In addition to carrying out basic research in the field of oceanography, the institute also provides services including bathymetry and underwater surveys, environmental impact assessment and seabed engineering to various government and private agencies.

The institute’s strength is a strong PhD programme in various fields of oceanography, where presently around 100 students are working on their doctoral research. Furthermore, a large numbers of students from all over India join us every year to carry out their dissertations and internships.

The institute invites bright and motivated researchers interested in pursuing an exciting/adventurous career in oceanography.

[ Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh ]

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