National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
The NCPOR, India's premier institution for polar and ocean studies under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, marked its Silver Jubilee with a commemorative postage stamp released on Antarctica Day, December 1, 2025.
About NCPOR
- NCPOR is India's premier autonomous Research and Development institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, tasked with coordinating polar and ocean research, including the Indian Antarctic Programme.
- NCPOR, formerly NCAOR, was set up on May 25, 1998, in Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, spanning 147,660 sq. mts on a plateau.
- It leads multidisciplinary research in polar sciences, Southern Ocean climate variability, geoscientific surveys of India's EEZ, gas hydrates, and multi-metal sulfides.
- NCPOR maintains Antarctic stations Maitri (1989) and Bharati (2011), Arctic base Himadri, and participates in the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
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